If you've ever found yourself at a showcase of classic 1960s muscle cars, you've probably seen a few sporting strange-looking devices on their hoods, known as hood pins. These distinctive gadgets are ...

Some muscle cars have hood pins, but they're not there just because they look snazzy. Back in the muscle car heyday of the late 1960s and earyly '70s, many of these cars could generate enough lift at ...

Even before the engine in the Valiant had been changed to the E85 guzzling, tunnel-rammed stroker, I didn't think it was a big deal to run the Valiant without a hood. Let's face it, a tunnel ram with ...