Dano, Hotfingers
Answers to your questions.
If Shelby took the car physically "in-house" and finished it, there would be problems. Shelby, as issuer of the MSO and therefore the manufacturer, cannot complete the car legally without complying with DOT requirements.
Finishline, as a contractor to complete the car, can finish it up and is...with Shelby "watching" as close as it possibly can without stepping over the line.
Kirkham also could've finished it up...as a CSX. It would've been stepping in the same shoes as Finishline, as a contractor...the MSO still would've come from Shelby. The engine would've come from the same place it is now. It would've been a CSX, not a Kirkham. Hunt would not release the car without a release of liability for his actions up to that point...that's why the car is being completed in Vegas. First smart move I've seen the buyer make...NOT releasing Hunt until he gets the complete car.
I don't doubt how the race to get the car completed will finish...the car will be done. Folks need to go back and read...Fenimore offered to complete the car to roller status as far back as July, 2004...as far as he could go. Folks blaming Shelby for THIS matter are wrong...it was Hunt and a passionately blind buyer. Cold, but true.
I'm having more fun watching the race among all the folks jumping in to claim they called Shelby first!
