[GregWeld]

So in a nutshell.....

The oiling system problem was completely preventable with a few phone calls or a quick internet search --- TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN YOU KNEW YOU HAD AN ISSUE. Dave found the issue discussed add-infinitum in one simple search. Ron Schwarz knew the fix and the issue the minute Aaron Oberle texted the him.

The electrical issues (there should never be ANY electrical issues if you have any clue about wiring stuff at all.... period)..... all self-inflicted. Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency for me (or something like that). LOL

We (Sutton/Randy/Greg) discussed the "fit and finish" in detail. Many excuses offered... more rope paid out.... expectations defined. At the time I was told that "Randy" wanted more money to finish the car properly. I bristled at the mere suggestion of this -- I ordered a catalog car. Period. The price is listed - the options selected. All paid for in advance. All Sutton had to do is deliver the product offered for the agreed upon price. To me - and I told Sutton this directly -- "it's a test" -- lets see if you can really build this stuff.... If you can, it should be really good for your business. I love to help people. It's my daily goal.

The REAL ANSWER IS ........ No he can't. Save yourself the BS and just buy a car from a real builder. There's a ton of them - one trip to PRI and you'll realize this should be easy if you choose the right company. $200,000 gets you just about any race car in this class. This is a tube chassis - glass body - LS motor car with a fancy transmission and big tires. Big whoop. It ain't rocket science.

I wanted to do this project to help a friend - have some fun - and with what he'd done with Old Yeller -- this was going to be absolutely OUTSTANDING.... <sprinkle fairy dust here>.

I spent 24 hours after the weekend - cleaning the sh!t show in my shop - and a 12 hour drive home.... alone..... deciding what to do - what to say - holding my buddies back from posting - because I knew the end result was to destroy a friendship and loose my corner man... but the larger issue for me is to make many friends and save them from the quicksand. If I say there's quicksand in the field -- and you choose to walk there anyway -- Oh Well..... I followed the Yellow Brick Road and I must pull the curtain back. I owe this to myself and to the community we are. We're brothers in arms and we should protect each other first.

I have an 8 minute video that needs to be reviewed before posting on YouTube -- 8 minutes or so on nothing but the body and wrap... on a $200,000 race car. LOL -- you'd have to see it in person to believe it. Last night I thought of what I was going to say to make you understand what is going on here.... so here goes.

You and your buddies are in a dark smokey bar -- across the way sitting at the bar with her back to you is a shapely blonde in tight baby blue t-shirt and tight blue jeans..... You send her a drink and hope for the wink.... your buddies are egging you on and you're setting it up --- drink arrives and she turns around to wink and nod thanks -- but SHE is an IT --- and IT is a 75 year old toothless drag queen that's seen a bit too much Coppertone.....

Yes... you are doing your thinking with the wrong part.... and in an instant, you went from hero to zero and the ribbing and joking and beatings shall continue for years to come..... "hey! There's a blonde buy her a drink!" UGH...... it's life and those are the memories we make -- and this body and wrap job are far worse than anything I could photo or explain. Just think -- on track - bad ass blonde haired blue eyed..... but the reality is far different. I'm not even sure it's salvageable.