June 2014, Mecum Auctions, Seattle. The bidding had already crossed seven figures, and the room had gone quiet. The kind of quiet where seasoned collectors stop pretending they’ve seen it all. When ...

The second-generation Dodge Charger Hemi R/T is the perfect classic muscle car as well as being the defining ride of the Golden Age of American Muscle. The third-gen Plymouth Barracuda, and more ...

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.

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...