Wegner Saved My Butt!! - Lateral-g Forums

tellyv · #1 10-29-2010, 07:12 AM

Not many times in my life I'll admit to taking on more than I can handle but with my t.a. build for ousci I did. Yes I went way too far with this one and with all the normal delays for parts and stuff not fitting or just not working I was way behind, so in walks Carl Wegner about two weeks ago he looks at me and said how in the f**k are you going to get this thing done, well if you know me I think I can get anything done in any amount of time, well at least I used to think that way. So he leaves and the next day there's two of his employee's standing at the door asking what needs to be done WOW!! So he had his own guys out of his own payroll working on my car intill it was loaded on the trailer thursday morning I cant thank or say enough about these guys and urge everyone to buy your next motor, front drive or what ever else you may need from Carl and the boy's. I doubt you will find any one else to help you out like they will.
So it's on the road for sema right and I've never felt like more of a weight has been lifted off of my chest seeing the truck and trailer leave my shop. Sorry for not keeping up with the build thread I will be updating pictures from sema. So I'll see you guys in Vegas!!! Telly

**Autokraft** · #2 10-29-2010, 07:19 AM

Yep Telly, Carl and his guys are great people.

**camcojb** · #3 10-29-2010, 07:47 AM

I agree, they're a top notch company!

And they build some really cool stuff.

Jody

**tones2SS** · #4 10-29-2010, 07:48 AM

WOW! You don't hear things like that too often these days. That is a very gracious offer for sure. Not only are the Wegner people great people, but they can build a mean engine!

Bow Tie 67 · #5 10-29-2010, 07:52 AM

Now thats what America is about.

**GregWeld** · #6 10-29-2010, 08:06 AM

Man! That is just HUGE!

I won't forget this fact - 'cause I love people like that!

ccracin · #7 10-29-2010, 08:24 AM

Agreed. We will hopefully be taking delivery of our new Wegner 415 in November! Carl, Casey, and Dan Timm have been great to work with. They have basically sat on our parts for a year because with our delays we did not need the engine. They are top notch!

speedshftr · #8 10-29-2010, 06:08 PM

not many people around like that in this cut throat world of today.

killer67 · #9 10-29-2010, 09:36 PM

Not surprised to hear that. Won't find a lot of folks of that caliber.

Van B · #10 10-29-2010, 10:18 PM

My dad recently told me a story about when he first met Carl in the 70's. Carl was just starting out on his own and my dad heard about him through a friend. Dad's drag car developed a problem with a valve in one of the cylinders so he took the head over to Carl to see if he could fix it. "Yeah sure come back Thursday" Carl told him. When he went back to pick it up Carl asked him who the hell had done the heads on the car. When my dad named the shop, Carl just said, "that figures, you may as well bring me the other head". When he went back the next week to pick up the heads Carl didn't charge him, saying to my dad, "you are well respected by the drag racers around here, just try to send me some business."

The car picked up about 5 tenths of a second (from 10.30's to 9.80's) the next time at the track. You can bet my dad has been a fan of Carl Wegner's work ever since. If fact, a year or two later they put together a UDRA Pro Stock Vega and went drag racing together. Carl went on to meet Bobby Allison and his involvement with stock car racing exploded.

Now you know why I have a Wegner engine in my car.