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[H0050]

Akos Feher, known as AJ (TS name - Bestia27) was the Production Manager for the GT-H & SGT.  He has posted some great info in both the SGT and Terlingua sites from his time with SAI.  Use this thread to ask questions and hopefully he will chime in with his knowledge of the program.

AJ is one of the five signatures on the GT-H certifcate that you receive from Shelby when you register your GT-H.  Check it out.

Thanks AJ

Edited by H0050, 20 January 2012 - 09:39 PM.

[bestia27]

Only if you ask nicely. And I don't guarantee I remember all the small details...

[dsastang67]

I have been following the other topics you have been chiming in on and am very excited to see what information comes up for the Hertz cars.  Thanks for all the input.  It is appreciated by the Shelby community more than you know!

[Larry T]

Awesome any news you can share would be great!!!!

[19again]

Thanks AJ for giving us all this wonderful information. I can't wait for more! Standing by.

[H0050]

I have to ask aboiut the security wire.  Was this really intedned to be for security or was this a Hertz request to detur theft or a novalty item?

Any idea where they can be obtained as several folks have asked the question in the past.

[bestia27]

H0050, on 21 January 2012 - 11:05 AM, said:

I have to ask aboiut the security wire.  Was this really intedned to be for security or was this a Hertz request to detur theft or a novalty item?

Any idea where they can be obtained as several folks have asked the question in the past.

Which security wire? There was one in the traction control on/off button Is that the one you refer to?

[QuickSilverShelby]

bestia27, on 21 January 2012 - 01:06 PM, said:

Which security wire? There was one in the traction control on/off button Is that the one you refer to?

It's the one in the engine compartment that connects from the valve cover to the shock tower (I think that's the connection points)

QSS

[bestia27]

QuickSilverShelby, on 21 January 2012 - 02:00 PM, said:

It's the one in the engine compartment that connects from the valve cover to the shock tower (I think that's the connection points)

QSS

Now I remember, thanks! It had two purposes:
1. It was a requirement from Hertz, to make sure the engine wasn't messed with.
2. It's a throwback nod to the past. Back in the days of the original 350GTH, some people took the motors out of the rental cars to race them on the weekends in another car. Sometimes they  have simply returned the rental car with a stock motor. Hertz started putting these wires on the car and made them part of their return inspection.

AJ

[H0050]

QuickSilverShelby, on 21 January 2012 - 02:00 PM, said:

It's the one in the engine compartment that connects from the valve cover to the shock tower (I think that's the connection points)

QSS

Yes, the engine compartment one.  The TC clip was just that, a small clip that kept the TC from being disengaged.  AJ, maybe Hertz put the security wire on.  Someone should post a picture

[H0050]

bestia27, on 21 January 2012 - 02:47 PM, said:

Now I remember, thanks! It had two purposes:
1. It was a requirement from Hertz, to make sure the engine wasn't messed with.
2. It's a throwback nod to the past. Back in the days of the original 350GTH, some people took the motors out of the rental cars to race them on the weekends in another car. Sometimes they  have simply returned the rental car with a stock motor. Hertz started putting these wires on the car and made them part of their return inspection.

AJ

Thanks.  Any idea where to obtain this as several folks have asked.

[bestia27]

H0050, on 21 January 2012 - 02:51 PM, said:

Thanks.  Any idea where to obtain this as several folks have asked.

If I recall correctly, these wires came from Hertz, but we installed them on the cars. I don't believe they were anything special. If somebody has a picture of it please post...

AJ

[dsastang67]

This obviously is not a close up but it does show the wire.  This was car number 412.  I looked at it prior to buying 279.

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[SVT NAJA]

Harald,

Great thread to follow!!!

AJ,

Thanks for posting these Hertz Shelby details...

[Larry T]

Maybe someone can help me with a traction clip .... mine was missing when I bought the car and have been looking for a original replacement for a few years.

[H0050]

Copied from the SGT site as a piece of info:

why was the GT-H allowed to be produced with the deep draw hood, and not require front end testing, but the SGT would have required testing?

The GT-H was a so called post-title car. Hertz bought the cars from Ford and then sent them to Shelby for conversion. Same thing as taking a GT500 and get the SuperSnake conversion on it. The SGT was sold through Ford dealers, therefore all the mods were made to it before the actual sale. Hence it's called a pre-title vehicle. The federal crash rules are different for pre-title cars than for post-title mods, you have to crash test everything safety related that is modified. The hood plays a huge role in passenger safety.
When we did the KR, we had to re-crash a certain number of hoods and cars to be able to replace the aluminum hood with the carbon fiber one.

AJ

Edited by H0050, 22 January 2012 - 12:01 PM.

[H0050]

Larry T, on 21 January 2012 - 10:27 PM, said:

Maybe someone can help me with a traction clip .... mine was missing when I bought the car and have been looking for a original replacement for a few years.

I got one from SAI couple of years ago.  May be worth a call.

[Larry T]

H0050, on 22 January 2012 - 12:00 PM, said:

I got one from SAI couple of years ago.  May be worth a call.

Thank you Harald, I have tried that path with no success, if anyone is interested in selling/trading one that would be awesome!!!!

[bestia27]

Not to burst anybody's bubble, but it was just a stock gage steel wire cut to length and bent up to shape. Maybe Harald can take a picture of his, measure the length and the dimensions of the shape and make one at home.

My $.02
AJ

[Larry T]

If anyone can help me with this suggestion that would be awesome!!!!!