The New, Newer Project: Part Tres...

[StealthBird]

Saw Bob's car (a.k.a. Steve's old Bird) at the Trans Am Nationals. It drew a heck of a lot of attention. The car looked great! A black 72 Formula, with that beautiful Formula hood, and a 455 H.O. 4-speed combo, well, it has to be one of the coolest Pontiacs ever made. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

Oh, go rub salt in the wound! Never should have let that one go...or any of the others I sold over the past 35 years. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img]

P.S. Enrico just sent me a Happy Anniversary email. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

Just traded emails with Rick as he was wishing me a belated happy birthday. Here is an excerpt from his email. He is such an amazing mensch: [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">&quot;On December 10th of this year I'll be 80 years old.

On December 19th Lenora and I will be married, to each other, 49 Years.

In August of 1973, when I took delivery of Samarkand, I was 38+.

In March of 1963, my team and I finished 4th overall in a Grand Prix motorcycle race at the Daytona International Speedway. We ran against the likes of Mike the Bike Hailwood who handily blew us into the weeds. Incidentally, he was personally a great guy and undoubtedly the greatest motorcycle racer who ever lived. His accomplishments are legendary. At that time I was 28+.

In 1964 we set the record for the circumnavigation of Long Island by a single engined outboard race boat. As far as I have been able to determine, the record stands to this day. Many bloggers, to this day, say our rig was dual engined but can't seem to find the second engine in any of the plethora of photos that were taken at the time. The picture taken as we crossed the finish line headed up all the ads for the Teleflex Corporation for over a year. At that time I was 29+.

In 1965 we won first overall in the Lake Michigan Regatta running a Glastron V-234 powered with a pair of 409 Chevys running thru MerCruiser Sterndrives. At the time I was 30+&quot;</span></span>

[njsteve]

In case you hadn't deduced it already, Samarkand was the name Enrico bestowed upon his SD455 Formula when he bought it in 1973. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/scholar.gif[/img]

[RPOLS3]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In 1965 we won first overall in the Lake Michigan Regatta running a Glastron V-234 powered with a pair of 409 Chevys running thru MerCruiser Sterndrives. At the time I was 30+&quot;[/i][/b]</div></div>

That would be a neat rig to see today..........

[njsteve]

Had a post-Christmas &quot;garage day&quot; and got everything running and warmed up since it was almost 60 degrees and sunny here today. Took the SD out for a spin and it seems like everyone else had the same idea as well. Hanging out at Al's Auto Care in Flemington with a 1970 Challenger R/T, a 1966 Charger, a 1965 Buick Riviera GS with 421 and dual quads (in the garage bay).



And then took another ride around to look at the scenery. She drove very nicely today.
I forgot how much fun it is to ride in a 310 horse open sleigh. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Paul_S]

Very nice and a Buick 425... unless it's turning into a Pontiac. ha

[njsteve]

Sorry about that. Math was never my strongpoint. At least I had two of the three numbers right! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]