The DEMON is Back!!!

I'M BACK!!!!   Can't keep a great man down is what I always say.


What movie is that line from anyway? The Shining and I know was Independence day when he was flying into one of the ships to destroy it before it hit Area 51.

Well as you know over 30 months ago I was working with the SRT men from Dodge. Really couldn't talk about much at the time but a few ideas are starting to emerge from the work they did for me. I should say they spent a lot of development money that they didn't charge me for on the convertible & coupe built for me. You know I love a ton of horses in an aging platform or that is the first thing that I request more horses if possible that won't bring early wear & tear on the engine.

At the time we had an in depth discussion of the hellcat engine and I brought up the topic of the Duster/Demon that Dodge came out with in 1970-71.  The Demon back then was nothing in comparison to the Hemi powered or 440 engines of it's brothers. I remember church groups did protest the name and basically I viewed it as a second hand citizen. Not sure if the Demon name was used for one or two years on the Dart but I do know there was later a Dart Swinger.

So in that Hellcat conversation with SRT I brought up the Demon name which seemed to me a perfect fit for a hellcat powered car. I know there were wide body and flared wheel openings discussed but nothing concrete until later spy photos showed up. The "unofficial" name of one my SRT specials is HellRaiser- from the horror movie featuring Pinhead. So now that it has been announced I can mention that car now. Two of the cars SRT built are technically the first cars to use the Demon name.

This was released this morning and other clues will be released leading up to the NYC Auto Show.  Look at the reflection in the mans glasses you can see two of the lights channeling air where the original Hellcat Challengers only used one light for air flow. NICE!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7-f6pzl2Lw

Last year I did try to get one of my specials for the new Transformers movie. It was approved by the studio-Paramount but Dodge was not sure and failed to sign off on the car. I briefly tried to get the P14 of McLaren into the movie but that idea hit a wall.



It was over two years ago now going on three when SRT first contacted me.  Below are my notes.

http://lifeasstormbringer.blogspot.com/2014/08/conversetions-with-srt.html

There's over 50 posts but I unpublished them and put them back into edit mode. or at least I think i did.

OK guys back to my screenplay writing see you in a few weeks.

Future Orders

I try to update this every few months but some of you guys get the intel way before I do. Usually last as I always say. Remember Dio and "The last in Line" song. lol


Pagani:       Huayra BC being built estimated december delivery. should be the last one built or last serial number issued with a few extra features.  I believe they may be pricing themselves out of the market. The new ones being built today have all the improvements and new ones will have the carbo-titanium monocoque.    Updated 10/15/16  

 I think I'm very happy already to have the two Zonda models already.

Koenigsegg:

--Not sure what's going on here I requested the Geneva Show car for a weekend and that RS model was suppose to be a demo model and they sold it.  RS order & Regera order on hold and may be canceled.  Rethinking these orders until I hace access to test cars.  Updated 10/15/16

Jaguar:

--Always something coming in from my guys working there. Usually a F type R with extra horses that no one else has. Suppose to be getting an SUV with a larger engine but I understand some tech difficulties a little while back

Ford:

--Well other than 2 of the New Ford GT's not much else from Ford. I ordered another Ford Mustang
Racing model to teach racing at times.  3 Ford Raptors with new design and 35 inch big ass tires. Liquid Blue, Liquid Red and ....

Bugatti:

--There are two orders for the Chiron. One of the first 50 cars and then one of the "pumped" up models at a later date.  The Veyron had the WRE (World Record Edition).  Bugatti is going to make a limited amount of their Grand Vision GT Chiron sort of like the one in the video game. They want the car raced at Le Mans.   I understand this might come sooner than later this race version and not sure an ultimate Chiron later on in the cycle from everything Bugatti has learned from the car.

