[steve meltzer]

Tony, Southern has been very willing to stand behind their work; a fact that I appreciate and may well utilize. Though my friend John and I have spent a bunch of time on this, I just hate to admit defeat. I also hate to send the car out and risk any collateral damage to it in shipping, time in the shop, etc. (The law of "unintended consequences" seems to continuously haunt me!) It's already made a return trip to the Kirkhams to fix the foot boxes, and I'd be embarassed to sent it back to SA when if it turned out to be something minor, tho' elusive in elucidation (cool alliteration, eh!). One thing is very sure...it's gotta be a weird deal, nothing straightforward. Tha'ts been the axiom for this car and project. steve