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Old 01-19-2020, 05:29 PM
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Default 1973 SD455 Formula VINTAGE CERTIFICATION: TIME CAPSULE AWARD

1973 SD455 Formula Firebird. The Ultimate Survivor

After serving as caretaker of original owner, Enrico Steins’s unrestored 1973 SD455 for the past seven years I have now decided to let her go to the next caretaker. I am honored to say that I have been friends with Enrico and his wife Lenora since finding this car in 2013. Enrico recently passed away in 2019 and I miss bench racing with him via email and phone. He was a 6'8" tall, curmudgeonly raconteur with a sly sense of humor. He often described himself as being cursed with obsessive compulsive disorder and a photographic memory for details. He was a record-holding powerboat racer and master mechanic. He was one amazing dude and was the man who ordered this car brand new in 1973 and kept it in the condition you see it in now.

The entire story of the car is posted on this site at the following link: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=736345
and https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=123936
I am currently dealing with Photobucket on getting the photos viewable on the thread again. At the moment some load and some don’t. So that is why I have both threads listed

“Samarkand,” as Enrico named the car, was featured in Hot Rod/MuscleCar Review and Hemmings Muscle Machines. A good number of high resolution photos are on their sites:

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1973...uper-duty-455/

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/articl...8N26vpxOY4TKAo

I will give you the basics here, but the full story can be had on the above linked sites:

1973 SD455 Formula, one of 43 produced (33 automatics and 10 4-speeds). 19,000 miles. White with optional saddle interior. Two-page window sticker with every possible option that Enrico could think of at the time. Every original document you can think of and some you can’t even imagine.

100% original paint, interior, born-with drivetrain, exhaust, 4 of 5 born-with Firestone 500 Radial tires, everything but the original C89 battery. Includes a brand new set of reproduction 1973 Goodyear Steelgard Radials that the car currently rests on.

Vintage Certification: TIME CAPSULE AWARD at MCACN 2016 – the highest level attainable for an unrestored musclecar. That means every category judged was at least 95% factory untouched original condition. It missed the highest ever attained score of an SD455 by less than one point. It scored 2933.74 out of a possible 3007.67 (overall 97.54 scaled score) The largest deductions were due to not having its 1973 original C89 maintenance-free battery and missing one defective Firestone 500 tire that exploded in 1983.

This is a brand new car that happens to be 47 years old. If you ever missed the opportunity to order and buy the musclecar of your dreams back in the day, here is your second chance.

$190,000

Thank you

NJSteve Phone: (nine-0h-eight) 442 – six-0h-too-nine
email at nk15268@hotmail.com
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Old 01-19-2020, 05:33 PM
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some document photos
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WoW, good luck with the sale.

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Doesn’t get much better

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good luck with the sale Steve, such a rare car!

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Old 01-22-2020, 06:29 PM
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With the prices I saw at BJ would have been a perfect time to bring it there.

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I'm not a fan of BJ and their no-reserve auctions. Too fishy if they shut the bidding off early for "friendly" bidders. And the bidders there seem to be overly interested in restomods and VW Microbuses now. They would ignore a survivor car that didnt have 20-inch rims and an LS motor in it.

I brought my old 1970 Hemi Charger to Mecum Indy back in 2013 and did well there with a reserve.







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Old 02-20-2020, 05:13 PM
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SOLD

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Congrats!
Anyone on PY get it?



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Very cool car - SD455 Formula, and an amazing survivor to boot.

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Time to go back to a faster HO car!!!!

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congratulations Steve, will be interesting to see where it turns up!

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