A$#%*&le of the Month.......

Hustler magazine used to have a column titled "Asshole of the Month"  where they chronicled celebritys, politicians, sports figures and anyone who made the news for doing something incredibly stupid, or hypocritical-like Larry Craig and his gay-bashing, then getting caught trying to pick up a guy in an airport men's room. I nominate the guy who had his '70 Chevelle featured in not one, but two magazines. This guy goes beyond the LS engine swappers, or any other heinous act of classic automotive destruction you can think of. The moron that put a 389 Pontiac in a '57 T-Bird? Not even close. The jerk that bought a concours show-quality, one of 1,286 1972 Trans Ams and not only put an LS motor in it, but butchered the body, interior and suspension? Child's Play.  No, this clown spent $250,000-that's not a typo I didn't mean to write 25K, he spent a QUARTER MILLION putting a pumped-up GM Duramax Diesel engine and Allison transmission out of a 2011 GMC one-ton pickup into a 1970 Chevelle!!!  Blaspehemy most foul!! Carroll Shelby and Zora-Arkus Duntov, Vic Edelbrock Sr., Bill Jenkins, and any other deceased legendary hot-rodders are spinning in their graves like the Tazmanian Devil. It had a tricked-out suspension and 4-wheel disc brakes, and custom paint, and it was fast. But 250K??!!  That's the price of a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath, 3- car garage house anywhere except New York or California!!  That's the price of TWO Aston Martin Vantages, or 3 Z06 Corvettes!!. I don't get it, no way, no how. For 50 grand he could have built one with a 720 hp 572 inch rat, that would have at least been both badass and cool. I don't care how fast it is, a Chevelle with a diesel truck powertrain is not cool, it falls into the more-money-than-brains category. How is he ever going to get his money back? I wouldn't buy it for $10,000. That's like "Fart in the Wind"  ( Hustler's award for the second biggest asshole of the month ) Jay Leno converting a 1966 Toronado to rear-wheel drive and putting a Chevy engine in it. If he liked that body and wanted it on a rear-drive platform why didn't he just start with a 1966-67 Buick Riviera? Their rear-drive, and the hidden headlight, fastback, swoopy body is almost identical  in styling. In fact the Riv body is actually cleaner and sexier in my opinion. And a Rat motor would only require a Chevy bolt-pattern TH400 and some Chevy Impala motor mounts!! Not actually fabricating a whole new different chassis from the ground up!!  I think I'll plagiarize Mr Flint and report here regularly on people that butcher classic iron like these two clowns with way more money than brains. Or to avoid a lawsuit maybe we'll just call ours the "Shit for Brains" page. Mastermind