DeTomaso Mailing List: February 00, Message #84

Cal wrote:

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>I have read Jack DeRyke's articles ad naseum
and feel I'm almost ready to accomplish this. Any comments on costs,
caveats, or what have you?

>>>Here's a comment.  Jack DeRyke is an expert machinist.  To the best of my 
knowledge, you are not.  Neither am I.  I would not trust my LIFE to critical 
machine work that I would be doing, where I was just sort of futzing around 
and learning as I go.

Nor would I expect you to do so.  If you wind up blazing ahead anyway and the 
metal shavings start to fly, please tell me so I make a point of never riding 
in your car.

It's one thing to start torching and welding on the car; if things go all 
wrong the only thing that will happen is that the repairs might be a bit ugly 
(but it sounds like things are going well.)  It's another thing to start 
screwing around with your critical suspension components.

Of course you could take Jack's article to a pro and have him do it, but by 
the time you'd paid him, you would probably have paid almost as much, if not 
more than what you'd pay the vendors.

And since THEY did all the R&D behind this terrific improvement, if you're 
going to pay somebody, wouldn't you rather pay the people who DESERVE the 
credit, rather than Joe down the street?  Even if it did cost a little more?  
You'd know that it was done right, and you'd know that the guy who spent his 
time and money developing the product was reaping the benefits of the 
investment that he'd made FOR YOU (and the rest of us.)

Plus what are you gonna do if you screw up and trash one of your uprights?  
Hmm?

So there's my thoughts...

Mike