Bugatti increased base price 500,000 Euros to 3 million.  Development of speed version not expected until 2018.  Convertibles not late 2019-2020.  Waiting for testing and technical information sometime in 2017. These two orders are now floating in the system. When it's time to spec car will bump build further back until the versions that I want are available.  No rush

Updated 10/15/16

Porsche:

--911 R

--911 GT 3 RS Just delivered

Late Sept went to Germany for the 911 R builds with daughters.  Expected delivery Nov. 2016
Both were Paint to Sample PTS



Mercedes Benz:

--Right now the classic historical is building two replica 300SLR's

300 SLR racing roadster  & Uhlenhaut's 300SLR coupe...both replicas.  May do a transported replica at a later time.

300 SLR roadster is still being built. Coupe is on hold for the time being.  

Package deal being put together for a number of future builds including:

2017 AMG 50th Anniversary Car-  updates will be provided as time passes. 

 Mercedes AMG 2018 GT C Roadster.  

Special Edition of 7-10 units.  Will have upgrades and features and tweaks not included in other cars. More hp, custom color roof & leather.  Hopefully will be the first Black Edition cars.  That is what I specified the name to be.

2018 Mercedes AMG GT R

Also depending on how the above goes will include 1 Mercedes AMG GT3 race car.



Ferrari:

--LaFerrari spider, a second F12 Tour de France,  70th Anniversay model?

http://auto.ferrari.com/en_EN/70-anniversary/liveries-1957-1966-2/

Spider will arrive in March 2018.  Still working on anniversary model possible 2 models.

Chevy:

Z07 Vette & top line Camaro


Bentley:

--They are currently looking into a speed version of SUV and possible super size of current SUV-design exercise that might lead to custom build.

Bentley is designing a custom limo based on the one at the 2016 Geneva show.  About 3 feet longer than a normal model and 4 seats in the rear.

Matching custom convertible

Rolls Royce Wraith"Inspired by Film" Edition  delivered August 2016

SUV ????? Areis ???

http://luxexpose.com/the-rolls-royce-vision-next-100-is-premiered-in-los-angeles/

On order two AMRB-001 Nebula's -Rethinking this may cancel 2nd one. Very far off

McLaren

As soon as Geneva show car is public spec is in MSO promised 8 week delivery of first 720S. May hold off to see what's cooking.


S-HS MSO Expected March delivery.

BP23 Don't even ask not for some time.

Certainly not all the cars

StormBringer II / Perfect Strangers Song

Concept- How does one attain such expertise at an early age in various forms of martial arts. How is that certain individuals throughout history have overcome insurmountable odds in battle and became victorious.  For example Bruce Lee & 1 inch punch and developing a simplified style for battle success. Then the art of fighting without fighting. 


Solution- Through reincarnation the continuous learning of such expertise is advanced throughout each lifes' learning cycle and passed onto the next.

That was the thought behind the original title of StormBringer II which was changed to Perfect Strangers during final writing. This was about 6 months before I was entering into the Navy and I had read most of the books on Miyamoto Musashi  and Art of War so my tactile senses were at a high level. You could research what has been said about the song but the above were my notes before I wrote the first verses.  Yes in a way it has been stated by Gillian that it was meeting these strangers again and getting re-aquanted with the band members again after all the years. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_kez7WVUU

You know how no writer wants to come out and explain everything and the better ones have multiple meanings as this one does. It's basically the core of oneself-maybe its present self talking about past & future life(s) it has/will live.  I like to believe it's the final evolution of one self communicating to it's prior incarnations through time & space.  

Can you remember remember my name
As I flow through your life
A thousand oceans I have flown
And cold spirits of ice
All my life
I am the echo of your past

I am returning the echo of a point in time
Distant faces shine
A thousand warriors I have known
And laughing as the spirits appear
All your life
Shadows of another day

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers

I know I must remain inside this silent well of sorrow

A strand of silver hanging through the sky
Touching more than you see
The voice of ages in your mind
Is aching with the dead of the night
Precious life (your tears are lost in
Falling rain)

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers

I think the first part is self explanatory that the narrator is speaking to his past life(s).
The line of I am returning the echo of a point in time is when this person was in numerous situations/developments/wars in past incarnations and while the odds were so stacked against himself that a remembrance of all your skills and how to conquer the situation is brought forth under these situations. Sort of your past guiding/helping your present self.  You are your own guardian angel.  And when you come out on top of whatever situation you were involved in all your past selves smile recognizing victory and how each life contributed to that victory.

