Trans Am Depot Shows Off Hurst Edition In New Commercial: Video

Do you long for the days of bell-bottomed jeans, 8-track tapes and billowing chest hair? Do you mourn the passing of the Screaming Chicken, emblazoned on a hood with a protruding intake? Take heed, retro muscle car fans: thanks to the team at TransAm Depot, the Pontiac Trans Am lives on.In fact, it’s not just living, it’s thriving. New for 2013 are Hurst Editions of the once-iconic muscle car, boasting many familiar touches. The honeycomb-style wheels are present and accounted for, as is the classic black-with-gold livery (though white with gold...

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1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Is The Most Expensive Mustang Ever Sold

While all eyes at last week’s Dana Mecum 26th Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis was on the sale of the ‘Eleanor’ Mustang from 2000’s hit movie Gone In 60 Seconds, another rare Mustang also went under the hammer and ended up selling for considerably more.That other rare Mustang was a 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake, which ending up selling for a staggering $1.3 million, $300k more than what the Eleanor Mustang sold...

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Chevrolet And Hot Wheels Team Up For Hot Rod Power Tour

Chevrolet has teamed up with Hot Wheels once again, this time to organize a tour that will see a number of the automaker’s performance cars, including some Hot Wheels specials, take part in a road trip designed to kick off the summer cruising season.Called the Hot Rod Power Tour, the trip will start this Saturday, in Arlington, Texas, and will wrap up six days later in Charlotte, North Carolina.The route will include stops in Texarkana and Little...

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2014 'GTO' Teases Return Of The Goat: Video

Are you longing for a new Pontiac GTO? If so, Trans Am Depot might have your next mullet mobile muscle car. Pontiac may not exist anymore, but that isn't stopping "The Judge" from coming back to the market for 2014.Trans Am Depot has released a teaser for a new commercial promoting the new 2014 "GTO". All we know is that it's coming soon. The commercial features what it calls the new "GTO," drag-racing a last-generation Ford Mustang GT500.No...

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Classic Recreations' 1966 Mustang Fastback Shelby GT350CR Is A Beauty

Classic Recreations is in the business of building Mustangs that look like the cars of yesteryear, but with modern underpinnings. That means they look just as good but drive much better.The company has a license to build continuation Shelby Mustangs, which means its cars are also recognized by the official Shelby American Worldwide Registry.Until recently, Classic Recreations was focused on building replicas of the 1967 Shelby GT500 but...

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Carroll Shelby-Owned 1969 Shelby GT500 Heading To Auction

A classic Ford Mustang is a wonderful item to put in anyones garage. Make it a Shelby GT500, however, and you're owning an excellent example of a rare piece of motoring history. What could you do to make it even more rare? Find an GT500 that was owned by the man whose name is on the back, Carroll Shelby.Now's your chance to do just that because Mecum is set to auction off an ultra-rare pony car owned by the man himself.The car in question is a 1969...

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Ford Rationalizes Mustang II As A Good Idea, 40 Years Later

1974 Ford Mustang IIForty years ago, the Ford Mustang II replaced the Mustang. It was (and remains) ugly and slow. Fortunately for the Mustang II, it was only a little uglier and a little slower than the Mustang it replaced, so it sold well. It was also considerably less ugly than the Pinto it was loosely based on.The Mustang II was also a car of its time, the early 1970s, when clothing was uglier than any Ford product and gas prices were skyrocketing....

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Ford Racing's Largest Small Block Ever Hits The Dyno VIDEO

Upgrading your street ride with a bigger, more powerful engine, is something every enthusiast has either done or dreamed of. For Ford fans, the new Ford Racing Z460 might just be the new holy grail.It's not the most powerful engine in the world, nor is it the most insane. But it's still pretty badass.The Z460 is the largest small block crate engine Ford Racing has ever built, packing 460 cubic inches, or 7.5 liters into its 351-based...

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Watch An 1100-HP Car Do A Burnout Video !!!

