MY500SS Posted October 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Dan - My fingers are crossed that the front wheel issue gets resolved quickly and correctly for you! Alan Thanks Alan, I really appreciate it. I believe SA will step up and take care of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Thanks Alan, I really appreciate it. I believe SA will step up and take care of it. Same here Dan. Wishing you nothing but GOOD news from SA. The other Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted October 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Same here Dan. Wishing you nothing but GOOD news from SA. The other Dan Thanks Dan. It's all the help and support from everyone here at TS (especially friends like you) that will get me through this. The other, other Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Leicht Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Team work Gregg...............team work. I;ll be glad to drive the 40th to LV for ya this bash! Save me from a rental 6er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted October 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 SA is picking up 7076 next week and hauling her back to Vegas. John, Gary P and Gary D. have been working together on a game plan to adjust the off center wheels wells. SA is going have their body/fiberglass team cut here, trim there and massage the front fender wells to center them better. I expressed my concerns about this procedure but the guys at SA have assured me that this will work out perfectly. I have the utmost respect and confidence in the team at SA. They have always come through and done what they said they would do so I have no reason to doubt them now. Lastly, I want to say thanks to John, Gary P., Gary D. and Tom from Speedway Classic Cars for all the hard work they put in on solving this issue. Customer satisfaction and continuous improvement is alive and well at Shelby American. Alive and well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hope things work out for you Dan, and that you are 100% satisfied when you get her back. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted October 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hope things work out for you Dan, and that you are 100% satisfied when you get her back. Dan Thanks Dan. SA called today, they are picking her up tomorrow from my shop . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrakalas427 Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Thanks Dan. SA called today, they are picking her up tomorrow from my shop . That's good news...Did they even guess at this point in time how long you may have to wait for the return? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted October 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 That's good news...Did they even guess at this point in time how long you may have to wait for the return? No mention on how long from SA. I'll give Gary P. a call after he gets the car to see what he thinks it will take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrakalas427 Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 No mention on how long from SA. I'll give Gary P. a call after he gets the car to see what he thinks it will take. Hopefully this trip will be the last one for this issue to be corrected to your satisfaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Hopefully this trip will be the last one for this issue to be corrected to your satisfaction. praying for that, amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor08GT500 Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 praying for that, amen! +1000. Hope it all gets worked out so you can enjoy your beautiful new toy!! Keep us all posted, my friend. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted October 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Thanks for the well wishes guys, I really, really appreciate it. This TS family is the best . SA picked her up at 10:30 this morning and she's headed east. Hopefully the wait to get her back won't be to long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Who ever said "No news is good news" is an idiot. Come on guys, give me something would you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSX4350 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 At least you aren't hearing daily the problems they're running into having to custom fabricate every part, and getting more worried every day that after all this time your car won't be ready to take to the Bash in January.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 True, I wouldn't want to hear that but something would be nice. I'm not so worried about the Bash, I just need to finish my CA registration before my SB100 number expires end of this year. How close are they with your latest conquest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSX4350 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Stupid question but why can't you finish the registration? My car is waiting to go to the exhaust shop, I'm not using the exhaust SAI supplied. I scored a set of 289 shorty road race headers (1.75 inch primaries) but they will require massaging the brake lines to fit, so before any more work is done we're going to do the exhaust. I needed headers that would really flow, the engine moves a LOT of air. This 289 is a full roller 13:1 engine with Brodix heads & Webers, it made 538 horsepower. To make a very long story short, the last couple of months were spent fabricating custom brackets, finding the proper clutch and bellhousing to fit my aluminum flywheel, then finding the proper starter, and sourcing a combination of harmonic balancer and pulleys to get the belt to line up properly. The work is less than half done and he has enough time in it that he could have built 3 fiberglass cars. The aluminum cars are totally different. To make it worse I didn't start with a complete engine, I started with a bare Iron Eagle block so I didn't have all of the assorted parts that are designed to work together to start with. True, I wouldn't want to hear that but something would be nice. I'm not so worried about the Bash, I just need to finish my CA registration before my SB100 number expires end of this year. How close are they with your latest conquest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 One of the SB100 steps is an inspection by the Highway Patrol and the attachment of the SB100 exclusion sticker (which in essence becomes the VIN). This has to be done with real vehicle. Hard to do when it is physically somewhere else. There are, at last report, 12 left for this year. After 1-Jan you start over, but there hasn't been a rush like was expected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 One of the SB100 steps is an inspection by the Highway Patrol and the attachment of the SB100 exclusion sticker (which in essence becomes the VIN). This has to be done with real vehicle. Hard to do when it is physically somewhere else. There are, at last report, 12 left for this year. After 1-Jan you start over, but there hasn't been a rush like was expected... Thanks Tony. I was really hoping SA would have her done by mid December so I could complete before 1-Jan. I asked if it was possible to get her back so I could finish registration then return her to SA. I haven't heard back yet. Oh well, worst case is I start over in January. I can't blame SA for the limited time I have left. They are doing all they can to get her finished in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Stupid question but why can't you finish the registration? My car is waiting to go to the exhaust shop, I'm not using the exhaust SAI supplied. I scored a set of 289 shorty road race headers (1.75 inch primaries) but they will require massaging the brake lines to fit, so before any more work is done we're going to do the exhaust. I needed headers that would really flow, the engine moves a LOT of air. This 289 is a full roller 13:1 engine with Brodix heads & Webers, it made 538 horsepower. To make a very long story short, the last couple of months were spent fabricating custom brackets, finding the proper clutch and bellhousing to fit my aluminum flywheel, then finding the proper starter, and sourcing a combination of harmonic balancer and pulleys to get the belt to line up properly. The work is less than half done and he has enough time in it that he could have built 3 fiberglass cars. The aluminum cars are totally different. To make it worse I didn't start with a complete engine, I started with a bare Iron Eagle block so I didn't have all of the assorted parts that are designed to work together to start with. Wow John, that engine is stunning and the color!!!!!! wow. Now I'm hoping she's done in time for the Bash. Like Tony pointed out, I need the car for inspections to finish CA registration process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 Received an email from Gary P. today....................SA has started working on the wheel wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 Received an email from Gary P. today....................SA has started working on the wheel wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSX4350 Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 Good news!! Maybe they will expedite and get it taken care of post haste! Received an email from Gary P. today....................SA has started working on the wheel wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 Good news!! Maybe they will expedite and get it taken care of post haste! That would be nice. Who knows, maybe we'll both have 289's at the Bash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrakalas427 Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 Received an email from Gary P. today....................SA has started working on the wheel wells Dan - That's good to hear. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 Dan - That's good to hear. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Alan Thanks Alan. :beerchug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 I did not take this picture, my daughter and her boyfriend did. Looks like I need to hide the keys better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrakalas427 Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 I did not take this picture, my daughter and her boyfriend did. Looks like I need to hide the keys better. Oh boy!!! I bet they had fun...At least they were only going about 60mph!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Oh boy!!! I bet they had fun...At least they were only going about 60mph!!! That's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrakalas427 Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 That's true. Hopefully it was a 55mph zone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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