The desire for classic muscle cars constantly evolves and changes. More so, the desire for muscle cars of automotive brands that no longer exists. This pristine 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Ram Air IV two-door hardtop coupe is an example of a highly-desirable American muscle car. With only 73,704 miles on the odometer, this Pontiac was recently listed for sale ...

American muscle cars had reached the summit of horsepower ratings in 1970. General Motors (GM) boasted of a mighty line-up that included the 450-horsepower Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6, the 370-hp Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV, the 370-hp Oldsmobile 442 W-30 and the 370-hp Buick Skylark GS-X Stage 1. However, insurance companies had also wised up to these race-ready ...

The 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle was billed as “America’s most popular mid-size car” and rightly so. General Motors (GM) produced 439,611 1969 Chevy Chevelles in two-door hardtop, two-door sedan, 4-door hardtop, 4-door sedan and 5-door wagon guises, equipping 47,905 Chevelles with inline 6-cylinder engines and 391,706 with V8 engines. Of these 391, 706 V8 Chevelles, a record 86,307 buyers opted for ...

In 2009, when I was having my 1971 Chevrolet Camaro RS rehabilitated by V8 maestro Ben Lim at his old workshop in Cainta, Rizal, I chanced upon a blue 1968 Buick Skylark Custom that was parked beside my Camaro. Ben saw me gazing at the intermediate American two-door hardtop and told me that he acquired it from a Filipina doctor ...

In 1948, Preston Tucker conceived and briefly produced an automobile with features so advanced that it was deemed as a big threat to the car sales and image of the Big Three American automakers at the time – General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and the Chrysler Corporation. Due to negative publicity initiated by the American news media, a Securities and ...

(Editors Note: We revisit a story we published in the “More Than 2 Wheels” section of our other publication, MotorCycle Magazine.)  While we were at Davao City in 2009, we met up with our friend, Kenneth Sy, who gave us a tour of his huge storage facility that houses his eclectic collection of cars. At the time of our visit, ...

I was quietly working on my stories for Power Wheels Magazine when I received an online message from Vegas Cars in the USA about a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette convertible that they have on sale. I’ve been subscribed to numerous online newsletters here and abroad that sends me an email whenever an interesting collector car becomes available. Even though I don’t ...

Although there had been numerous performance cars from Plymouth, the Chrysler Corporation’s now defunct third car brand, it wasn’t until 1967 that they offered a model that came standard with the necessary performance goodies.   The 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX (RS23), which was positioned as “a gentleman’s hot rod”, offered stylish performance for the discriminating buyer.  Introduced as Plymouth’s first unified performance ...

After “Gone in 60 Seconds” starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie was shown in cinemas around the world, people always picture “Eleanor” as a gun gray 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 with black stripes, aftermarket body modifications and fat wheels. The ’67 Shelby was, of course, a clone because nobody would dare desecrate and wreck a rare original that now ...

In the late Sixties, “cool” was the “in” word and muscle cars were the “in” thing. American actor Steve McQueen was then the epitome of cool.  His 1968 crime thriller film “Bullitt” became one of the top movies of the year and it featured one of the most iconic car chases in cinematic history. “Bullitt” starred Steve McQueen as a hard-nosed ...