Where are all the badasses? No one builds evil,wicked mean and nasty stuff anymore....

I hate to always be so damned cynical, but the current state of affairs in the Hot Rod / Musclecar hobby is what does it to me. I am so sick of "Pro Touring" that I want to vomit Day-Glo. If I see one more buff magazine with a '69 Camaro with an LS motor,Recaro seats, and 18 inch wheels on it, or a "Bullitt / Dukes of Hazzard" Charger with an SRT8 Hemi in it and 20 inch wheels, I'll drive to L.A. and committ Hari-Kari in the Lobby of Peterson Publishing. ( Which Publishes Hot Rod, Car Craft, and others ). I get sick of hearing about "drivability" and "good gas mileage" and "smooth idle quality". Then go buy a Toyota Camry! A hot rod should be Jules' Wallet from "Pulp Fiction"-a bad mofo. Forget a numbers matching SS396 or a 428 CJ Mach 1-I'm talking a base-model Malibu or Nova with a snarling Rat motor. By snarling-I mean high-compression, with a lumpy solid-lifter cam, and dual-quads on an Edelbrock or Offy manifold or even a tunnel ram, backed up by a Rock-Crusher 4-speed and 4.11 or 4.56 gears. Or a Duster with a stompin' 360 based 410 inch stroker, a 727 with a high-stall converter and 4.30 gears that runs 11s easily. I don't care if it only has 10 inches of vacuum at idle-that's what the stall converter is for! How about a Mustang coupe or even a Maverick with a "Mock Boss" 302-( Edelbrock or Trick Flow "Cleveland" heads and the "E-Boss" manifold ) or 351C with a hot solid-lifter cam and an original Torker that comes on like "gangbusters" between 3,500-7,500 rpm?  What about a '70's Camaro with a 350 with a 6-71 Blower protruding through the hood?  I want BAD manners!!  If I wanted a car with comfortable seats that was practical on a long trip and rode and handled great,idled smooth, got 20+mpg and was still real fast-I'd buy a Subaru WRX hatchback!!  If your not going to leave it stock-then a musclecar should fear no import or modern muscle machine-because it should be-like the old joke-"Yea, though I walk through the shadow of the valley of the death, I fear no evil, "For I am The Meanest Mother in the Valley." Please, next time some rag talks about an "Evil" Buick-let it be a '70 Skylark with a 455 and a Muncie 4-speed, or a "Cross-Breed" with a 572 inch 720 hp Rat with a Trans-Braked TH400, not a Grand National with Computer chip and an aftermarket waste gate!!  Write to the buff mags and let them know you feel the same way, that were all tired of LS motors in old GM Iron and modern Hemis in classic Mopars!!  As Ving Rhames said in Pulp Fiction-"Let's get Medieval". Mastermind