Day 2 is now in the book for driving to rally 13. Day one was home to the west side of St Louis today was to Amarillo Tx. 20 hours of driving with 10 to go. Can't wait to see everyone
Preproduction blue shocks were anodize. The valve code is the same on the PB builds as the production silver units. The reason we went from blue to silver was that the color did not work well with the blue of the engine valve covers
Scott I have Murray in the loop and is waiting for the damper to arrive back at Multimatic. We talked for quite some time and are a bit baffled by this. Kendall send me a photo of the damper and it is from 2017. I was thinking the nylon rebound stop may have extruded into the bleeds but Murray...
My concern is that seeing this is a 15 year old car it is not a warranty issue so the damper at Galpin will not make it back to Multimatic to see what happen. I will most likely end up in the trash somewhere. I have made contacts to see what happen give me a call
Kendall can you give us a call via my PM. Us old time engineers want that shock to see what the hell is going on. I have a few people lined up to do a teardown to find out what happen.
Today I walked out the Experimental Vehicle Building for the last time as an Ford employee. 38 years of driving some of the most exciting vehicles on the planet and getting paid to do it I can truly say I have live a very charmed life in this chapter of my life. Has been a incredible ride and...
That is why Lynn and I drive to the Rally, love the small towns. Try Laramie Wyoming next time for a great Black ice tea and pesto turkey sandwich:) Welcome to the TDCC.