The New, Newer Project: Part Tres...

[njsteve]

I was scanning some of the original documents from the car to get ready for the MCACN show next week. I found this interesting item. It's the original order blank. In reading it I see that Rick originally ordered both the black vinyl/stainless steel body side moldings and the vinyl multicolor tape stripe, but neither were installed on the car on the assembly line.

[njsteve]

Rick was very meticulous about documenting everything and he was not happy that the car came with a shaker instead of the two scoop hood. Here is his original scribble sheet notes on what he wanted:

[njsteve]

I talked to Rick again today and he said he was initially going to get the side moldings until the dealer said they only came with a black insert. So he declined. The dealer then said they could install a white set...by drilling holes and screwing them onto the car. Rick then said no way.

As for the stripes, Rick doesn't know why they didn't show up on the car or why he didn't raise a stink about it when it arrived without them.

BTW, here's an article from the 1988 HPP with a white-on-white SD Formula with the stripes...and white dealer installed side moldings!





And what's really funny is that I have a photo of this exact car that I took at the Musclecar Nationals in 1986!

[njsteve]

One of the more knowledgeable guys at PY had a possible reason for the stripes not showing up: if your salesman didn't know to check the box that over-rode trim conflicts, then the stripe wouldn't get installed. It seems that white cars normally got blue "SD455" shaker decals and since the stripe was black and orange, you had to over ride the trim conflict so the selected shaker decal would be black to match the stripes.

Rick's salesman was an unemployed dress salesman who had just started at Suburban Pontiac a week or two prior to his ordering the car, so he knew next to nothing about the cars

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Thank goodness he didn't end up with those stripes.

Ryan

[Postsedan]

I see NO SD Formula.....I only see a 1971-72 Pontiac GTO, T37, Tempest Post Sedan [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[njsteve]

If I recall correctly that was Dan Jensen's 455HO T-37???

[Postsedan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If I recall correctly that was Dan Jensen's 455HO T-37??? </div></div>

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

Dan

[Norwood]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If I recall correctly that was Dan Jensen's 455HO T-37??? </div></div>

I was just looking at Dan's car on Tuesday. Its coming to MCACN and will be displayed with Mike Sparks GT37 455HO

[njsteve]

Doesn't Dan's brother have one too? The car in your photo is a coupe and the one in mine is a post sedan. (or is that Mike's car?)