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11-26-2009, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Billings,
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I'll share the discovery that led me to sell SPO1862...
On crawling under the car I discovered several bolts hanging through the frame. No nuts. I hollared to the mechanic working from above: "What do these fasten?" while moving the bolts up and down.
His reply: "The roll bar."
There is a continuing problem with quality control and it does not stop at items that can be excused away by talking about the ownership experience.
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A beautiful car, precisely assembled. Unfortunately I don't fit. Sold it after four hundred miles. Well, at least now I know a Cobra is not a car I can own.
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11-26-2009, 12:05 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
Posts: 4,098
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Cassani
I'll share the discovery that led me to sell SPO1862...
On crawling under the car I discovered several bolts hanging through the frame. No nuts. I hollared to the mechanic working from above: "What do these fasten?" while moving the bolts up and down.
His reply: "The roll bar."
There is a continuing problem with quality control and it does not stop at items that can be excused away by talking about the ownership experience.
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So no nuts on the roll bar and you said, "that's the final straw, I'm selling the car" ?
No matter what make you build or buy as a roller, you better go over the car from front to back as soon as you take delivery of a car and at least every 1,000 miles after that.
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No stop signs, speed limit - Nobody's gonna slow me down - Like a wheel, gonna spin it
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11-26-2009, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Got the Bug
So no nuts on the roll bar and you said, "that's the final straw, I'm selling the car" ?
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Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Obviously he had been pushed beyond his limit by the crappiness of the car. That happens.  |
11-26-2009, 12:45 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
Posts: 4,098
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Obviously he had been pushed beyond his limit by the crappiness of the car. That happens. |
Good to see you out on Thanksgiving throwing chum in the water waiting for the shark feed.  
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No stop signs, speed limit - Nobody's gonna slow me down - Like a wheel, gonna spin it
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11-26-2009, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Got the Bug
Good to see you out on Thanksgiving throwing chum in the water waiting for the shark feed. |
While it may seem that way, the truth is that in the last week there have been several threads complaining about SPFs. It seems like they may be "thrown together on a wink and a prayer" and the result is that parts fall off, funny noises come out of the rear, parts are missing, etc. I certainly don't mean to be inflammatory, but it is what it is....  |
11-26-2009, 01:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
Posts: 9,592
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Originally Posted by patrickt
I certainly don't mean to be inflammatory, but it is what it is.... |
OK, Patrick, did you say that with a straight face? |
11-26-2009, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
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Uhhh, I make a living doing that.... |
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