Car Features

Deep dives into the most iconic classic cars ever built.

A smooth fendered street rod with a glossy modern finish parked beside a stripped highboy traditional hot rod on a fairgrounds show field, the era and finish contrast clearly visible
Car Features

Street Rod vs Hot Rod: The Real Difference

Jim Vasquez · · 10 min
Numbers matching Oldsmobile Cutlass engine bay with VIN tag and casting numbers visible
Car Features

Numbers-Matching Cutlasses

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Close-up three-quarter view of a rat rod's big-and-little staggered wheels: a narrow steel front wheel with a wide-whitewall tire and a taller fat blackwall rear tire, low patina stance
Car Features

Rat Rod Wheels and Tires

Ray Delgado · · 7 min
1965 Ford Mustang grille with galloping pony emblem, farm yard by a barn
Car Features

The Pony Emblem and the Mustang Logo Story

Jim Vasquez · · 9 min
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 with FE big block parked at a vintage NASCAR speedway at dusk
Car Features

The FE Big-Block That Gave the Galaxie 500 Its Muscle

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
White classic Oldsmobile 442 displayed at an evening collector car auction
Car Features

Why the 442 Is an Oldsmobile Icon

David Mercer · · 6 min
Pre-war car under the gavel at auction
Car Features

Antique Car Valuation & Restoration: Authenticating and Preserving History

David Mercer · · 9 min
1978 Chevrolet Nova Rally coupe — at a mountain pass pull-out at dusk
Car Features

The Nova Rally 1975-1979

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
Chrome and vinyl interior of a 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 with space age gauges
Car Features

Inside the Galaxie 500: Chrome, Vinyl and Space-Age Style

Nora Beckett · · 6 min
Classic Ford Mustang on an engine dynamometer
Car Features

How Much Horsepower Did Classic Mustangs Really Have?

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
1966 Ford Mustang 289 V8, hood up on a misty show lawn
Car Features

Ford 289 vs 302: The Small-Block Story

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
Silver 1983 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS beside a banked NASCAR oval at dusk
Car Features

The 1983 SS Comeback Born on the NASCAR Banking

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 305 HO — engine bay under a work lamp
Car Features

The 305 HO and What the Eighties SS Was Really About

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
1970 GTO rear dual exhaust detail close-up
Car Features

The Vacuum-Operated Exhaust: Pontiac's One-Year Wonder

Dan Reeves · · 8 min
1965 Ford Mustang fastback long hood profile
Car Features

Long Hood, Short Deck: The Formula That Launched a Genre

Jim Vasquez · · 7 min
White 1970 El Camino SS 396 on a desert highway with dust at sunset
Car Features

The 1970 El Camino SS 396: The Underdog Big-Block Everyone Forgets

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
1970 Boss 302 Mustang in Grabber Blue on a race circuit
Car Features

The Boss 302 and the Trans-Am War

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport 425 Nailhead — hood up on a rainy avenue
Car Features

Nailhead Power: What the 401 and 425 Gave the 1965 Riviera

Dan Reeves · · 6 min