Leading up to the peak of the muscle car era, automakers like Ford and Pontiac were locked in a battle of one-upmanship. While smaller, higher revving engines were popular among hot rodders, there was ...

Any Ford muscle-car enthusiast with even the slightest knowledge of drag-racing history will recognize the name Dick Brannan. Brannan's racing success in his Romy Hammes-sponsored 1962 406/405hp ...

Any Ford muscle car enthusiast with even the slightest knowledge of drag racing history will recognize the name Dick Brannan. Brannan's racing success in his Romy Hammessponsored 1962 406/405hp ...

It’s possible you’ve never heard of Tasca Ford, but the performance-oriented dealership certainly left a lasting impression on Ford—and the Mustang. In 1967, Bob Tasca Sr. combined race-proven ...

As far as Ford Motor Company's big-block V8s go, few are as iconic as the Cobra Jet engine. First announced in late 1967 and made available in April 1968, the 428 Cobra Jet was the pinnacle of Ford's ...

Great. Another pair of engines from the same manufacturer that are a cubic inch apart. Well, GM loves giving anti-kindred engines similar displacements (looking at you, Chevy 454 and Pontiac 455), so ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

One of the most fun ways to build a hot rod or muscle car is to take your favorite vehicle, then give it the drivetrain you wish the factory could have. You know, like dropping a big-block Chevy in an ...

Full-size Fords were playing the varsity game in 1968, with half of the total automobile production from FoMoCo rolling on the big platform. In fact, full-size cars were still the number one choice ...

Apart from the flashy, high-powered intermediates, pony cars, and compacts, the golden age of muscle cars also gave us some impressive full-size models. By the mid-1960s, potent big-block V8s were no ...