Match Game: Match These Classic Hood Ornaments to their Vehicle

Back when factory automobiles were works of art, they were often crowned by elaborate hood ornaments. Over the past few decades, hood ornaments have all but disappeared from factory vehicles. However, you can still enjoy the majesty of the automotive industry’s best and most ornate hood ornaments. Companies like Genuine Hotrod Hardware offer a full line

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Video: World’s Fastest Rat Rod

In our earlier post about the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Atlanta Motorama, which takes place this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, we mentioned that the world’s fastest rat rod will be on display. This 2,000-horsepower 1928 Model A is a beast—and we’ve got the video to prove it. Powered by a Jon Kaase Race Engines

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Top 10 Mustangs of All Time (#1): 1967 Shelby GT500

  Is bigger always better? In the eyes of performance-minded automotive consumers of the 1960s, the answer was a resounding yes. So when Carroll Shelby mated the newly redesigned 1967 Ford Mustang with a modified Police Interceptor 428-cubic-inch engine to create the first big block-powered Shelby GT, performance enthusiasts loved it. In fact, the new big block-powered Shelby GT500 outsold its

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Top 10 Mustangs of All Time (#3): 1969 Boss 429

 If you’re a fan of the #3 Mustang on our list of all-time greats, you can thank…Mopar??? *Gasp* Truth is there is plenty of credit to go around for the 1969 Boss 429 Mustang, but the impetus for the legendary “Boss 9”  was Chrysler’s 426 HEMI engine. Ford was looking to develop a hemispherical engine

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Top 10 Mustangs of All Time (#5): 1987 Mustang 5.0L

There certainly have been more powerful Mustangs. There have been better looking ones, too. But you can’t underplay the role of the 1987 Mustang 5.0L in getting Ford’s legendary pony car back on track as a desirable performance vehicle. After a lackluster period from the Mustang II era of the mid-1970s to early Fox-bodies of the

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Dodge Charger Gets Facelift, Challenger Gets Minor Makeover for 2015

Dodge has officially revealed its 2015 Charger and Challenger today at the New York Auto Show. You can check out the official press releases from Dodge over at Autoblog, but here are a few of the highlights: 2015 Dodge Charger Gets Dramatic Facelift Dodge says it reworked just about every body panel in redesigning its Charger

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Special 50th Anniversary Top 10: Our Top Mustangs of All-Time!

America loves Mustangs. Maybe you don’t. Maybe you’re a Chevy guy. Or a Mopar guy. Or someone who just doesn’t like a good success story. But America-at-large loves the Ford Mustang. Because it pretty much launched the American pony car movement. Because it helped make performance vehicles affordable for a younger generation of car owners in the 1960s. And because

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