The silver strand is what connects all your selves together and is connected to what some call the source of all knowledge. If you know about the American spiritualist Edward Cayce you will understand what I am speaking on. When he would meditate he would describe being connected to "this source" to help solve peoples problems-"voice of ages in your mind". Whether it's true or not is another thing but that is what the silver strand or cord represents.   The voice of ages in your mind is your past life experiences.   And it's very sad that each life must remain perfect strangers to each other.

Now of course when spirits are mentioned I have to add that it's what you think, however these mo-fo's drink so much that it does have a double meaning. A professor buddy of mine helped with a practical joke and these guys being drunk most of the time helped. He pretends to hypnotized me and regressed me to a former life that I had lived.  So I spoke in aggressive tones and a few languages that no one understood. One character was a roman general, one was an American Indian warrior, another was a Texan who was killed at the Alamo. So the lines cold spirits of ice have double meaning here and laughing while the spirits appear is in tribute to "my spirits" appearing as I was going through a fake regression.  "Your tears are lost in falling rain" pertains to a washing of your soul and a way to calm yourself. 

Some think it has to do with the Michael Moorecock books featuring Elric.   Very interesting and sad story how one is reincarnated thousands of times and there is a "StormBringer" sword in the story line.   Maybe similarities but the Elric sagas had nothing to do with this song.
Not for this song but have to point out on this single on the b side was a song titled "Son of Alerik".

Also this is one of the few songs with no guitar solo and that was my doing. The guitar riff was one that I altered that was inspired by James Patrick Page.  And since Ritchie has always been such a major pain in the ass to other members that was my decision and the true story behind the song.

Name that Building

Well the structure is just about finished and needs a name. I keep hearing Hangar 19 and just laugh.  So we need your suggestions for a name.

I believe I just ran out of space.  Eight cars from a collection from Scotland and 6 cars from my London garage just landed.  Not to mention about 16 trucks that I have been storing for the widow of a Connecticut trucking museum that closed are now mine.  

Some know our family and some of the names used on our "barns" such as cobra barn, Chinetti barn, or Ford barn. Decades ago my granddad started to collect whole barns from mostly the northeast and all were timber-frame construction.  The rebuilt structures might look different but all are built with the large timbers. These became beautiful structures inside and the barn name has always stuck. All have kitchens and bathrooms and some of the larger ones have lofts or partial second stories but most remained large open one floor spaces.  And these would eventually be filled with "stuff." Could be older pumps from years ago, spare parts, cars, boats even planes and they all eventually got full.  One has an old carousal inside and yet two others have amusement rides called "The Whip" & Twirlly Bird.

Three enormous buildings were built: 1950's style airplane hangar(we call the barn), overflow barn which sort of looks like a large cow barn and probably covers close to 3/4 acre and a large indoor horse training arena.  The hangar has a work area that is still used to work on the cars and mechanical equipment on the property. Also here are two P-51 Mustangs and a Sabre jet which my granddad flew on our airstrip until about 1980. Prior and during WWII he structured many of the industries and NAA was one of those that manufactured these planes. One Mustang is one of the last ones to be built and we still have several spare Merlin engines in original crates. You English lads should know what those are. lol  The hangar was never completely full because it's still an active work area. This is the only building of the three that has modern heating and air.  The horse arena is a large structure with an indoor arena and is still used but not as much as days gone by.  It's been kept up like any building with repairs and repainting over the years. Sort of a dated building.

Now the overflow barn is another story! This area contains whole rooms that have been collected over the years. Old machinery, various parts of gas stations, thousands of signs, anything automobile related is stored here. Without looking I would say probably over a million parts, many NOS too. Also tons of Bankers Trust stuff and huge architectural pieces. 

