The New Project: Part Deux!

[Grant Didmon]

Steve
It sure is a small world ,when we have a person on the site that remembers the exact car cruising the streets of London Ontario.I emailed the widow of the formula that I bought it from,and she will not give me the time of day,too bad.
Grant

[njsteve]

Grant, you are required to participate in this restoration process. It's the law. Didn't you read the fine print on the bill of sale? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

In regards to the previous owner, I do feel for her loss and understand her sensitivity on the subject of the car. Maybe once the car is done we can reintroduce her and her family to it.

Did you have any luck running out that lead on the engine builder?

[Grant Didmon]

Steve
I have had no time yet to do anything like that,it is about 1 1/2 hour return drive and a toll bridge both ways,so I will tie in seeing my brother one day at the same time,as he is about only 15 minutes away from Port Moody where the shop/shops are.I will &quot;get er done&quot; though,and see what transpires.
Grant

[Brewster]

Congrats Steve! Looks like a great car and I know you'll make it even better. Did you sell the TA? I'd still like to see that car someday.

[njsteve]

Yes, I sold the T/A to get money for this car. I was getting itchy and needed another project. I got tired of fixing up the house. That's just not as fun.

[napa68]

WOW Steve! just WOW!


Tim

[Brewster]

Congrats once again Steve! What state did the car go? Hope its at this years POCI in St Charles IL
Are you coming out for that show?

[njsteve]

And another vintage Ontario story of the car just surfaced on the sister thread to this one over at PerformanceYears.com: http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...444&amp;page=3

&quot;<span style="font-style: italic">If in London, I ran beside that car with my Older brothers White 74 455 Formula heading west to London from Mississauga on the 401 for all both cars were worth LOL....

We bought our 74 Formula from &quot;Milton Motors&quot; back in the day and they had a great mechanic at the dealership that was all about these cars (he had a 73SD TA himself)... He was a HP freak swore the White 74 was a factory screw up because it ran (in his words not mine) harder than his SD.... I know we ran a lot of cars that we should have had our asses handed to us,,,, and came out on top much to our own surprise,,, but that black Formula left a lasting impression on me....</span>&quot;

[njsteve]

It's starting to look like I picked up another &quot;Christine&quot;. I guess we'll name this one Rachel*


* after my recent biblical rant comparing my 7-year restoration of the T/A with the story of the Laban, Jacob, and Jacob's two 7-year deals to get his two wives: Leah and Rachel.

We shall all now turn to chapter #484968, on page 121 of my 72 T/A thread. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...6&amp;page=121

[K code Mustang]

Nice Pontiac Steve...but I still favor &quot;our&quot; Charger. I had a plan to buy the Charger, but unfortunatly my mega-million ticket turned out to be worthless. Reguardless, I am looking foward to the restoration of this one.