32 Ford "tweaks" and a few mods

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by camcojb

Greg, all the above simple tweaks you've listed just shows that although very talented as fabricators they know very little about the mechanical workings of a car. In other words they can make it real pretty, but it may not drive down the road very well.

The problems you described are things that an average gearhead knows (other than maybe the efi as many have never touched one) and surprisingly they did not. It's like they're real good at someone bringing them in a fully sorted car for new paint and some sheetmetal mods, but they wouldn't be able to build a car from scratch.

Glad you have things on the right track. The car is gonna be a ball to drive.

Jody ---

At this point -- and it's really just sorting through some little silly things -- I have to just chuckle to myself and shake my head. It's comical now... I'm over being disappointed.

I totally agree with your assessment of the situation. It's a show car shop. I've learned from this.

What gets me is that they repeatedly told me about all the high dollar returning customer cars they've built - as in - "this is the 5th car we've built for this customer". So either they HAD people in the past that knew how to finish a car and they're gone - or the customer NEVER drives them... and when I think about the cars this shop has built... I've never seen ANY of them on the road - and after the "show circuit" you don't see them in the magazines such as GG Gazette so that tells me they're just tucked away in someones collection.

It also shows me to choose better the next time. Next time I will choose a shop that not only builds the cars - but takes them out and beats on 'em just to prove they can move and groove.... Making events like Optima etc even more important in my book.