I think the whole of the Bankers Trust on Liberty street is here when it was closed and remodeled at a later time. This is the building in lower Manhattan with the pyramid on the top/across from JP Morgan. 

I have multi-layered complex issues and some that are very sensitive. Having an airstrip so close to Westchester County airport(HPN) is another issue at times.  But we have kept the airstrip in use all these years and it has predated HPN as a national guard airport in 1942?

Because of our airstrip and his defense work back then the property has always kept a certain level of a no fly zone.  Meaning since HPN started commercial flights long ago there are no air routes near our property. You can see them in the distance but nothing to complain about. Sort of ironic since I was one of the advocates for noise abatement there. Oh by the way I was explaining this to a guest years ago one of the great modern story tellers and just based on that one fact that no planes are allowed over our property he wrote a whole script which became known as "The Village" by M Night Shyamalan.

So over the years I've wanted to incorporate different ideas and several years ago started the planning. I can use our main house to hold several hundred people for various functions but over the years its become a sanctuary to best describe it.  On most of our larger properties during the summer we host various programs for inner city youths so that was one small issue but mainly to get rid of the old hangar and build a multi function area.  Built into a hill on one end is just completed an Imax theatre. A very large area that I wanted for all those great science & educational movies that were filmed in IMAX.  Really great big movie seats for about 30 but can be converted for much more if needed. Everything is modular and with work the seating area can be broken down and stored. A huge soundproof wall closes this area but that is motorized and the wall stores away to open the area up.  

Back in the days of Rainbow and Deep Purple reunion Blackmore use to live in Connecticut. We used the overflow barn back then and set up a stage and work out their stage set-ups and practice. I always wanted an area to serve as a stage setting for foundation events. I always sponsor tables at the USS Intrepid functions for former USN and also not many left but would like to host roadrunner(original U2 & SR71 pilots) and other military groups from time to time. There is a stage area able to handle most functions such as a concerto and Broadway plays. My friend Allan Houston hosted a fundraiser for Obama back in 2008 in Conyers Farm and this area could serve those functions and high dollar plate functions.

A small marble chapel was built and consecrated by the Pope decades before I was born and every spring I get requests to use it for weddings and the estate for pictures. All from employees or relatives of employees under our corporate umbrella.  There is an area with commercial level kitchen appliances so food can be prepared by those catering or cooking.  I would say with the IMAX area closed this area can handle over 500 for dinner seating and not sure yet how many if chairs are brought in for a concert setting. 

Malcolm Pray died a few years ago he was a Greenwich resident who had a nice car collection(some went to auction) and was a long time business owner who ran Pray Porsche/Audi/VW.  We both from time conducted workshops & presentations so this area can be used also for this. When not in use some planes might be stored in this area, not sure. On the other end is a modern area for car, boat and plane restorations. No 61 meter Benetti yacht

is going to fit through the doors but some of the 40-50 ft speed boats can be accommodated and worked on here. And the P-51 Mustangs are soon to be slowly worked on and fully flight readied. They still have the machine guns intact. It was interesting getting automobile, aircraft and boat experts to try to equip this area with the best multi-functional systems.  On one corner there are six car lifts that four cars can be stacked making it about 24 cars for temporary storage. And a lot of the work areas that were for mechanical and automobile maintenance has been re-routed to this area too. 

One of the main reasons for finally doing this is because it will save money and most importantly save time for everyone. Because I actually sell billions of dollars worth of aircraft to business associates/ contacts/friends I have for years have had a Boeing jet to use. It's not my job it's more of a courtesy business arrangement.  The airport is a short drive away but usually if going into Manhattan the Bell is used and at times I'll use the copter for the short hop to the airport. That Boeing is a big business jet and not enough runway and/or overrun to safely accommodate it.  So it gets stored and serviced there. Because of the development of the G650ER(extended range) I can use that on our airstrip and save money on airport storage, all the fees involved there. Boeing is actually paying for it and will pay for a new trade in every four years unless they develop a plane for my runway length. It actually is saving them millions of dollars by not using their aircraft and they even contributed about five million for the construction of this new structure. If not aware of the new Gulfstream it can fly faster, higher and further than others. Not to mention much more comfortable due to air pressures but the main point is I can take off and fly to Tokyo or LA to Australia in one flight.

