------------ 1967 Camaro Streetfighter =VENGEANCE= 2011 field journal thread.--------

[Ravenworks]

Well this is how I see it. Vengeance was built as an affront (just like my car) to the high gloss, high profile builds that get built to market a product that we see literally in every magazine every month these days. Gone are the days of "joe shmoe's car that he built in his garage" being the main feature in a magazine. Now it seems like all the cars in print get built as part of a marketing decision. Cars are identified by the shops that built them or the parts that were bought for them (anvil mustang, etc) more often than for the people that did. That's why Vengeance is so awesome. The car is an extension of the owner, you see who he is in every aspect and detail of the car. His *soul* is in there.



And what did hollywood do? They copied it and turned it into the very thing it was built to rail against. A marketing gimmick. Because it'll make a sweet looking toy. It'll sell t-shirts and bed sheets and beach towels. Vengblebee is *way* cooler than a stock brand new camaro, after all. Just goddamnit so much.

This is probably one of my favorite posts ever on this forum. Great observations!!!