Our salvage-yard Pontiac mill is almost complete. If you've been following this buildup series since we kicked it off in the Mar. '14 issue, you've seen how we tore the motor down, machined the block, ...

When was the first muscle car introduced? Well, it depends on who you ask. Some say it all started with the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88, while many agree that the muscle car era began in 1964 with cars ...

Introduced in 1960, the Super Duty V8 engine turned the Pontiac Catalina into a worthy NASCAR and drag-racing competitor. In 1962, Pontiac debuted a larger, 421-cubic-inch (6.9-liter) version of the ...

An iconic name from GM's former Excitement Division, the Pontiac Grand Prix had a 46-year production run that only ended when the brand itself finally ran out of gas during the financial crisis that ...

Who has the right-of-way on a California freeway on-ramp that merges two lanes into one? Apparently, it’s the faster car. Connie Fleischner learned that lesson, or, rather, taught that lesson, one day ...

Last month we introduced you to our latest engine buildup project, a salvage-yard '66 Pontiac 421 V-8. In that first installment ("The Teardown") we examined the engine closely to determine its ...