Will have to redo the old hangar eventually because there are others like a Dehavilland Otter & Beaver and other bush planes, ultralights and an autogyro(hell if I use that one) to store.

So as stated much of catering and events like wedding can be routed to this building. With the massive doors opened the Imax can be used for media events too, that's how it was engineered to be multi-purposed. At this point I think a hangar has to be designed and erected for the planes/copters and smaller boats.  I don't think it practical to have to empty all the craft out for events.  

Well that's the history of some of the buildings if you can think of a great name just send a message.  

Just to give you an idea now I need to find a permanent space for these vehicles-not all of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFzf-ayPVI4

Byram River Beagle Club

We just completed a new timber-frame building and naming it The Byram River Beagle Club.  As many of you know the original building was torn down by a developer in the Riversville area and was known as the place where Lucy & Desi Arnaz exchanged vows. Connecticut had a shorter waiting time to get married and that was even waived by the officiant. Greenwich is right over the New York border and the first town you hit driving from NYC. This was also a favorite hang out spot of Babe Ruth.  History has this place as a speakeasy during prohibition days. Other than that it was used originally as a hunt & kennel club and hosted many horse shows. The last few decades it was used as a single family home.

So this building has been decorated with a mixture of hunt club/speak easy flavor. Many period pieces pulled from our collections and reproduction of sporting/actor pictures and articles of those that visited the original Club. This building will be used to host event/parties up to 150.

Just wanted to add that the original area of Riversville was inhabited by native Indians for hundreds of years and the area around 1700 started to become farmland.

RP's Birthday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zplR71FYzsI


Oh Jesus I totally forgot today is Robert Plant's Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!  I'm going to have to go back to this and write some adventures we had together.  Robert, Cozy and myself ripping through the Welsh countryside. 

One of my favorite pieces written for a great artist...now a great friend. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8AT7sJkBejc


Lyrics are about racing cross country knowing that something drastic has happened to friends somewhere behind us.  RIP David &  Ron P


Also when Robert steps on the feather(his symbol in Zeppelin) he is leaving his past behind him.


Back in the day radio announced this song "here is Robert Plant's Big Log". When the song was written basically I had this old log that was covered by a drum skin. And when we went over the rhythm I was hitting this log our first time out. I wanted that slow subtle background beat. The song was built around that. Also those dam tight pants he wore some years earlier showcased why the radio guys announced it that way.

Note while Robert is swimming in the pool(Glass Pool Inn) that's my arm knocking on the pool window. One of several non appearances I made in his early vids.  I was also in the vid "In the Mood", Little by Little and Heaven Knows. In Heaven Knows I was flying in the hang glider with a camera rig attached and sort of crashed. Those outtakes were included in a special edition VHS tape at the time.

When I had two friends pass and my mentor Gilles V died on the racetrack about 18 months later I joined the US Naval Special Forces.  Two of my favorite lines form Robert.  "Why did you do such a bloody foolish thing like that B!"

And of course the other one when I was playing the straight man against Cozy being the joker "Geez B you have no sense of Humor."


Ship Of Fools


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPyPT7fb0-Q


Great lyrics...STORM...I am the pilot of this storm.


Later on...  No man is an "Island".."while I" end up in jeopardy... is a play on words.


Very poetic.


And of course when I think of Robert and Cozy the day magic struck with Slow Dancer. Cozy played drums on this piece. I won't get into the lyrics very obscure.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QibiJtk10s8


By the way I finally figured out a name for those coach built armored extended LWB Rover's  we are building. The ones I'm taking are going to be Special Edition "Black Dog". I was thinking of "The Rover" a song of Zep's but I like Black Dog better because it's a play on all those special Black editions out there.  Going to send one to Jimmy!


Happy birthday mate!


And the name Black Dog is not based on this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgzs6pT26KI


I am talking about almost 700 horses from a blunt force trauma Jaguar engine brother.


