August 2023

Hemmings Muscle Machines

The Ultimate All American Performance Car Magazine.

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Jonathan Shaw, PresidentMatthew Boice, Senior Vice President of Media EDITORIAL Douglas R. Glad, Head of ContentDan Stoner, Creative DirectorTerry McGean, Editor-in-Chief, Hemmings Muscle MachinesSadie Buckallew, Managing EditorEvan Perkins, Direct
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Mixed Disciplines
Several years ago, I had the idea to build a car from the muscle era to use for autocrossing and maybe some road course events. The inspiration came from growing trends that saw classic muscle being set up for those types of competitions, something t
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2024 Ranger Raptor
In our drive of the EcoBoost Ford Raptor (“Production Line,” July ’22), we said, “…[w]e can’t help but wonder what the suite of goodies seen here would feel like in Ford’s Ranger — a truck that’s 1,500 pounds lighter.” We can stop wondering: The newl
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Backfire
Don Clar, a close friend of mine, informed me that he sent a letter talking about a car that is in my family. The car is a 1966 Pontiac 2+2 that my mom purchased new in 1966. Yes, we still have this car, and we still have my mother. I would love to s
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A Modern Classic
“I’VE ALWAYS loved Hugger Orange and the unadorned simplicity of the base Camaro body just looked great,” says Tom Tomlinson, who recently retired as the president and CEO of Holley. “I wanted to build a car with that look, but with a modern LS7 engi
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Boosted Nostalgia
THE AESTHETIC APPEAL of the stock-class drag-racing warriors of the 1960s is easy to understand: big cars sporting most of what Detroit had put there on the assembly line, but with more attitude, more aggression. Bulging tires in the rear, skinny rol
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Weld Done
RUST NEVER SLEEPS. It’s an adage of the automotive hobby as true as the guarantee of vapor lock when trying to start your muscle car in front of a crowd on a hot summer car-show field. A rusted floor is one of the more common areas of corrosion regar
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Ask Ray
Q: I bought a used Accel Digital Fuel Injection 6.0 ECU and harness on eBay that I’m planning to use on a 350 with Tuned Port Injection. I found that you wrote the book on that system, but it looks like the book is out of print, and I can’t find one
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Northern Treasure
CHEVROLET’S FULL-SIZE muscle car packages of the 1960s projected confidence through dynamic styling, powerful engines, durable drivetrains, and heavy-duty suspension systems, as is evidenced by this 1968 SS 427. Despite being the products of GM’s ent
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Swap Meet
Q: I recently bought a Fox-era Mustang circle track car with a 2300 (2.3-liter) four-cylinder engine, as well as an 8-inch differential that the previous owner installed. I ran across your article from many years ago and saw there was a 5.43:1 ring a
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Gear
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The Goods
MAHLE MOTORSPORT • 888-255-1942MAHLEMOTORSPORTS.COM • $810/SET STARTING Add some kick to your Mopar on the street or at the track with these new big-block Mopar PowerPak piston sets. The new pistons are made to fit the big-block 383 and 400 B-series
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Bonhams, Rm Sotheby’s Scottsdale 2023
BONHAMS’ AND THE RM SOTHEBY’S SINGLE-DAY AUCTIONS, both of which take place in January in Scottsdale far away from floodlights and camera booms and the echo of cattle-rattle, are curious locations to find muscle cars — particularly when there are oth
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Auction News
A foursome of auctions will take place during Pebble Beach weekend in Monterey, California, with a sampling of muscle cars for all tastes. First up, Mecum’s Monterey Auction will feature more than 600 vehicles available for bidding. Among the early c
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Hemmingsauctions.com
HEMMINGS AUCTIONS IS OUR LIVE, ONLINE AUCTION site staffed by customer service professionals ready to help bidders and sellers with any questions. A wide variety of classic and specialty vehicles from all eras are up for bid. Auctions run for two wee
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Renewed Focus
Wherever you live in the United States, August can be a hot, sticky month. Out here in sunny SoCal, it is particularly noticeable while using our muscle machines. After a cruise on a nice clear day, my shirt is usually damp! Back in the 1920s and ’30
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One-year Wonder
WHEN YOU’RE OUT RACING, you know that lightening things up is free horsepower. Less weight for the engine to strain against means better acceleration, and when there’s just 1,320 feet between your starting point and the end of the line, every pound c

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