Unfortunately, the Tempest engine never made it into muscle cars of the mid-to-late 1960s. A new V8 landed in 1963, but this one didn't increase the engine's size. The 326 looked much like the 389 ...

In the following years, intermediates, pony cars, and even compacts received potent V8 engines that made them fearsome straight-line performers. Though the golden age of muscle cars didn't last as ...

The truth of the matter is that most classic muscle cars were sold with tamer engines, so the real street beasts crush it at auction. A killer ride with a rarely-optioned engine is an equation ...