Black Dog the original below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpigDGf6vXM

Conversetions with SRT

Some time ago I was watching an episode of Gas Monkey's where they were doing a COPO drag car build and during the episode they visited the GM Heritage Museum.  I haven't visited there in over five years when they were selling some of their vehicles at the time.  Made a few calls and took a day trip out there. Now they say vehicles are for sale but a handful that I had interest in were really not for sale.  It was not a wasted trip because I had a chance to update contacts and actually had a chance to see almost 300 other vehicles in the collection that were in storage.  Fast Forward to a few weeks ago and JaysCobras started to talk about the prototype HellCat Challenger that the Monkey garage had and was tearing up the countryside with. I stared to talk about this HellCat with some of the guys I employ who are currently working at Jaguar/Land Rover on a special project for the Arab market. And they told me to get my hands on one and they would fly back for a weekend and give it a run.


So while I was on my cross country trip visiting various national parks with my family one Friday night one of my assistants notified me that someone from SRT was trying to reach me.  So in a short time I was speaking with the head of SRT. One of my guys must have spoken to him beforehand because he knew a little background on things. 


I think I caught him off guard because I told him the first thing that went through my mind when hearing about the 707hp HellCat Challenger was that I would love to get one of those prototypes into Cuba for their Acceleration of Speed event.
I explained how Cuba use to host a Grand Prix but when the communist took over all racing was outlawed and viewed as an elitist sport.  For years there was an underground for drag racing that was rarely spoken about. Only until recently has things begun to loosen up with an abandoned airstrip now used for 400 meter drag runs. And in the last two years associations have been forming events such as the Acceleration of Speed event.  I told him we shipped several small & large block Chevy engines along with a rebuilt '68 Charger Bullitt clone and should arrive there by labor day since the shipment had to originate from South America.  That's why I mentioned Cuba to him because that's what was on my mind at the time.


We talked about all the Viper pre-production models that were called back due to a few that were taken on the road and crashed. I guess it cost the parent company a few million in settlements or lawsuits so I was informed most of the proto's were going to be crushed. I informed him that there are ways around that as in what was done for my grandfather. He was given one of the Chrysler turbines that was recorded and still recorded as destroyed.  You know out the back door for VIP's since he was a major factor and pioneer of what we know as the military industrial complex. I started to tell him that back in the early '70's my sister had a plum crazy '70 hemi Challenger. She was into those purple and orange colors way back then. Two of her bedroom walls were colored hemi orange(or close) and two were purple. That Challenger was stolen in Connecticut and was used in a bank heist as a getaway car on the west coast. I hinted at a coach built special Hellcat in plum crazy as a tribute car since my sister is no longer with us. 






I explained how many manufacturers are starting to do custom coach builds in order to increase profits and build less production models overall. Ferrari has been doing it for a few years now and Aston Martin has just announced it will be doing custom builds for clients shortly.
I went into a little detail of how Jaguar/ Land Rover has started it's special operations division for custom builds and restorations. I took a few minutes also how I put a few guys together to start prototypes of a stretched LWB Land Rover that will have various levels of armor for the Arab market.  These will be special coach built and badged. I also mentioned the Jaguar F-Type R models that I should be receiving soon.  I had announced the release of their Series 7 model before that intel was made public and a Stormbringer serial #1(series 7) would be arriving with the coupe and convertible. All three with engines massaged and output closer to 650hp as opposed to the 550hp models.  Actually those engines are the ones going into the coach built Rover's. We just haven't thought of a great name for these special badges for that market.  I do know that the first few produced will be badged as "Black Dog" or ''The Rover" Special Edition for me.   I think since companies are doing black editions a blunt force trauma "Black Dog" badged Rover for my buddy Jimmy Page is going to happen.






