The E-rod '55 Chevy.....Why?

I just got a GM Performance Parts Catalog that has a '55 Chevy on the cover and a big article inside about the new "E-Rod" perfoirmance package. It's basically a complete 2011 Camaro SS powertrain. The article went on and on about how you could have high performance and be emissions-legal. In a "55 Chevy?!!  Hello?!!  In most of the 50 states only vehicles 30 years old or newer-1981 and later-are required to have smog tests prior to registration. Some states still require it for vehicles 1978 and newer, and California, the strictest, requires it for 1975 and newer. So nowhere in the country would you have to "Smog" a '55 Chevy!! If you want to run a 327 with a 6-71 Blower and Nitrous, or a 12.5:1 compression 454 with a Tunnel Ram and dual 660 Holleys, you could. Even in smog-Nazi California you could put a 528 Hemi in your 74 Charger or an SVT 514 stroker in your 71 Mustang with impunity. The reason it offended me so much is three-fold. # 1. They should have used an '80's IROC-Z, or Monte Carlo SS, or C4 'Vette as a test mule. These are the vehicles that drivers have trouble registering if their modified at all, and would most benefit from this package. # 2. Why would anyone spend the time and money installing Catalytic Converters, Oxygen sensors,throttle position sensors, crankshaft position sensors, etc, etc, on a vehicle that didn't require it?  # 3. Spare me the rap about cold-weather starting, fuel economy and driveability. It's a documented fact that a restored musclecar is usually the fourth or fifth car in a household. No one is driving these cars to school or work on a daily basis, or even in the rain, much less freezing weather. Let's face it-90% of the cars that show up at "Hot August Nights" or go on the "Hot Rod Power Tour" do it on a trailer so the driveability argument doesn't hold water. Don't get me wrong-I love the new GM LS motors-if I can financially swing it, I'm going to be one of the first people in line for a ZL1 Camaro when they come out. But, if I want a 1965 GTO, like the song says-I want 3 deuces and a 4-speed and a 389, not an LS3 and a 4L80E!!!. You buy an old car because it's different from what's new. I've said it before-If you were a gun collector would you buy a WWII vintage Colt .45 and put Laser Sights on it?  If you were a motorcycle enthusiast would you buy a 1957 Harley Davidson and install the fuel-injected Twin-Cam engine out of a 2010 Softail?  Probably not!!  I just thought it was stupid that since even 45 years ago in 1966 when the California Air Resources Board started inplementing emission controls, a '55 Chevy was exempt!!  There's enough people out there with more money than brains that have to have the newest, and biggest, and best of everything, so I'm sure the package will sell well, but that doesn't mean it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.  That's all I'm saying. Mastermind