The 1969 Dodge Hemi Daytona exists for one reason, and one reason only: to win races. Dodge’s Charger Daytona program was never about styling exercises or showroom traffic - it was about domination on the high banks, and this NASCAR-built example stands as a direct artifact of that superspeedway mission. Today, any street-going Daytona is coveted, but this car occupies rarified air altogether - a singular, one-of-one survivor that directly recalls Chrysler’s all-out assault on NASCAR’s aerodynamic frontier.

If you’re a Mopar person, you already know the vibe: there are muscle cars… and then there are aero cars - the factory-built, street-legal loopholes that Detroit unleashed when NASCAR glory mattered more than subtlety. At the top of that food chain sits the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, the pointy-nosed, high-winged homologation special that looks like it escaped from a wind tunnel and somehow got license plates.

This wasn’t a decal package or a trim-level flex. The Daytona was Dodge’s full-send answer to high-speed oval warfare - built to stop the Charger from acting like a parachute at 180+ and start acting like a missile with turn signals.

What do you get when you mix a 1987 Buick Grand National, a supercharged LT1 V8 from a Camaro Z28, a custom-fabricated chassis, and independent suspension parts from Nissan drift cars? For purists, that might sound horrifying, but Stevie Martin from SS Motorsports wanted to try something completely outside the box. His "Drift National" is certainly a polarizing build, but he told Autotopia LA that it still gets a lot of positive attention. "I wanted to build it so even the G-Body guys could respect it. Right off the top, they're going to be upset... but as soon as they see it or hear it, they fall in love with it."

Thanks to a bit of some smart horse trading, a couple of vintage Mustangs are being kept all in the family. Seven years ago, Westminster, California resident, Rudy Doles, and his family were attending his Uncle Vic's funeral. Rudy noticed that Vic's 1967 Mustang convertible wasn't in his garage. Rudy asked a cousin attending the funeral where the drop top pony car might have wandered off to.

Every year at the SEMA Show, we make a point of checking out the newest restomod build from Ringbrothers, and even after 20 years, we have yet to be disappointed. These brothers from Wisconsin consistently produce some of the coolest resto-modded classic cars in the industry, and their project for 2025 was no exception. This 1969 Mustang Mach 1, known as Kingpin, features a stretched and widened body, independent suspension, tons of custom one-of-a-kind parts, and an 800hp Coyote V8.

For most people, a vehicle is simply a tool for getting from Point A to Point B. But as enthusiasts, our vehicles are much more than that — they're an extension of our personality. Modifying and accessorizing our cars and trucks lets us express ourselves and stand out from the crowd. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, General Motors leaned into this idea with a wide variety of special edition packages for Chevy and GMC "Square Body" trucks. In this article, we'll take a look back at a handful of the most interesting Square Body special editions.

At first glance, it looks like a refined late-’70s Trans Am - long hood, wide hips, Solar Gold paint glowing under the sun. But this one isn’t about nostalgia. This is what happens when a second-gen Trans Am grows up, gets real money thrown at it, and decides it’s done pretending.

If you’re talkin’ blue-oval heavy hitters from the muscle-car glory days, the 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 R-Code sits right at the top of the food chain. This thing wasn’t built for grocery runs or Sunday cruises. Ford engineered it with one purpose: to hunt Chevys and Mopars at the drag strip. What rolled off the line was basically a Detroit-born fist fight on wheels - raw, loud, and absolutely unfiltered.

The Ford Falcon was a practical and affordable compact car, and certainly remains a timeless classic to this day. But for Serge Anderson, it's more than that. Anderson saw potential for a fast and agile track weapon, so he began modifying this '63 Falcon to unlock that potential. The result is a very cool build with some subtle but significant changes, including a 550hp V8 under the hood.

Many vintage American truck enthusiasts regard the 1968 GMC C1500 short-bed fender-side as a ready for work pickup truck with an earnest countenance. About three years ago, Surf City USA resident, Chris Van Schyndel, was surfing around on Craigslist. Wearing a flat black, rattle can paint scheme, Chris saw a GMC fender-side that really seemed to be trying to hide its rugged good looks.