The New Project: Part Deux!

[njsteve]

Got the the correct 10" tapered, day/night, mirror glass insert today from Paragon Corvettes. It went in very easily. The key is very hot water. Soak the mirror housing in the hot water for 15 minutes or so and the grommet becomes nice and pliable. I then placed a couple of dabs of silicone sealer in the center of the gasket in place of any type of glue that might affect the mirror coating. The mirror pretty much slips in as you gently peel back the edge of the grommet around it. When I got to the corner I used the plastic squeegy and it was easy.

Here's the finished result being inspected by Mr. Noseprint himself...

[Grant Didmon]

Hi Steve
It is amazing how much you have accomplished in so little time with the Formula,I stand in awe of you,as by now if I still owned the car,I probably would have figured out how to put the key in the ignition the right side up.
Can you possibly send me some pictures to my e-mail when you get back from MCACN show?
I was having coffee with a couple of guys today that I used to work with,and the conversation got around to older cars,and The one guy tells me he has a friend that has a 73 Formula 400 that he bought new,so I am hoping to get to see it,just to see a honest to God car that someone has kept for 40 years and never got tired of it.
I have driven the new black 66 Mustang convert 1300 miles since I got it,and it included going 400 miles round trip to a Goodguys meet in Puyallup Washington,and when I got home I was reading through all the bills that came with the car again,and found one that I had missed.The Michelins on the convert where purchased in 1988,and I had just spent three hours doing 70 miles an hour on 24 year old tires.So new tires for next spring is on the agenda.
Take care,
Grant

[njsteve]

Hey Grant!
Great to hear from you.
You definitely have to dump those old tires. Anything over 7 years is beyond its life expectency and subject to failure. Thankfully I am no math whiz and can't figure out what 2012-1988 is. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

Hey, we should meet up for lunch. How abut we meet in the middle somewhere between your house and mine?...say Chicago in a three weeks from today? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

[Grant Didmon]

Hi Steve
I wish I could meet you in Chicago this year,but just not enough time this year to make it happen.Thanks for the invite for lunch though,I will take a rain check for another time.
Grant

[njsteve]

Still without power- 5 days and counting after Hurricane Sandy.

One of the guys on the Performance Years website posted these photos of the Formula from back in 2000 when it was all apart awating the engine rebuild that finally went back together in 2004 shortly before the second owner passed away. He was the one that ran the GM of Canada docs back in 1993 when he saw the car in a parking lot and took down the ViN info.

Without any internet of my own, I am not able to post the photos at the moment.

Here is the link:

http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...01#post4770501

[njsteve]

Still no power...11 days and no end in sight. Doesnt look like I will be attending MCACN next week.

[Xplantdad]

That sucks Steve. I heard that NY fired their director of emergency services...seems he had the folks cleaning up his house first? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/bs.gif[/img]

[VintageMusclecar]

&quot;Interesting&quot; report, sounds eerily familiar (?) Link

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That sucks Steve. I heard that NY fired their director of emergency services...seems he had the folks cleaning up his house first? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/bs.gif[/img] </div></div>

We still do not have any power, cable or internet in our town. And no realistic restoration date from the idiots at JCPL. It was so nice to see a crew of three trucks working on the lines going to some vacant million dollar vacation farm/home on our road earlier this week. The estate is unoccupied and up for sale, so it must have REALLY been critical that the millionaire politician/developer had his lines fixed before any crews worked on the actual power lines that were down 300 yards up the road. The trucks had to actually drive over those downed lines to get to his property. When we asked why the werent working on the actual downed lines, the crew from Ohio said that until they get a workorder from JCPL, they cant move on to the next repair job. So they have to sit idle waiting on the paperwork logjam to move.

My son's school just got power this morning after being closed for two weeks. My daughter happily returned to school a couple days ago just to get some heat and social interaction.

[njsteve]

We finally got power back last night. It then it went out again. It came back on an hour later. We'll see how long it lasts now.

I wont be able to atend the MCACN next week. Just too crazy around here still. I figured out that we spent $600 on fuel to run the generator for 12 days. That was just about my diesel fuel budget for last years trip to MCACN.

Last night while everyone's power was still out, the league decided to have the semi final bowl game for my son's Jr Peewee football league. Despite the fact that everyone was exhausted (parents) from no power for a week and a half, and the kids had all been sitting idle with no school during that time, and the location was 30 miles away (but a 90 minute drive due to closed roads), it was a great game. It was tied 12-12 til the last five minutes when my son's team scored another 6. The game ended at 18-12.

We were all elated...until they told us that the kids now have another semi final in 4 days...on a Monday night. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]