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Well I am finally getting where I can breathe after this long week or so.....
Just wanted to take a minute to thank Bruce Toelle for everything! I flew out to CA to buy the site from Bruce. He picked me up from the airport and him and the family put me up for the night!
While there I got the grand tour of his shop, PTSExtreme! Must say that was one of the most organized shops I have ever been too. I had no idea he did all his on machine work etc... Milling machines, custom made billet parts, buick motors, TR's, all under one roof. It was great! I watched him pack up an order and every piece was custom, I was amazed as he engraved each part to match his records. Every tool I could imagine neatly placed on the work bench, truly a class operation! So many of his parts are made right there by him!
I then got to see "race car"
That had to be one of the cleanest nicest race cars I have ever seen! An 8sec car with street tires 
I would have to say my favorite part of the trip was taking a ride in the PTS "test" car! It was a Regal that they test every single tranny in before it is sent out! Well, I am here to tell you they are TRULY tested. Bruce put this thing through the test. IT HIT ALL 4 GEARS!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats right it would hit fourth everytime he would downshift and back up! I was so impressed I didn't know what to say. I have alot of trans' in alot of different cars and I have never had one shift like that! The temps and pressure readings were amazing as well.
We finished the deal later that night and got all loose ends tied up and he rushed me back to the airport the next morning! I want to thank Bruce, his family, and the PTS guys for such a pleasant welcome and visit. You guys rock and I will be back :biggrin:
One final thought, I would like to thank Bruce again for all his years of work on this board. He had hard decisions to deal with and this is no easy job. I can truly say he felt like he was selling his most cherrished possesion when we finished the deal. He truly had TurboBuick.com in his heart. His business has grown and he no longer had to the time it requires to run a forum this large so...........
Thanks for everything Bruce!
Just wanted to take a minute to thank Bruce Toelle for everything! I flew out to CA to buy the site from Bruce. He picked me up from the airport and him and the family put me up for the night!
While there I got the grand tour of his shop, PTSExtreme! Must say that was one of the most organized shops I have ever been too. I had no idea he did all his on machine work etc... Milling machines, custom made billet parts, buick motors, TR's, all under one roof. It was great! I watched him pack up an order and every piece was custom, I was amazed as he engraved each part to match his records. Every tool I could imagine neatly placed on the work bench, truly a class operation! So many of his parts are made right there by him!
I then got to see "race car"
That had to be one of the cleanest nicest race cars I have ever seen! An 8sec car with street tires I would have to say my favorite part of the trip was taking a ride in the PTS "test" car! It was a Regal that they test every single tranny in before it is sent out! Well, I am here to tell you they are TRULY tested. Bruce put this thing through the test. IT HIT ALL 4 GEARS!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats right it would hit fourth everytime he would downshift and back up! I was so impressed I didn't know what to say. I have alot of trans' in alot of different cars and I have never had one shift like that! The temps and pressure readings were amazing as well.
We finished the deal later that night and got all loose ends tied up and he rushed me back to the airport the next morning! I want to thank Bruce, his family, and the PTS guys for such a pleasant welcome and visit. You guys rock and I will be back :biggrin:
One final thought, I would like to thank Bruce again for all his years of work on this board. He had hard decisions to deal with and this is no easy job. I can truly say he felt like he was selling his most cherrished possesion when we finished the deal. He truly had TurboBuick.com in his heart. His business has grown and he no longer had to the time it requires to run a forum this large so...........
Thanks for everything Bruce!
