I guess we just felt a bit naked with no SEMA thrash this year! LOL! Chad called Thursday night.............I need some advice buddy! He told me about his situation, it took only a few seconds to tell him to load it up and bring it to Florida. My pour guys..........They had no clue! You should have seen the look on my crew's faces when I told them Friday morning at 8AM that any minute now a little emergency work would be coming down the driveway, ROFLMAO! I explained the situation and a series of "OH WTF's" followed. But the guys went from "This Is F---in Impossible" at 10AM Friday to "We Got This" by mid day Saturday!
Michael just finished the exhaust. Man I wish there was a way to get tailpipes on it but that particular Torque Arm set up leaves zero tailpipe solutions unless the fuel tank is cut Way DOWN! So it is a dump system but Michael made it look real nice.
Right now the car is in the trailer and headed back to Georgia at 2AM!I asked Chad to grab a few hours sleep at our house then go, but Adrenalin has him right now.
Everyone involved is pretty much exhausted after our little 3 days emergency thrash, but my team and myself get to catch up on sleep now. Chad has 5 more sleepless nights and a 46 hour straight through road trip to Vegas in front of him........................Oh I remember those days well!
Ty, it was not buffed when it left, but paint looked be pretty damn good even before buffing. Color is REAL nice and Andrew really laid it down nice and even. I am sure sanded and buffed it will look fantastic.
I mentioned to Chad, with everyone watching these threads, I liken these thrash scenarios to Evil Knievel jumps. Many watch hoping for sure you will make it against the odds, but there is also a group watching silently hoping it comes up short and a crash! Either ending is exciting in very different ways. We jumped in this weekend to try and help assure a safe landing. I suggest you call in to work sick the rest of the week and spend the week at Chads. You also probably should be ready to do the lions share of the driving. According to my math you guys can leave as late as 5PM Friday if you drive straight through. You can even do some light minor assembly once on the floor at SEMA. But Chad and his guys are going to need additional help to make a smooth landing with any room to spare.
Good luck guys. We are changing into our cheer leading skirts now.
The pleasure was ours!
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Frank Serafine
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