King of Muscle Car

At the California Hot Rod Reunion, I caught a glance at the insane looking Plymouth you see above. Before I even got any closer, I knew I found a perfect Car Spotlight for Haulers & Sedans month. From some angles, it looks like a simple and clean Valiant Wagon with some big rubber out back. But then there's the front view, and any notion of "simple" is thrown out the window. Looking for a little presence in your engine bay? A blown Hemi with a fat pair of Holley carbs will certainly get the job done. Obviously, this wasn't one of those simple weekend engine swaps. Obviously this engine setup is putting out some serious power, but you get the idea that this car was built as much for the grin factor as it was for any performance reasons. A better view of the Weld race wheels and Mickey Thompson meats. As you've probably noticed this car is sporting a more contemporary low stance as opposed to the retro high-riding look. The only thing the car is

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            This is my '73 Plymouth 'Cuda, my first car, a long term project, and my introduction to working on cars. I drive it as often as i can, including 1500+ mile road trips through some of the most remote and beautiful parts of New Zealand. It's currently a 4-speed small block, but i plan to put a 440 in it this year, and when I do it'll look like the image below, an homage to the factory Mopar drag cars from the late '60s. The long term goal is to build i

When we did our call-out for American iron this month, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. After all, we’ve never done this before. What I  should  have known was that you guys would respond with an astounding selection of American-made machinery. It’s not just our US readers that participated, but American car owners from around the world. While we didn’t have time to get to all the submisisons, we’ve assembled a nice little collection of American cars owned by the global Speedhunters audience. Here they are. (Above) Jeff Stroh has owned his ’67 Mustang fastback since high school and he’s used the car for autocrossing, open track days, drag racing and more. It’s powered by an EFI small block with a Tremec 5-speed and paint color comes from an Aston Martin. It really doesn’t get any more American than an old-fashioned, hard working pickup truck. This ’62 GMC Stepside belongs to Garrett Goodrich from New York and I don’t doubt it when he says he gets plenty of looks when d

I think it’s fair to say that it’s easy for us Speedhunters to became jaded when it comes to automobiles. After all, we spend our days shooting amazing events, getting up close with some of the world’s most exciting cars, and scouting out incredible build projects from across the web. We live the life of automotive overindulgence – and we love it. There are few places where this sensory overload is more apparent than at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. With each corner you turn at SEMA, there’s another ridiculous machine sitting in front of you. In many cases these wild projects began life as a popular Muscle Car – a ’69 Camaro, a Mustang, or maybe a Dodge Charger. They are covered in one-off body work, have enormous tires, huge brakes, more horsepower than most people could ever use. With so many insane Muscle Car builds out there today, it’s easy to forget that these cars were pretty damn special even when they left they factory so many decades ago. After all, there’s a reason that