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[mywickedshelby]

tjys, on 21 March 2012 - 08:39 PM, said:

I got a note today from the VP Operations.  He says my car will make it to a lift within a day (paraphrasing).  My wife flies in 7 days.  I'm glad he got involved because the original sales department projected completion date of 45-60 days is now realistic.  I paid 28 Dec.  Car was delivered 24 Jan (no fault of my own lost nearly 3 weeks).

I've already coordinated with a couple of car shippers.  I can get the car in a week after I get the completion date, though I'm not sure how they can do that through ocean terminal shipping.  I'm looking forward to getting the car but I won't be doing this again with SA; at least not without some garuantees of production time.

Everyone says we'll be happy with car.  I'm sure we will. Maybe all of the inquiries around here will sooth over the processes of getting it.

this is a wonderful thing you are doing for your wife.
you should be very proud.
please thank her for her service.

[MY500SS]

mywickedshelby, on 22 March 2012 - 05:26 AM, said:

this is a wonderful thing you are doing for your wife.
you should be very proud.
please thank her for her service.

That's a big  +1

She'll be driving the only Shelby GTS in Hawaii.....................and that's flipping cool.

[tjys]

When, or if, I get this thing I'll post pictures.  It will be a race red convertible with black stripes and black wheels.  I think it will compliment the GT500 we have, black with red stripes.  It will be nice to have her driving to car shows!!!

[tjys]

mywickedshelby, on 22 March 2012 - 05:26 AM, said:

this is a wonderful thing you are doing for your wife.
you should be very proud.
please thank her for her service.

I will thank her ... for all of us.  It's tough.  When I married her she was a Korean that was reluctant to give up her Korean citizenship.  After a couple of years in the US and her exposure to the military she surprised me one day with the proposal of joining the Army.  She has a MA from Cambridge University England ... don't ask me how I managed to get her attention.  When she joined the Army she had join enlisted until she could change her citizenship.  Her first assignment was Kuwait, which is technically a combat zone.  She went to the front of the line for US citizenship!!  She's now a US Officer still doing her best.  Her start as an enlisted soldier has made her realize how tough life can really be for soldiers riding the line of poverty but caring for a family from the other side of the world.  She is a wonderful wife and American!   (And loves Mustangs like most Koreans)

Here's a plug for many US soldiers in combat today.  There are many green card holders in Afghanistan today.  The Homeland Security rules being what they are, make it difficult for these prospective citizens to get the necessary attention to become US citizens.  It is so tough today that many, many officers have no idea how to make the system work to make thier soldiers US citizens.  Some of these soldiers have been killed in combat ... and the INS wants to deport thier dependants back to thier native country from the US since they no longer have a sponsor.  I don't think that we, the US, a nation of immigrants, really want this to happen but these families get lumped in with the illegals that come here trying to make a future for themselves.  There has to be someone in Congress willing to take this issue on.   Gold star Mothers have saved some.  Just my .02.

Edited by tjys, 22 March 2012 - 04:58 PM.

[2+2]

tjys, on 21 March 2012 - 08:39 PM, said:

I got a note today from the VP Operations.  He says my car will make it to a lift within a day (paraphrasing).  My wife flies in 7 days.  I'm glad he got involved because the original sales department projected completion date of 45-60 days is now realistic.  I paid 28 Dec.  Car was delivered 24 Jan (no fault of my own lost nearly 3 weeks).

I've already coordinated with a couple of car shippers.  I can get the car in a week after I get the completion date, though I'm not sure how they can do that through ocean terminal shipping.  I'm looking forward to getting the car but I won't be doing this again with SA; at least not without some garuantees of production time.

Everyone says we'll be happy with car.  I'm sure we will. Maybe all of the inquiries around here will sooth over the processes of getting it.

That is great news. If that is true they will honor what they told you.  Your car should be on the lift today.   How are you going to get it to Hawaii?  How long will that take? You should go see it in Vegas.

Maybe we will start looking for that perfect used convertible Mustang GT now.  It was hard talking my wife out of a SS camaro vert.  I would take a GTS any day.

[tjys]

Thanks for the support 2+2.  It took the VP of Operations to get this on line.  I'm trying to figure out the finish date now.  Auto shippers won't give me an accurate cost estimate to ship the car until I know the availability date.  I asked for one this afternoon but it was late in the date in Nevada.  I asked for confirmation that it was on the lift last night and pictures if available.  They did send a few pics but I keep getting a notice telling me they're to large for this response.  Any hints on that?

Edited by tjys, 26 March 2012 - 10:45 AM.

[2+2]

Hey tjys.  How is it going on your GTS.  I bet it is kind of crazy trying to line up shipping.  Did you ever see the pictures of your car at the Shelby plant.

[tjys]

2+2, on 28 March 2012 - 03:32 AM, said:

Hey tjys.  How is it going on your GTS.  I bet it is kind of crazy trying to line up shipping.  Did you ever see the pictures of your car at the Shelby plant.

I've got some pics from the line but I cannot get them uploaded.  All I get it failure messages.  I've asked for hints on what I'm doing wrong but no advice yet.  You have any clues??

[2+2]

tjys, on 28 March 2012 - 10:31 AM, said:

I've got some pics from the line but I cannot get them uploaded.  All I get it failure messages.  I've asked for hints on what I'm doing wrong but no advice yet.  You have any clues??

Just a guess but they may have sent more pictures than you are able to open.  Maybe they could resend with just a few at a time in seperate e-mails.

Your car has to be about complete soon.

[07SGT0547]

tjys, on 28 March 2012 - 10:31 AM, said:

I've got some pics from the line but I cannot get them uploaded.  All I get it failure messages.  I've asked for hints on what I'm doing wrong but no advice yet.  You have any clues??

