This is just some of the problems found on this car. The list is extensive and alot of the work done was very shoddy. The paint came out nice and all the panels that were replaced were NOS GM. So one would expect a Professional assembly job in a reasonable amount of time not a year and a half from a place called BEST OF Show Coachworks.
Date(s): January 28, 2009. Album by Paul Andersen. 1 - 52 of 52 Total. 2238 Visits.
1 This picture shows the fenders were not aligned properly before the car left BOS. Steve is very bias about this shop so he must have a financial interest in the place. He constantly locks the posts so no one reply.
2 This picture shows the bent steering linkage on the old frame. BOS removed the linkage painted it and reinstalled it on the new frame.I wonder if they used there world famous frame gauges on it???
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5 Header panel gap tight at the front wide at the back.Shows the fender is not properly installed.
6 Fender gap gets wider as you get to the windshield. This gap is supposed to be .006 min to 0.18 max! it is .39 that's 3/8"
7 This is the driver side almost as bad as the passenger side.
8 This gap is not as wide as the passenger side but it is still way out of tolerance at .29"
9 This is the rear lower driver door it is shut tight. It sticks out from the body a 1/4". A little more time aligning this door would have helped with the front fender alignment.
10 This fender gap excedes reasonable specs.
11 This gap is 1/2 inch wide.
12 same gap as last picture shows how wide it is.
13 Front of Passenger door. The door rubs on the rocker because they rushed putting the car back together. Only took them a year and a half.You would think that's plenty of time to align a door!
14 Lower bumper bolts were not installed.
15 On either side.
16 Bent steering linkage painted and put back in.
17 Missing bolts speak for them selves.
18 Wide gaps show poor quality control.
19 Driver side gap is to wide.
20 The Vent window screws were siliconed in. Not to mention they are Two inches to short. Where's the supervision of the assembler? Where's the Quality control?? Would you want your show car put back together this way??
21 The steering column was not bolted to the gear.The coupling was missing the bolts.
22 Frame alignment hole.
23 Surprisingly this one is almost aligned.
24 BOS installed the clutch and bell housing but forgot to put in all the bolts that were given to them for this.
25 The insurance Paid for new parking lights and BOS put in the old ones.
26 They used a lot of shims to compensate for the crooked frame.
27 Grill misaligned.
28 Emblem holes drilled crooked so the emblem does not line up properly.These guy's are Show car specialists???
29 A lot More shims. Don't get me wrong GM used the shims to get the right tolerances.
30 How hard is it to line up two parts?? Notice they even put the head light in crooked!
31 Misaligned.
32 If you look close the headlight bezel was bent when they put it in. Look where the bezel meets the fender.
33 shims on the bumper brakets!
34 Both sides.
35 Hard to see at this angle but the Idler arm is bent and reinstalled.
36 How do you damage an oil filter putting a motor on a bare frame that's out of the car??
37 Before the car went to BOS
38 The emblems were strait even after the accident.But not any more.
39 It was not a real hard hit and Should have only taken a couple of weeks to fix. "that looks like a hard hit..." View Comments...