So I went back and suggested a few special builds. Would his division consider doing a custom build in crazy plum in either format hardtop or convertible?  I went on to explain how my friends in Led Zeppelin took a chain saw to their material when they were preparing for their unLedded concert years ago. And of course I always enjoy getting a Zeppelin reference in when I can.  I said that's what I envision nothing crazy but take a chain saw to the drawings and see what comes out if it. Either in black or plum crazy or two tone. I told him it needs to look...and I took a pause to think and stated sinister.  It needed to look sinister as it just sits there parked.  At this time he was taking some notes and since he was the design expert I would leave that in his hands.  I also mentioned that for years I wanted to rebuild an original Cobra and it will probably be done in my daughters generation. I also wanted a resurrection Cobra built from those collected in the past 40+ years.  Either a Resurrection Cobra or a replica Cobra named Frankenstein. 


I went on to explain I left the Naval Special Warfare Command in the late 80's but always wanted to do a build or tribute car and leave it in Coronado for the guys to use in that command. I just thought that a Vette or Cobra would suit the personalities involved better since I still provide advanced training with the NSWC/NAVSOC.  This seemed to be of interest to him and he suggested a possible Viper build.  I asked if the HellCat engine is planned for the Viper and he told me it would not fit and that the engine is too wide not to mention the clearance for the hood wouldn't even be close.  We went on to discuss how Lamborghini taught them to do the casting for the aluminum engines and how they brought that technology to Dodge. Viper was going to get a boost in HP but not much.  I told him if any vehicle was going to be chosen for a NSWC build then sitting parked it would have to look as if it would detonate at any second.  That was the word that I chose carefully to describe the essence of a build.  He told me he was going to put some sketches and concepts together.




He went back and asked me about the custom coach work with Land Rover.  I explained that basically I'm from a family that evolved into one of the banking cartel families and had originated from Tube Works into US Steel/Bankers Trust and my grandfather was one that heavily invested to build our military from 17th ranked to number one at the end of WWII. That all began at first to lift this country out of the great depression and then you know we entered that war. Well with various businesses and foundations we have had over the years and employees working for us from generation to generation at times we start enterprises solely for these employees to own, operate and profit from.  A sheik friend of mine whose father use to head the UAE gave me the idea that a void needed to be filled for custom armored SUV's. And after about a year pieces started to be put together. Talks with Land Rover doing an extended long wheel base vehicle seemed possible and as I said the rest is history. Ballistics with DuPont have been completed and I  the first prototypes are completed.  I told him all my guys are in Britain and I can't even get an oil change on anything in my garages.  I put the contacts together and they will be running the show from now on.  My brother spent some time putting a great business plan together and will be advising them when needed.  I'm not taking any profit from this because I want them to profit for their families and their future generations if it lasts that long.  I just want a few SUV's for my security details on both coasts. We already have close to 60 actual deposits because of my Arab friend recommending these vehicles. It going to be interesting for the Brits doing flashy custom work for this market.






As we were discussing SUV's I was informed that they make a Grand Cherokee SRT model.  I said really and asked him to educate me on it.  He explained the engine and the new blackened out look of this SRT. They made special lighting to highlight certain parts of the car. Also they called it the night stalker look. I told him I employed one ex-Night Stalker in my detail, but told him most were ex-NSWC or naval aviators.  As he was telling me about the Cherokee I grabbed one of my daughters ipads and looked up drivesrt and looked at it as he spoke.  I told him that they captured a certain look and that with a little more special treatment I told him he has a winner.  I asked could they drop a hellcat engine in this SUV.  He went on to explain it already can go 160mph as advertised on the site and I asked him but could it be engineered into the Cherokee?  I told him I would purchase one for personal use and another for my "night stalker" employee. It would have to have some kick ass graphics and custom work too.  He said let me see what can be done.  I told him I wish I had the hellcat engine for these SUV's because it took 8 months of development to make these Jaguar engines bullet proof with the additional horses for these builds. So that basically ended the conversation.


Since then I have received a few sketches and re-worked sketches and concept ideas.


Have to ask if a Hellcat and tranny can be retrofitted into a 1970 Challenger body.

Talk of Hellcats and .......getting hot in here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeZZr_p6vB8