Part of the fun and mystique of owning collector cars whether they are muscle cars, sports cars, hot rods or rat rods are the stories behind them. The stories about how they were acquired, about the breakdowns, about the special trips and especially about the people encountered along the way. The Mission of our site is about helping you make your car a Legend.

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Project “Bulls Eye” 1963 Dodge Dart GT

Project “Bulls Eye” 1963 Dodge Dart GT

Tired of all the high dollar “I’m scared to drive it!” muscle cars? Tired of high horsepower gas gulping collector cars? We love these kinds of cars but even more we love to drive our old cars. Most of the time these two desires are in conflict with each other. Therefore we have jumped off in [...]

1969 Dodge Charger 500 Road Test HEMI

1969 Dodge Charger 500 Road Test HEMI

When the Chrysler Corporation got tired of the new for 1968 Ford Torino sportback kicking their Dodge and Plymouth butts on the NASCAR tracks they developed the 1969 Dodge Charger 500. It employed the newly discovered aerodynamics to add top end on the Super-speedways. This Road Test done back in the day used a HEMI [...]

Buy a Hemi for $39.95!

Buy a Hemi for $39.95!

You can have this 1:6 scale Hemi Dragster Engine for your display case or office desk for only $39.95!. If you aren’t a MOPAR kind of guy how about a old school fuel injected Chevy Small Block or a Ford 427 or even a SOHC for the same price? We just added these sweet little [...]

Bobby Allison 1969 Dodge Daytona Race Car

Bobby Allison 1969 Dodge Daytona Race Car

There are few race car drivers that I respect more than Bobby Allison and few race cars that make the juices flow like his number 22 1969 Dodge Dayton. When I heard the sound of that Hemi and looked up and saw the number 22 roar into the Convention Center at the 2010 Forge Muscle [...]

Wellborn Muscle Car Museum

Wellborn Muscle Car Museum

By: Richard Fleener We try to check out car museums when ever and where ever we find them. The smaller ones are often little more than a few poorly restored oddball cars displayed in a dusty environment. When we visit the bigger and better venues it is a real treat. A new museum will be [...]

Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird Club at Talladega 40th Reunion

Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird Club at Talladega 40th Reunion

By: Richard Fleener Katrina and I just returned from four fabulous days of playing with our Ford Talladega and a bunch of terrific Mopar and Blue Oval folks at Talladega! We have a long list of stories to tell and nearly a 1,000 photos plus videos to sort through. We will be posting stories, Feature [...]

Art of the Muscle Car

Art of the Muscle Car

This book just hit the shelves and if you don’t hurry it will be gone and unavailable for Christmas. This is another Motorbook coffee table book you must have if you have ever thought of owning a Muscle Car. It is a master piece of photography and turns are dreams into cars to lust over. [...]

New Feature Car: 1969 Dodge Charger 500

New Feature Car: 1969 Dodge Charger 500

Make sure you check out our Feature Car Page and visit the 1969 Dodge Charger 500. This is the aero car that Dodge built for NASCAR racing in 1969. Not the winged Daytona but the 500. Read about it and see this beautiful example owned by Jerry and Ann Narramore. We saw this car at [...]

Muscle Car Book Review: Chevelle 1964-1972

Arguably, the Chevelle is one of the most popular Muscle Cars of all time. Ok, don’t leave if you aren’t a Chevy guy, stay with me. I have owned some Chevelles and Chevelle based El Caminos and loved everyone of them. I am not sure why there isn’t one in the garage right now. After [...]

Muscle Car Book Review: Camaro Forty Years

Muscle Car Book Review: Camaro Forty Years

Motorbooks has published a great book by Darwin Holmstrom titled Camaro Forty Years. It is a combination coffee table book with wonderful David Newhardt photos with great historical info on the Camaro. Some call the Camaro a Pony Car but it is a Muscle Car in the right trim levels. Although most of us will [...]