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2 weeks ago | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
SpringFest, once the largest celebration of modern Mopars in the country, has triumphantly returned after a six-year hiatus. Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the show, which had lured the Mopar faithful from all over the U.S. and Canada down to Orange County, California, every March, was called off mere days before its 15thinstallment was due to be held in April of 2020. For those who aren’t familiar, SpringFest began in 2004 as a celebration of the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Magnum.
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1 month ago | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
When it comes to rare muscle cars, the Buick GS 455 Stage 1 convertible is right at the top of the list as far as performance and rarity is concerned. In the Golden Age of the Detroit super car, the preponderance of performance vehicles came from Dodge, Plymouth, Ford, Chevy, and Pontiac. Because of this, some of the coolest rare muscle cars came from the fringe brands.
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2 months ago | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
If you ask most automobile enthusiasts what the first, true muscle car was, chances are the majority will respond swiftly and authoritatively with three simple letters: G, T, and O. While there were a few examples of sedate, mid-sized cars which had hot motors in them that predated the Goat, none hit the exact formula that came to define the term “muscle car” like the GTO did.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
“Big things often have small beginnings.”Without a doubt, this age-old aphorism could certainly be considered a cliché, but this doesn’t negate the fact that the saying is very often true. From companies to countries to people, some of the most prominent entities in this world have had exceedingly humble origins.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
Hemi. The very word conjures images of raw power, speed, and noise. So named for its hemispherical-shaped combustion chambers that allowed for the detonation of a larger fuel/air mixture, the Hemi engine transformed any run-of-the-mill Dodge, Plymouth, or Chrysler vehicle into the most feared competitor at the drag strip or stoplight in the 1960s and early ‘70s.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
Without question, the automobile industry is currently in an unprecedented state of flux. Four years ago, the coronavirus pandemic shut factories for an extended period of time and affected parts and chip manufacture in an adverse fashion, contributing to a dearth of new cars available for purchase. Simultaneously, covid ignited inflation and sent interest rates skyrocketing worldwide, making it less affordable for consumers to finance or lease the vehicles that were available for purchase.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
In the annals of Hollywood history, a number of notable film actors became closely associated with automobiles by virtue of select roles they portrayed. There was Steve McQueen, a zealous car and motorcycle enthusiast, whose starring roles in Bullitt, Le Mans, The Hunter, and The Thomas Crown Affair, afforded him his peerless automotive bonafides.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
In the late 1960’s and early ‘70s a subtle shift occurred in the type of car movies that Hollywood was distributing. Previously the domain of low-quality, low-budget, B-movies aimed primarily at the drive-in crowd, a small trickle of high-concept, art-house car movies also saw release during this period.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
It’s difficult to fathom, but a full trip around the sun has already transpired since I penned a column reviewing the inaugural FallFest Mopar car show. That event, the brainchild of Eric Landeros, a diehard Mopar enthusiast and owner of Staga Motorsports, a manufacturer of high-performance components for Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler vehicles, attempted to resurrect the spirit of SpringFest.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
streetmusclemag.com | Rob Finkelman
If your childhood was akin to mine and you grew up in the 1970s infatuated with horror movies, chances are there were a small handful of films that left an indelible impression on you. For me, the seminal movies that necessitated sleeping with the lights on after viewing them, were Alien, The Amityville Horror, and a certain low-budget scarefest that was not only frightening, but about as bizarre as horror flicks came in those days.
