CIAS: Old School American Muscle

We here at DODO have decided to turn this blog around and focus on Muscle cars. Well, not actually, but we’re going to take a look at the Canadian International Autoshow’s Icons exhibit.

This section was dedicated to Camaros and Firebirds, so that means this week’s theme is actually about things Ryan B can’t articulate about. So, expect a lot of pictures with no real information pertaining to the cars. It isn’t that I don’t want to share that, it’s just I don’t know what to say. For me, American Muscle might as well be written in Japanese. On second thought, if it was actually in Japanese, I might actually understand it.

I will be honest, I didn’t get to spend as much time in this part of the show as I would have liked.  It was the last portion that I visited and I was a bit rushed.   With 15 minutes  before the show closed I did what I could.  I took as many pictures as possible, some cars I gathered a decent amount of information about and others I completely missed.  I may not be able to tell you about every car, but rest assured I will tell you about every picture.

Here is a 1968 Camaro Z-28 with a John Rossiter Cross-Ram Competition 301 cu.In V8 ported “angle” cylinder heads. Also equipped with solid camshafts and makse about 420 BHP @ 7500 RPM. Plus it runs a Blueprinted M-22 4-speed manual transmission.

The is apparently the baddest Camaro ever built. I think they mean bad in the cool way as it puts out 750 HP.  The 2011 ZL1’s MRSP is $80,000 plus the cost of anew 155 or 255 with manual transmission. I know what you are thinking, but don’t worry it comes in a convertible as well.

Ferns are one of the more delicate plant species that the average gardener may decide to master growing. Though there are thousands of varieties of ferns, only a few are suitable for growing inside. ( I thought it would be nice to learn something)

This car is yellow and the one next to it is beige. I didn’t have time to read the sign, so I won’t even pretend to know.

Apparently, this crate engine cranks out 620 Hp or at least that is what the internet tells me!

This picture I do actually know a thing or two about thanks to Michael Bay.  This is the Autobot Bumblebee from the planet Cybertron sent here to protect mankind  from the natural resource squandering Decipticons.  Well at least that was in the 80’s when Bumblebee was a VW bug, today the Camaro is used to divert our attention from a non-existent plot.  But I digress.

On a more serious note, if you guys out there or your friends have any info on these pictures that I snapped, let us know.  It is always nice to learn something new and hear from the readers.