American carmakers in the 1960s chased trends like Metallica cutting their hair. Seemingly, every brand had to have a large displacement V8, even producing ...

The 1963 Ford Galaxie 427 arrived as a blunt instrument aimed squarely at stock car supremacy, a full-size family sedan reworked into a purpose-built hunter of NASCAR trophies. Ford treated it as a ...

The horsepower wars were in full swing by 1966, and Chrysler had just released its NASCAR-derived street HEMI engine. As a follow-up to its dedicated drag racing 1964 Thunderbolt, Ford responded with ...

So last month we removed the old, heavy 390 big-block Ford out of our '67 Ford test truck and added a new Ford Racing 427 small-block crate engine. We installed the engine, and to our surprise, we ...

The 1960s and early 1970s saw the birth of the American muscle car. Vehicles like the Dodge Charger, Ford Torino, Chevy Chevelle, and dozens of others became immortal icons in automotive history ...

Photos Courtesy of Mecum Auctions, Inc. A factory-style big-block 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 is set to cross the block at Mecum’s Indy 2026 auction, representing one of the most notable full-size models of ...