[Rob]

First of all, Ron, I truely hope you and the others affected achieve resolution. I feel for you all, especially since I was nearly in the same boat. I too had SIGNIFICANT money deposited on an RF. I bailed out last fall, when multiple deadlines were missed and thought I smelled something foul in the air. Timing is everything, this time I just lucked out. If I was only so lucky in the stock market back in 00' :-(

Also last fall I found Fran. Little did I know he lived within an hour drive from me. I went and visited him multiple times before actually putting money on the table. I critiqued every aspect of his car and challenged many of his decisions just to learn his logic for his engineering decisions. After my second visit, I asked if I could bring a buddy of mine (Rob) who is a highly respected chassis engineer with Ford. Rob has been mentioned in multiple mag articles for his efforts on the Bullit, Mach I and Cobra Mustangs. Fran welcomed the "challenge". The following week Rob (the other guy) and I showed up, and again Fran was drilled. He took it all in stride and had good logical arguments to all the questions. By the end of the visit Rob (the other one) just stood there staring. I could tell his gears were turning.... I knew what he was thinking... "how the hell can I get one of these in my garage". He and I both agreed, the project was well thought out and well executed in many many aspects. It was after that visit that I made the decision to purchase. BTW: Rob is still trying to figure out how the hell to get one in his garage!

Ron, I agree whole hartedly about your commnents for build time. Every time I'm at Fran's shop I say the same thing to him.... " Fran, I feel like I'm missing something...this just looks too easy". Every time, the car is built in my head before I leave the shop. I just keep thinking of the countless hours drilling, glueing and riveting that will no longer be. I am very eager to get started on mine and see just how accurate my assessment was. Almost ready to do so. Should be starting by first week of April. Current project, 67 stang restoration nearly complete.

Oliver, what you say has validity. Yes, there are no cars on the road/track. I debated over this for a while and expressed this concern to Fran. But, I ultimately decided that there was no aspect of the car that I would have designed differently. And, I do agree with Fran's comments...that the performance is highly dependant on the skills of the person setting up the suspension. (Actually Fran, those words sound kinda familiar to me... :-)

I plan on tracking the car as soon as it is ready, and will be more than happy to share my impression. I am hopeful that I will be as impressed afterwards.

I am very excited about the project and could keep going, but believe I have "shared" enough.

In closing, a big thanks for Fran for living his dream and enables other gear heads to live theirs. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif[/img]