I admire any person or company that has a vision and the work ethic to make that vision into a reality, especially when it comes to something as labor-intensive as a custom car. SEMA is full of them, but let’s face it – some of them are downright hideous despite the hours of knuckle-busting and Red Bull swilling that went into them.

This week’s Throwback video features an absolutely wicked 1968 Chevrolet Camaro powered by a blown big block engine that is said to produce upwards of 1,000 horsepower.

The 5th generation Camaro is coming to an end. Next year, we will be introduced to an all-new, lighter and smaller version of America’s iconic muscle car.

This week’s Dyno Blast video features a Buick Regal that has been painted up to look like a Buick Grand National and rather than the GN’s turbocharged V6, this blacked out Regal packs a twin turbocharged V8.

It wouldn’t be SEMA without a new-school Trans Am post. This once was built for a Canadian customer, and the Magnuson Direct Mount Supercharger, beefy competition rockers, custom-ground cam and long tube headers—among other choice bits—mean this Screaming Chicken is putting down 600 horsepower at the wheels.

GM never should have killed Pontiac, and if China wasn’t so batshit for Buick, it might not have. That said, if the General had embraced retro styling with its performance brand, we could have seen wicked cars like this Hurst Judge rolling down the street en masse. I love the Regal, but I’ll take this bad ass reincarnated Goat any day of the week.

Love them or hate them, KISS still seems to be a thing in the world and for some unknown reason, they collaborated with Corvette to bring about the apocalypse. I mean a modified C7.