The Syclone vs Lightning vs 454 SS question is really three different arguments about what makes a performance pickup ...

Chevrolet built 13,748 examples of the 1990 454 SS, a regular-cab, short-bed half-ton pickup with a 7.4-liter big-block V8.

1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible Bring a Trailer Under the hood, things get serious. The original engine is long gone, swapped for a 454ci V8 with a Weiand intake, Erson valve covers, MSD ignition, ...

The Chevrolet 454 SS remains one of the more memorable high-performance pickups of the muscle-truck era, and exceptionally original examples continue to command serious money. A 1990 Chevy 454 SS ...

The idea of a muscle truck isn’t entirely new. As far back as the days of the early El Caminos and Rancheros, stuffing a big-block V8 to make these haulers go fast always had a certain kind of appeal ...

Chevrolet rolled out what is perhaps one of the coolest and most special pickups in the ’90s when it rolled out the limited-run 454 SS in 1990.

You might have thought that it made sense to hold an All-American Cruise-In on the 4th of July, but, “We had too much competition on that day from other shows,” said the Petersen Automotive Museum’s ...

Americans — especially American men — love trucks, and high gas prices aren’t swaying automakers. Ram has a new line of fuel-guzzling muscle trucks, and some in-your-face ads to sell them. By Roy ...

With the new Hellcat-powered 2027 Rumble Bee grabbing headlines, it's worth remembering that the idea of a muscle truck is nothing new in Mopar land. Its predecessor, the 2004 Rumble Bee – although ...

T he first time I saw a 454 truck, I must have been about 10 years old. Back then, seeing one of those trucks driving through the neighborhood, everyone turned their heads. That was everybody’s dream ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...