[camcojb]

I answered on the other site. Here it is:

You asked: " So sponsors want it their way or take a hike?"



Sort of unless you have a history of building cars and a good reputation, magazine coverage, etc. Otherwise, everyone would want to be sponsored, the vast majority never get finished, and the sponsor gets screwed out of parts. To donate parts to a project we need to know it's going to be finished and will get enough exposure to make it worthwhile. So some companies get pretty picky as to how and when the project will be done.

The people who have approached us for sponsorship start with a portfolio of cars they've built, plans and renderings for the present project, news coverage, media coverage, etc. that will happen for it. The only involvement we have in the car and how it's built is to decide if it's a car we want to be associated with; if it is we likely sponsor them, if not we do not. Not all car builds fit our company.
Jody