[Power Surge]

A few things I'd like to mention based on what we've discussed here....

Pre-4750 series cars were sold as component vehicles, not rolling chassis. The assembly of the cars were done by the Shelby dealer they were ordered from (or in some cases in Las Vegas if the car was bought direct). There was no factory production assembly line like with the cars now built at HST and Hi-Tech. So the "quality" of the build lies within which person built it.

With the 4750 series cars, the very first few were built in South Africa at CAV. In the transition from CAV to HST, some cars were built in Vegas by Shelby to fill the gap. After that, cars are now built by HST in Mexico and Hi-Tech in South Africa, assembly line style.

Now, regardless of where the car was assembled, NO car from any of those build sources is 100% ready to go after you drop in a drivetrain. The cars are "put together", but the person/company that does the final transformation into a running vehicle is supposed to go through the entire car, AND, they are supposed to have you bring the car back in for a 500 mile "retighten". I know that Billy at HRE does this, as do most other Shelby dealers.

I do agree that that is not the best designed upright solution, but it obviously works when adjusted and tightened properly, as you are not the only one with that setup. I would not be blaming Shelby themselves, as much as I'd be blaming whomever did the final assembly of the car, as it was THEIR responsibility for that aspect of the car to be tight (they should have done the final alignment on it after all).

Just my 2 cents, take it for what it's worth.