72 TA : New Project

[Plowman]

Your work rocking COOL!

[njsteve]

Celebrating the first day of Spring 2010! I have only been working on this car for 23 seasons.

I just got back from my first actual drive of the car in six years!!! Prior to today the only drive I ever took it on was the original test run around the block when I bought it on 11/11/2004.

I buckled my 9 yr old son in the passenger seat and we snuck the car out and drove it around the neighborhood for about 4 miles, through all 4 gears and all 4 barrels.

I dont know what all this hoopla is about the M22 rockcrusher making whining noises. It is relatively silent compared to the industrial, cast iron, A-833 four-speed in my Charger.

The T/A does have a bit of pep, I must say.

As usual, my boy interupted my enjoyable, celebratory test drive with his sarcastic: "That's enough speedy-fast, Dad. Let's go home and throw the baseball around"

Kids. They just don't appreciate good fun!

Here's the offspring about 5 years ago (or as the boy says: "When I was a kid") installing the body on the subframe.

[scorpio ps]

It's all about the journey and the experience. Soon another begins or perhaps it has already started. Great work.

[budnate]

Steve it is just crazy..to me it seems like its been only a couple years you have been on it, man time flies.

[njsteve]

Couldn't wait any longer. After staring at that refinished steering wheel in my clothes closet for years now, I finally installed it this afternoon.

Now the back half of the car is finished, and the middle half of the car is finished. Just need the front half finished and I am finally finished with all three halfs of this Cecil B. Demille production.

(P.S. You know what they say: 90% of people can't do basic arithmatic...and the other half can't spell either.)

[KevinW]

Steve, isn't it great to pull pre-finished parts out and install them! Talk about instant gratification! Nice!

[kwhizz]

Steve.................Great Job........The worst part of finishing the project, is that your labor of Love project.............turns into being........"Just a Car"......The fun is in the the passion of the build....Again....Great Job.......

Ken