Race on Sunday, No Warranty Come Monday

Belair62 · #1 10-20-2005, 07:21 PM

I think Mark heard the story wrong...

sYc · #2 10-20-2005, 07:25 PM

I have heard the story as well, but heard it was a rep from GM that was doing the checking. That would make more sense, as the $$ for any warranty work would come out of GM's pocket.

Racefan · #3 10-20-2005, 07:40 PM

Makes no business sense at all. How much would it cost to send a rep to each track, pay the admission, just in the hopes of finding someone to void. Sounds like urban myth to me. With all the warranties sold over the GM product line, I guarantee that the costs associated with the warranty work done on sYc Camaros was not even a blip on the screen. Just my .02.

**markjohnson** · #4 10-20-2005, 07:43 PM

Alright then, maybe I did hear it wrong and it was instead a GM rep doing the voiding. The outcome would still be the same. What do you think the dealer would think if Ed Hedrick brung his lettered car back to the dealership for some warranty work. That probably wouldn't go over too well. I wish one of my race cars had a warranty because I would be at the track 4 nights a week and would never worry about getting dirty and greasy again. On a side note, back in 1969, my father was purchasing a brand new Hemi Superbee from King Dodge .....up until the point they told him when the car leaves the lot, the warranty expires.

Belair62 · #5 10-20-2005, 07:50 PM

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I wish one of my race cars had a warranty because I would be at the track 4 nights a week and would never worry about getting dirty and greasy again

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Thats probably why the GM rep story would make a little more sense if it happened.

Supercar_Kid · #6 10-20-2005, 08:19 PM

Gates Chevrolet didn't give Bill Hunter any trouble when he scattered the L-72 in his HO Yenko Camaro on the first weekend of ownership...in fact they took his blown up Camaro back on trade and gave him a brand new DY Camaro for $100 difference. Now that's customer service!

**Mr70** · #7 10-20-2005, 08:22 PM

I liked Bills excuse just a few days after taking delivery,to the Service Dept.
"I wasn't street racin,I swear."

**ANDY M** · #8 10-20-2005, 09:25 PM

The GM Rep story was in Muscle Car Review, regarding Yenko cars sold at Colonial. Quite a few of these cars were sold to sailors coming back from Nam, and the first thing they wanted to do was take the car to the track and race their buddies.

Vettefinderjim · #9 10-28-2005, 04:42 AM

Years ago John Leifield was my neighbor. He worked for Ford and was assigned the Shelby account in 1966, and specifically the Shelby Mustang. John was an engineer and his job was to make SURE the Hertz Shelby Mustangs were in good shape on Monday morning. They knew the $25 a day rental cars were being raced over the weekend. Now that sounds to me like Ford wanted the cars raced......and you can bet Chevrolet did too.

**markjohnson** · #10 10-28-2005, 08:35 AM

I thought I heard or read that many of those Hertz Shelbys were converted to automatics after so much abuse to put a dampener on everyone's fun. Anyone know about this?

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