Some muscle cars were built to cruise; others were built to turn heads. But, every now and then, one shows up that was built for something much more serious: winning. By the late 1960s, Detroit’s ...

The Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda ruled the streets during the Golden Age of American Muscle, but was completely dusted at the track by ...

Introduced in 1964, the Plymouth Barracuda did not get the iconic 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) Hemi V8 engine until 1970. However, Plymouth did produce a small run of Super Stock race cars with the ...

Plymouth’s fish and its fangs were born the same year. The Barracuda debuted on April 1, 1964—sixteen days before Mustang—while Chrysler’s race-bred 426 Hemi roared onto NASCAR grids that same season.

No-literally. Kids bawled, some screaming, as we left the drive-in with 426 inches of uncorked Super Stock Hemi acting like a fuel-burning time warp to the days of power that these crumb-snatchers ...