Come on Spring!!!

I think we are all holding out breath, here on the east cost we have had a very mild winter and here in the south where our average winters day is around 45, it's 69 as I write this. So you will have to excuse me if I start to dream about warm sunny spring days, when I know winter is not over...it hasn't even arrived yet. To say I'm excited about the summer ahead is a understatement, I have been blessed with making some really cool contacts this winter and I can't wait to see what hits the streets this summer. One of the things I look forward to seeing this summer is the new ZL-1 Camaro and that got me to thinking about how that compared to the original 1969 ZL-1 Camaro. I shot one of the original 69 1969 ZL-1 Camaro up at Floyd Garrett's Muscle Car Museum and because of what it is, it's a very cool car, but kinda plain. I mean it has dog dish hub caps, no badging, it looks like a stock Camaro, now I have not heard it run but my guess is setting next to it, there is no doubt it's not a 6 cyl Camaro. Now the 2012 ZL-1 says MOVE!! lol, It has a different hood, it's own wheels, ZL-1 badging, chin spoiler, staggered wheels and a all aluminum V-8. So once you notice the difference in the approach to styling the next question is, which one is faster. The new one,lol..and by a lot 0-60 on the 69 is 5.2 and the 12/3.1 1/4 mile 69/11.6 and the 12/11.0 and we don't even want to look at the handling numbers. So when I hear people talk about how things were so much better back in the "day" in this case...no they weren't. Now I know people will say, "well if you put new rubber on the 69 it would run with that 12", and they may be right. But for this comparison I'm just looking at stock form. I mean if you worked that 12 a little you would get even better numbers. It just seems fair to say start faster finish faster.  Now this is just one case of how as car guys this is a great time to be alive and watching Barrett Jackson last month, it looks as if people are starting to come out of hiding, so I'm really excited about the future of the Hot Rod and really looking forward to spring. Let me know what you think, are our best days behind us? Is spring right around the corner? I sure hope so.  Have a great day!!