Greg, or GS Carlson, please allow me to offer some observations I've made in watching this whole clusterf*#k unwind:
1)I have never met most of the guys on this site, including you, yet I feel like I can call them friends.
The reason why I can say this is that there is no sense of hostility that can't be resolved with more than a simple PM. I have never met you, yet I seem to already know you.
2) As Bruce (Xplantdad) pointed out, these are just cars, THINGS that guys like to talk and argue about, but at the end of the day, they are still just things.
3) As someone who IS heavily medicated, I am truly amused as to why all of this BS is so critically important. Like several people have pointed out, the cars are not for sale, so is there nothing else to talk about than piddly details of a car that was probibly modified on a weekly basis?
If the crew chief thought he could shave a 100th off his ET by using Turtle wax instead of Simonize, he'd do it. If he thought a grade 8 frame bolt would save a 10th over a grade 5 bolt, guess which one he'd use. They didn't keep a diary for future documentation for guys like you. They worked their butts off to shave a 100th off their ETs, so their sponsor wouldn't hire someone else for next years season.
4) I too own a COPO with no documentation. Its been discussed on this site, but not argued about. Why? Because I don't care that it's incorrect, incomplete, and poorly detailed. I drive it, beat on it once in a while, and enjoy it. It's not for sale, so nobody has seen fit to try and tear it apart. If anyone wants to come to Columbus to look it over, give me a call. I would be happy to show it off. If you want to rag on it afterwards, be my guest.
My medication helps to keep me from getting overly emotional.
(Check my signature)
Did I mention that there are other things in life that are more important?
Tom Clary is a credit to this hobby, and he will be the last guy to let you down.
Thank God we have the freedom to waste time like this.
Andy