Gen V Viper in New York

We have all been counting the days, anxiously waiting to make our

trip back to New York. SRT has done something really special for

VCA Members and sent out a special invitation to attend the new Gen V

Unveiling Party. A whole bunch of So Cal Members jumped on a plane

to take part in this historic event.

We landed at JFK and waited in the Taxi line

Manhattan skyline

First stop was Lombardi's Pizza ! Lombardi's first opened their doors in 1897 and has long

been famous for their fresh smoky crust pizza with fresh tomatoes and mozarella.

For dessert, we walked around the corner to Rice to Riches. They have an incredible selection

of flavored rice puddings. Nothing like this in LA.

DAY 2

We headed to Midtown to check out a few things

Bumper to bumper traffic everywhere

First stop Juilliard

1 Central Park West

Carnegie Hall

We met up with Dan/Cathy, Anthony/Wanda & George/Diane for world famous pastrami sandwiches.

The Plaza Hotel

Wanda and Anthony at Dylan's Candy Store

After a day up in Midtown, we went back to the hotel and dressed up for the Big Party

The Unveil Party was held at the Skylight SoHo

Everyone was lined up early and there was quite a buzz of anticipation

SRT went all out for this big party. There is no such thing as "open" space in Manhattan and very inch is at a premium. SRT had a great display out on the street.

The line kept growing and it was really fun to walk it and see so many friends.

The Skylight SoHo had a great ambience

Once we got inside, we were given personalized name badges and then were face to face with these veiled machines.

You could see some of the lines and the imagination was going into overload.

They had a full interior on display and it was getting a lot of attention

At the south end of this huge Social Hall, stuffed back against a wall

was the model that we were all got to see in Salt Lake City.

Those who saw it almost 2 years ago had the hardest time describing to those who didn't see it what it looked like. There really is no way to describe it, other than awesome.

As you can see, it is really close to the actual car and very little has changed over the 2 years.

Mike, Eddie and Dylan certainly liked it.

Kurt, Diane, and George were there representing the San Diego members

A very popular SRT spot for the evening.

CF hood up for auction

Our National VCA President, Marv, Susan and AJ

Still got a V-10

Lori, Cathy and Justin

Anthony, Dan and Mike

As time drew closer to "our" reveal, people were getting really excited.

Melissa and Ralph

Melissa, Ralph and Gary

Ralph always described the car as Halle Berry naked on the beach and here's proof !

Kim, Barry, JoAnne, Rich, Dan & Cathy

Wanda and Melissa

It was standing room only as the clocked ticked down to 7:30 pm

Maurice

Ralph

Sweet Fiona who always takes care of the So Cal Club whenever we need a favor.

Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marc Goossens, Kuno Wittmer and Dominik Farnbacher

Eddie and Mary Ann

Scott, Melissa, Lori and Mike

The ALMS car is absolutely incredible

And the GTS is pretty cool too : )

Love all the carbon fiber

Our DJ's

AJ got in the act too !

Soooo many cameras

Notice the carbon fiber rear diffuser

Chefs for the night

These guys served up some delicious items

Justin, Mary Ann and Eddie

Bill Pemberton and Tommy Kendall

I had to get my picture with Tommy too.

Doris and Lori

Tommy and Gary

Lori, with our friends from N. Carolina, Mika and John

Cheryl and Mike

Cheryl and Lori

Russ and Jon B

Beth Paretta, Head of Marketing for SRT

The Arizona Club

The clam shell returns !

The X brace over the engine for added rigidity

The So Cal Club (missing from the pic was Scott/Diane, Kurt, George/Diane, Justin, Eddie/Dylan)

My good buddy and Ladies man, Bobby

Herb was there too

The car that started it all

The world's best

MoparBoy and Dick Winkles SRT engine engineer

Melissa and Scott

Belvedere's with Maurice

Ralph and Steve Loudin

The Viper will be fitted with some incredible new seats

So sinister

Dan and Cathy...voted NY Chic.

Day 3

We woke up to clear blue skies and very light breezes. We jumped

in a cab and headed to the USS Intrepid where we met Mike, Cheryl,

Anhtuan and Scott

The museum was filled with some really cool displays, movie presentations and interactive things to check out

Up on the flight deck, they had a great variety of planes on display

We got a ride on the aircraft elevator which moved planes from one deck to the other.

Scott

Space monkeys

a big space monkey

After our visit on the Intrepid, we went to Katz Deli where we met up with Dan/Cathy, Scott/Jilian/Diane.

Katz had some really good food.

We took a walk through SoHo and checked out some of the sights.

Cool wall

New World Trade Center tower under construction

Had to try these.

Day 4

Another early start, but still had great weather. A tad bit colder but really nice out. We found our way to the subway and made our way to the Javits Center for the 2012 NY Auto Show.