There is a size limit of 1.17mb per post...  So if one or all of your pictures exceed that limit, you will get an error message...

Some people upload their pics to a 3rd party website and then link them here...

Others use a basic photo editor (MS Paint) to re-size their originals down to something smaller and then upload them directly into their posts...

[tjys]

The car is on the lift ... but they told me it would not be done until "sometime" in April.  Back to the same old, same old.  Thanks for the tip 07SGT.  I've got thumbnails attached.

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Edited by tjys, 28 March 2012 - 08:33 PM.

[Morgan19d]

tjys, on 28 March 2012 - 08:32 PM, said:

The car is on the lift ... but they told me it would not be done until "sometime" in April.  Back to the same old, same old.  Thanks for the tip 07SGT.  I've got thumbnails attached.

Very nice! Can't wait to see it done!

[JeffJ]

Great shots.  That car is going to be completely cool!  Can't wait to see it done!!

[2+2]

Now that is exciting. That car is going to be nice.  And you are the one and only person on this site  I know that has a GTS.  Hang in there, April is Monday. They are going to want your car off the lift soon.  Man they have the whole front end off that car. I did not think it was that much work required.

Dont you want to go to Vegas to see it? Did you figure out how to get it to Hawaii yet?.

[Cali_KR]

Thats cool, looking forward to seeing it when it is finished as well.

[tjys]

2+2 ... hell yes I would love to go to Las Vegas to see this thing being built!  However, in the end it is for my wife.  She has been released 48 hours earlier from her FOB in Afghanistan.  She is now in Bagram awaiting a flight state side.  While that sounds nice ... they are 3-5 days behind rotating soldiers out of theater.  Everyday there is dangerous as soldiers and contractor personnel become casualties daily (I'm sure 19D knows this).  Though I want the car, I want to see my wife more, no matter when she gets here.   It's now a waiting game.

Cali KR, I'll post as I get pictures.  Shelby has been pretty good about sending pictures ... though they are usually of the same things they've already done.

[MY500SS]

tjys, on 29 March 2012 - 07:18 PM, said:

2+2 ... hell yes I would love to go to Las Vegas to see this thing being built!  However, in the end it is for my wife.  She has been released 48 hours earlier from her FOB in Afghanistan.  She is now in Bagram awaiting a flight state side.  While that sounds nice ... they are 3-5 days behind rotating soldiers out of theater.  Everyday there is dangerous as soldiers and contractor personnel become casualties daily (I'm sure 19D knows this).  Though I want the car, I want to see my wife more, no matter when she gets here.   It's now a waiting game.

Cali KR, I'll post as I get pictures.  Shelby has been pretty good about sending pictures ... though they are usually of the same things they've already done.

It's getting real close now   .......... but more importantly, your wife will be home even sooner.

[Cali_KR]

MY500SS, on 30 March 2012 - 05:27 AM, said:

It's getting real close now   .......... but more importantly, your wife will be home even sooner.

Amen to that brother...

[2+2]

Cali_KR, on 30 March 2012 - 06:47 AM, said:

Amen to that brother...

You got that right!

I meant all along for you to try to time it, and go see it with your wife in Vegas if she was back .  Will she fly straight to Hawaii?

Here is a big "Thank You"  to you both.

Hey, your car look so shined up.  Did you detail it before they got it, or did the Shelby guys shine it before if went on the rack?  It sure is cool to see the photos of the people that built it. You should have some nice documentation that others do not have.

[tjys]

2+2, on 30 March 2012 - 07:27 AM, said:

You got that right!

I meant all along for you to try to time it, and go see it with your wife in Vegas if she was back .  Will she fly straight to Hawaii?

Here is a big "Thank You"  to you both.

Hey, your car look so shined up.  Did you detail it before they got it, or did the Shelby guys shine it before if went on the rack?  It sure is cool to see the photos of the people that built it. You should have some nice documentation that others do not have.

Cali_KR, on 30 March 2012 - 06:47 AM, said:

Amen to that brother...

MY500SS, on 30 March 2012 - 05:27 AM, said:

It's getting real close now   .......... but more importantly, your wife will be home even sooner.

The Army normally will send soldiers to a central holding facility, usually Bagram.  This allows them to decompress for a few days.  Once they are manifested for a flight out they normally go to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, and then to Taiwan, or Japan for a refueling, and then to her home base, Hawaii.  It's a long ordeal.  Many soldiers just want to go home but they really need the time to wind down and be "watched" by leadership to see if there are more pressing issues (ala tragic case of Bales).  Once home, they get to see their families within hours but will spend many days being evaluated for many afflictions (PTSD, MTBI, strange diseases, etc).  
I am ecstatic that she is leaving Afghanistan.  She made it clear to me the last time I talked to her that she doesn't want to go back again.  After 6 years of service and two combat tours her fun meter is pegged.  A 20 year retirement sounds great but this stuff really takes a toll mentally and physically.  She weighs 115 lbs and wears 70 pounds of gear when she leaves the gates.  There is a corollary of military innovations; there will come a time that the cost of protecting your most valuable weapons platform will outweigh the decisiveness of the system itself.  It's important to be protected but the protection may be outweighing the risk of not being mobile.  
I'll step off the soap box.  2+2 I knew what you meant, I appreciate the concern for my best friend and wife.  It appears that Shelby cleaned the car up to get it inside.  The last photo I had of the car it was covered with 6 weeks of parking lot dirt after the installation of the GT500 wing.  It looks pretty good.  I asked for additional photos and I'm interested to see what the Baer brakes will look like when installed.  Production said they were having problems with getting the front fascia and hood.  That's not what they told me in January but maybe there was a quality issue once they unpacked it all.  
Cali_KR and My500SS, thanks for your support for the troops.  It means a lot to those guys out in the dirt every day.