Gary Wells
White turbo Buick trailer park trash
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------------------------------------------acoen said:
It was not that he ws that hard on the car or not, it was the manner in which he got on the throttle and got off of it 3 or 4 times in rapid succession.
That is very hard on the turbo cars. Getting in and staying on, unless it overbosts, is probably not as hard on these cars as getting on and off in quick succession. That's what I heard later and I have heard it often enough that I believe it. My car still had the original rear main seal in it at the time of the photoshoot and had 12K miles on it. I know that you will state as rebuttal that yours did not leak, but I would bet that at 56K or so miles on your when I looked at it, and it was not leaking at that time that the seal had already been replaced. And you yourselt told me a while that they had 2.5 years to publish the shoot, hasn't it been closer to 3 years already. And when you and I corresponded by e-mail or via thread regarding the cars appearing in an upcoming issue, and you suggested that I contact jeff, I did via e-mail, and he contradicted your or any knowledge of the east coast publishers looking for a tta to shoot, and he contradicted your or any acknowledgement of an upcoming Feb issue with some turbo cars in it. He advised me that he knew nothing of any of that, but that he would check on it and get back with me, and he never did. I did talk to several people that owned cars at the Donut Derelicts gathering regarding photo shoots by magazines, not necessarily Hemmings, but any of the auto publications, and several advised that they had had gone through the photo shoots, but their cars never made it to publication. These were not Hemmings shoots to my knowledge. I am looking forward to seeing yours in publication. Good luck with the replacement car, also. I do not hold it against Jeff about the car not getting published, but he could have been a little more up front, I felt, regarding my queries about whetther or not Hemmings was looking for a tta, and about the upcoming Feb turbo issue. It would have been much easier for him to say, and me to hear, after 2.5 years, that "It is doubtful that your car will ever go to print"
Make sure you run out and get a copy as well! 
George from Hemmings wanted to save mine for last. There was like a half hour/ 45 min. ride back to Todd's house from the shoot location. He was easy on it. I had to tell him a few times to get into it. I had Todd in his GNX in front of us so I told him don't let that car get away! Was pretty much a twisty 2 lane road the entire way back so he could not get into for long if at all. He just enjoyed driving it and wanted to know how I kept the new car smell in it. But I was suprised that I had to tell him to get on it as he was just joy riding it. You should of sent them an invoice for that seal! 
I haven't gotten my issue yet, I usually get mine the first or second week of the month and read it from cover to cover the first night. But you can bet I will read every every word.....What did you think of the Super Bird? The GNX? I can't wait to read the article....can you tell.
