Over-Drive Magazine’s Fact Sheets cover everything you want to know about midsize models from base coupes and sedans through ’69 PLYMOUTH MUSCLECARS. Plymouth, like its brand-mate, Dodge carried over most of its high-performance models and 340, 383, 440 and 426 Street Hemi engines for the 1969 model year. For increased durability on drag strips, “A33 […]
Henry Ford’s Flathead V-8, introduced in 1932, gave power to the people. It was more than just a bigger engine: FLATHEADS FOREVER: HISTORY OF HOT RODDING, and the rodders & racers responsible for making it happen. Until the advent of modern OHV V-8 engines in 1949, Ford’s Flathead V-8 was the enthusiast’s engine of choice. […]
Our friends at OVER-DRIVE Magazine have published everything you want to know about 1967 CHEVY 396/427: BIGGER IS BETTER full & mid-size models. Chevrolet expanded its use of four-barrel big-block engines in 1967, offering 396/325 and 396/385 versions in full-size Biscayne, SS and Impala models and 396/350 and 396/375 engines in Camaros and Chevelles. GM […]
GM President Mark Reuss blogs about spending time at the industry’s first dedicated testing facility, sharing GM MILFORD PROVING GROUND MEMORIES on its 100th anniversary! I’ve often said that some of my best days at work are spent at our plants, watching our vehicles assembled. It’s an immediate, visceral thrill to see our products come […]
The Three Mossketeers – Mike Moss, John Cutrone & Hank Gruenberg – all members of the Sarasota Café Racers, spend a week in Italy preparing for the 2025 Mille Miglia. They represent TEAM ZORA USA @ MONZA! Similar to a travel industry FAM (familiarization) trip, The Spirit of Zora ’57 FI Corvette driver Mike Moss […]
Ford’s ’25 MUSTANG GTD SUPERCAR is the fastest, most powerful production Mustang in history! The all-new ‘25 Mustang GTD – the apex of any Mustang ever engineered by Ford – sets a new performance bar with 815 horsepower, 664 pound-feet of torque and a top speed of 202 miles per hour, the most of any […]
New exhibit – DRIVEN TO WIN: THE AUTOMOBILE IN COMPETITION -celebrates over 100 years of motorsport history, showcasing 11 iconic racecars. The Petersen Automotive Museum’s newest exhibit, DRIVEN TO WIN: THE AUTOMOBILE IN COMPETITION, is now open in the Charles Nearburg Family Gallery. The display showcases more than 100 years of motorsport history across a […]
Corvette historic racer Jake Angel blogs about sharing a common interest when GM’S MARK REUSS CHECKS OUT TEAM ZORA USA CORVETTE! On the last day of racing at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, I had a well-dressed visitor in the paddocks. While I have been racing two Corvettes – ’60 […]
Chevrolet raises the performance bar with big-block Mid & Full-Size models: 1966 CHEVY 396/427 MARK IV: BIGGER IS BETTER. After teasing enthusiasts with a very-late and very-limited-production Z16 Chevelle SS powered by a proprietary 396/375 Mark IV big-block, Chevrolet followed up with a newly-styled ’66 Chevelle SS396 with less horsepower! First introduced with base 396/325 […]
Nick Aylieff blogs about THE HISTORY OF JAGUAR, and the heritage and horsepower of one of the automotive world’s iconic marques. Jaguar, a name synonymous with luxury and performance, began its journey in 1922 as the Swallow Sidecar Company, founded by William Lyons and William Walmsley in Blackpool, England. Initially producing motorcycle sidecars, the company […]
