Thomas Hertzler
Lifetime Supporter
I finally took delivery of my Mk I #2228 last Thursday. A lot of things went wrong, some of which I will not comment on yet because I am trying to keep a working relationship with my dealer.
One of the first issues I had was the chassis warranty. SPF thinks the warranty starts on the day the chassis is delivered to the dealer. If that was so, I would be out of warranty for electrical items (90 days) already. After some back and forth I got the start of the warranty changed to the day of the actual delivery.
After paying the car in full we head to the DMV. It took us a couple of hours but in the end we got the registration the way we wanted it (Year: 1966, Make: Specon, Model: GT 40).
Time to head home. But I didn't get too far. After about 15 miles I pull over into a parking lot and shut the engine down. The engine, a Roush 427 IR, backfires like hell and had quit on me twice already. Because of an oil leak, it had been the center of delivery delays for the last few weeks. I call the dealer to tow the vehicle. In the end that is what happened but not until he tried a few things to get me going. Some improvements and some new symptoms like a screeching accessory belt. The car was definitely not ready for delivery.
Other things I noticed: Some of the screws that hold the side windows in place had already come loose or were sheared off. The right hand tank cap disassembled itself. Am meter didn't work and I noticed that according to the speedometer I was going 110 mph just following dense rush hour traffic on the freeway.
Overall this has not been a good experience for me. Maybe my expectations are too high but the combination of dealer, SPF and Roush did not produce an experience that is worth $140,000.
I still hope that in the end I will have a usable car soon.
Thomas Hertzler
P.S.: The car looks @#$%-hot.
One of the first issues I had was the chassis warranty. SPF thinks the warranty starts on the day the chassis is delivered to the dealer. If that was so, I would be out of warranty for electrical items (90 days) already. After some back and forth I got the start of the warranty changed to the day of the actual delivery.
After paying the car in full we head to the DMV. It took us a couple of hours but in the end we got the registration the way we wanted it (Year: 1966, Make: Specon, Model: GT 40).
Time to head home. But I didn't get too far. After about 15 miles I pull over into a parking lot and shut the engine down. The engine, a Roush 427 IR, backfires like hell and had quit on me twice already. Because of an oil leak, it had been the center of delivery delays for the last few weeks. I call the dealer to tow the vehicle. In the end that is what happened but not until he tried a few things to get me going. Some improvements and some new symptoms like a screeching accessory belt. The car was definitely not ready for delivery.
Other things I noticed: Some of the screws that hold the side windows in place had already come loose or were sheared off. The right hand tank cap disassembled itself. Am meter didn't work and I noticed that according to the speedometer I was going 110 mph just following dense rush hour traffic on the freeway.
Overall this has not been a good experience for me. Maybe my expectations are too high but the combination of dealer, SPF and Roush did not produce an experience that is worth $140,000.
I still hope that in the end I will have a usable car soon.
Thomas Hertzler
P.S.: The car looks @#$%-hot.