Multi Tone Hate.....Who's with me?

I totally agree with everything you said. I really dislike the 'street rodification' of muscle cars too. I say leave well enough alone.

All these trends are just that - trends. They crop up every few years, get promoted by magazines and builders and die off when people realize how silly they are. All those Overhaulin' type shows highlight these types of builds. They ruin the cars with big wheels, stereos and custom interiors. There was a show a while back where that Barry White street rod guy took a plain jane '70 Torino post with steelies and dog dish caps and made it into a street rod with giant wheels, fancy suspension and flashy paint and flipped it at auction for like $100K. No thanks. For me, it woulda been better if he left the non-descript paint and steel wheels, put a hot 351 and a 4 speed and blew doors.

I think that these trends get popular because the guys with money are willing to pay someone to build it for them. There's no creative thought on the buyers side, just a blank check. The shops are all trying to out do each other with the latest and greatest gee gaws, wheels and graphics. Then, like everything else, there's imitators and the style trickles down to the little guy who wants to look like the big boys with the bucks. Then some magazine article says hey let's do something else and it starts all over again.

Happened with gassers too recently. Anyone with an old sedan started putting straight axles under the front end and jacking them up real high. Problem is they never get the subtle details right and start cross breeding styles. The result is usually garbage.