Burnouts are fun, but what about burnouts with trailers?1320 Video caught just such a spectacle. The crew of a Chevy Nova participating in Hot Rod Drag Week decided to make a rather unconventional run down a busy city street. They even attached the car's parachute to the back of the trailer.The Chevy may look a little beat up, but under the hood is a twin-turbocharged V8 producing 1,100 horsepower. That was more than enough to spin the wheels but,...

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Big Red

Big Red. The name conjures up a ginger-haired Texan who chews cinnamon gum. Or, arguably, the granddaddy of all Pro Touring cars, a 1969 Camaro that has been decimating all comers for 25 years already.photo 5 1 300×225 imageBut, now, it’s time for something different for ol’ Red.Bonneville. Salty and sweet. While a known quantity on the paved road, Big Red has been exploring lakes, first at the dry lake at El Mirage while qualifying for SCTA landspeed...

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Ford takes us back to the first Shelby Mustang

The company has released a new video, which looks back at the development of the original Shelby GT 350 as part of its countdown to the Mustang’s 50th anniversary.When then Ford Vice President Lee Iacocca called Carroll Shelby, in 1964, and asked him to make a Mustang race car thinks didn’t quite go according to plan as the original Shelby man responded by calling the Mustang a “secretary’s car” and saying he didn’t think it could be done.Of course,...

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Brazilian millionaire buries Bentley Flying Spur for after life use

A wealthy Brazilian millionaire decided to bury his Bentley Flying Spur as he believes by doing so he will be able to enjoy the car in afterlife.62-year-old eccentric businessman “Count Scarpa” got this idea after watching a documentary on Ancient Egypt about the pharaohs of Egypt which he found to be very interesting. He bought the car as new for 310,000 GBP and now has begun digging a huge “grave” in his backyard for the Bentley.Interestingly,...

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Ford Mustang Named the Most-Wanted Classic Car in Europe

According to a recent survey made by the online auto site AutoScout24, the Ford Mustang is the most desirable classic car in Europe.The survey has been taken by more than 75,000 users from Belgium, Austria, Germany, Italy, Holland and Spain. A total of 37% of them said that the Ford Mustang is the classic vehicle they would most like to own, followed by BMW M1 with 20% and the VW Beetle with 11%. It has been confirmed that the Ford Mustang will hit...

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2006 Foose 1969 Camaro

Unique Performance, along with Foose Design and Year Oneunveiled their first line of 1969 Camaro street machines, at the 8th Goodguys PPG Nationals.The industry icons have teamed to build limited edition super cars with designs by Chip Foose based on 1960’s era vehicles. The Foose ’69 will be given away at the 9th Annual Goodguys PPG Nationals July 7-9 2006 as an official Goodguys Grand Prize Giveaway Car.Motor:572cid...

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World’s Coolest Ford Pinto Does 345-Foot Wheelstand

There are roughly 3.4 million reasons not to like the Ford Pinto, but there’s one really,really good reason to like it: this.It’s nowhere close to a stock Pinto, of course, and it’s not alone in its unlikelytransition from fire-prone econobox to fearsome dragstrip demon,but this little yellow monster, found via Bangshift, might just be the coolest Pinto ever.Why? Because it took to the Thunder Valley Dragway in Marion, South Dakota and laiddown...

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A Mustang Fastback with the Heart of a ZR1: Meet the Equus Bass770

Singular in feeling with fastback styling, authentic and sensual body silhouette, here’s a flawless jewel, a collector’s piece with gutsy pioneer spirit. Full aluminum bespoke frame and body, tailored leather interior and authentic, skilled craftsmanship meet in hushed eloquence suited to a genteel lifestyle. An enraptured marriage of refinement and sportiness.- QUICK SPECS -MAKEEquusMODELBass770YEAR2014ENGINE6.2L Supercharged V80-60 TIME3.400PRICE$250,000HP638The...

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1953 Bosley GT Mk1

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