The New, Newer Project: Part Tres... - Page 24

**KevinW** · #**231** 06-09-2014, 10:42 AM

Steve, I guess Al's is the place to go for classic repair, your SD, olds, mustang, C-10 and a Plymouth/Dodge on the rack? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] Just the one modern SUV in front of your to run the pic [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

**njsteve** · #**232** 06-10-2014, 12:09 AM

Yes, he really knows his stuff on the older cars. He's a great guy to know!

**njsteve** · #**233** 06-15-2014, 02:59 PM

My son and I drove the white car out to PA to the Performance Years show in Hatfield. It is about 40 miles but takes over an hour as it is in the middle of no-where. We had a bunch of fun. He has been looking for a 1998 to 2002 Trans Am and spent most of his time touring that area of the show. Nice to see that he is getting in to cars at a young age - gives us hope for the next generation of carguys!

Here's the white car on display in the field:

**njsteve** · #**234** 06-15-2014, 03:01 PM

And on our way home we stopped at the local cruise night in Flemington, NJ. Another eclectic bunch of cars showed up last night. What's the odds of parking next to a white Karman Ghia and a white L79 Chevy II?

**Xplantdad** · #**235** 06-15-2014, 03:20 PM

Cool pics Steve! Car looks great [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

**njsteve** · #**236** 08-02-2014, 02:40 PM

Had to actually work on the white car the other day. It was having a weird brake pedal - when you pressed the pedal it would initially be hard and then creep down to a certain point, about 2/3 of the way to the floor and then become solid again. I bled the system a couple times but it still persisted. No leaks anywhere. The back brakes were also running very hot. I was thinking maybe it was the combination valve internally leaking, or the original master cylinder that I had sleeved, internally leaking. I even swapped to a known, good master cylinder but the same issue was there.

I told my mechanic buddy Al and he said it was the rear wheel cylinders. Of course he was right. Turned out that they were sticking in the engaged position, thereby dragging on the drums. Since who knows how long it has been this way and how hot those springs got, for safety sake, I replaced all the return springs, along with a new set of shoes. (I photographed, labeled and packaged all the original parts for posterity) and installed the new cylinders, and shoes. With the help of my son, we re-bled the system and now it works fine. Pedal is firm and doesn't budge.

**njsteve** · #**237** 09-01-2014, 03:10 PM

Well, it was one year ago today that Performance Years website member BentwheelBob gave me the heads up on the ebay listing for the SD. And then he blackmailed me into selling him my black 72 455HO. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

We have both been enjoying our cars in the intervening 365 days.

Here's Bob's thread if anyone wants to see what he has done with the black car - a lot, actually!

http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...d.php?t=736820

It has definitely been an entertaining year!

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

StealthBird · #**238** 09-01-2014, 08:02 PM

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** · #**239** 09-01-2014, 09:17 PM

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** · #**240** 11-04-2014, 09:25 PM

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">"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+"</span></span>

Dedicated to the Promotion and Preservation of American Muscle Cars, Dealer built Supercars and COPO cars.