Leading up to the peak of the muscle car era, automakers like Ford and Pontiac were locked in a battle of one-upmanship. While smaller, higher revving engines were popular among hot rodders, there was ...

Last month, we brought you Part 1 of 3 on how to detail a 428 Cobra Jet engine to concourse level, with Marcus Anghel of Anghel Restorations in Scottsdale, Arizona. Here we present Part 2, and next ...

1969 stands as the moment when Ford took the reins of performance into its own corporate hands, effectively pushing Shelby out of the spotlight. With the Mach 1 and the Boss Bros, Ford didn’t really ...

The Boss 429 and 429 Super Cobra Jet V8 engines rank as some of the most powerful engines ever put in the Ford Mustang. In fact, if we limit our discussion to first-gen Mustangs, these engines, both ...

A spotless Mach 1 typically draws big numbers whenever it hits the market, and someone on eBay hopes their immaculate specimen will sell for a small fortune. Ford produced over 190K Mustangs in 1970, ...

You know the drill. Talk muscle cars and the usual suspects line up like it’s Saturday night at the old Detroit Dragway in 1969. Chevelle SS, Camaro Z/28, and Charger R/T. But if you were smart, or ...

If you always wanted to build a strong-running big-block Ford (or any other Henry, for that matter), but were holding back because of the parts availability problem, relax. The factory may be out of ...

In addition to the red Mach 1, Fioretti owns a second 1969 Mach 1 in maroon with the 428-cubic-inch Cobra Jet engine – the ...

[This story first appeared in the premier issue of MotorTrend Classic in 2005] If H.G. Wells Enterprises Inc. advertised time-machine test-drives tomorrow, it'd be tempting to hop in and twist the ...

Ford introduced the 385 big block V8 engine series in the late 1960s as it phased out the MEL (Mercury Edsel Lincoln) big block design. The 385 big block, named for the 3.85-inch crankshaft stroke ...