Ahhhhh, 1956! Flatheads forever, but wait what about those new Chevys with the 283 and wasn't the FORD Y-block strong in NASCAR? That stuff is pure nostalgia and maybe a rest for your mind in the midst of CAFE 42 mpg and plug-in hybrids. I am starting to understand the transition from horses to Model Ts and I wonder what will be the hand-me-down starter cars for teen agers 10-15 years from now? Hopefully gasoline will still be available? Maybe Chevy will survive after all and those ECOTEC 4-cyls will still be available? Maybe California will actually go bankrupt and then open up off-shore drilling? Nah, the Feds will bail out bankrupt states, print more paper money and then maybe there will be enough backlash to drill off shore WHILE the solar-windmill grid is expanded. This cold turkey "get off fossil fuels" could be handled a lot more smoothly with a transition plan. Gee, a 1976 SBC is now one of those antique engines that ran on gasoline! This is a very confusing time in history but the younger folks will adapt better because they won't know about flathead V8s! Still the classic duece shell will still probably survive and a few Grafitti Coupes replicas will keep showing up but my oh my how do you soup up a hybrid; someone will find a way. I wonder where another CD of Hot Rod Girl might be found?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder