Well, 10,000 posts have come at the last. It has been a roller coaster ride, with many ups and downs and a few derailments along the way.

I joined the Corvette Forum one year ago almost to the day. a few days later, I bought Grond on September 27th 2004. In those now ancient days, it was called "Inferno" until the breaking of the world, when it metamorphosed into "Grond"

And what a project this car turned out to be!! In less than a year Grond has turned

from This


Into This



And along the way, I met many, many Forum members in real life - many of them are now true friends.

There are too many to name them all, so I will just name a few -

Bill Curlee, first and foremost and his wife Cheryl. They have stood by me in my darkest mod hours and buoyed me up when no Hope was left. Not to mention burning the midnight mod oil on many occasions.

Connecticut (Steve), another mod partner in crime - together we have shot many hair raising videos and managed to escape the Long Arm of the Law

GB Vette (Gary) for constant encouragement and gifts,

Grumpy (Mike) for his ever present humour and for not banning me (yet),

StangKiller (Chris) and the FL Leghumpers (Brian, Max, Steve & Chris2) for showing me that the next generation of Corvette owners truly have the "Right Stuff"; stand tall young men and many, many others.

To all of you, a deep and heartfelt thank you. Thank you for allowing me to express myself in my unusual and oftentimes archaic ways and thank you for welcoming me with open arms in to this wonderful Brotherhood that is our Corvette Obsession.

Stephen

 

EG,

Meet you and saw and heard the car at Carlisle. You should be proud.

Tks for you contributions to the forum...

Are you ever going to tell us where the name Grond came from?

Peace
Willfulone

 

Outstanding!!!

You did in 1 year what it took me 4+......and I'm a geek!!!!

And your car......

Oh.....and great name Stephen!

Steve
AKA Stephen (but only my mom and wife call me Stephen).....

 

Congrats EG!!!

 

I don't know you but I sure know OF you from the many posts I have read by and about you. They say you can judge a man by his friends and you seem to have a lot around here that think you are a great guy...so, you must be!! Congrats, and I look forward to more of the kidding you seem to get for your bling/rice/neon mods!! Allyn Belangie FLYZLOW

 

 

Way to go Stephen!

 

congrats...know you've been counting "up" to the 10000 mark. you've been a huge contributor to the forum and i am sure you will continue to help just an much in the future. BTW...GROND is looking great

 

9,490 and I'll be there Congrats

 

I am a HUGE JRR Tolkien fan. From "The Silmarillion" comes

Grond : The Hammer of the Underworld

The dread mace of Morgoth, the Dark Lord, that he used in single combat with Fingolfin. Grond that slew Fingolfin, High King of the Noldorin in the First Age.

In other words, "Grond" is an incarnation of ultimate evil.

In the Third Age, Sauron the Black, once the lieutenant of Morgoth, created The battering ram in the shape of a ravening wolf's head, and spells of ruin were bound around it. It was used to destroy Minas Tirith's Great Gate during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. It took its name from the ancient weapon of Morgoth: Grond, the Hammer of the Underworld.

 

I feel the love, J

 

Here those foot steps, thats me coming right up...............

 

 

Short-timer. Congrats on 10K!

 

 

Stephen

 

Congrats my friend and Thank You

 

Just doing my piece for all the closet Ricers and Tyre R C5 owners everwhere

 

Congrats EG! You sure do keep us entertained!

 

Although I have not met you in person and I have definitely not matched you in post counts, I have admired your humor, honesty, patience, determination and consideration of others through your posts. I always appreciate your comments and look forward to your next 10k and maybe meeting at next years cruise-in. Congrats Stephen.