Pretty funny to read comments about all the stuff he never finishes, lots of viewers aren't happy, lol.... now adds this one to that list.
If he truly wanted it to happen, he could have had it happen by ordering a new kit from the start. Or order it now for SEMA 2021, he just didn't get discounts like he wanted.
I have more than a million subscribers, and it's impossible to please everyone. Multiple projects means that people have variety in what they watch, and they're less likely to get bored. You do get people wanting to finish projects more often and setting unrealistic time frames on custom work, but I'll take that over people not watching or interacting with the content.
Also, I did want to make it happen, and I offered to buy a frame at retail cost. I obviously wouldn't need the body, interior, or brakes, since all of that would be custom made or reused from my car.
When I spoke to Fran at first, he said he would support the build, then that story changed over the course of a few months, to the point where he wouldn't even sell me parts at retail cost, presumably because he didn't agree with my vision for the build. I made everything as clear as possible and made sure everyone was on the same page.
Unless I was making every part from scratch and engineering my own CNC billet suspension pieces (which would take years), it left me no choice but to cancel the project. I would absolutely love to still do the build, but being honest, dealing with RCR wasn't easy and seeing where the chassis failed in a crash (at the welds) made me question the quality of the platform.
At the very least, the aluminum welds would have to be gone over for more penetration, but it could also be that I got an early car (2013) and they have improved their methods since then.
