How does something like this get past any kind of Q/A process? Also, how do the Non-R badges make it onto the dash of an R car? This is concerning...what else could not be right on some cars that is not visible?Well....the guys at the factory must have been thinking the same...lol.......left off the driver side strips for me ......
When did Ford have a Q/A process?
True, but I love Ford and want them to succeed. People complain about panel gaps but this is at a far bigger stupid level not catching this! I hope Ford can get these types of problems resolved some day soon!
I certainly get what you are saying as the dash plaques for the non-R and R HEP cars are issued early during the assembly process with each chassis number being documented in a log with the car going down the line with a chassis number once the dash has been installed.
At least we have a chassis badge plate for our cars as that is certainly not the case for some of the recent limited edition/production Camaro models unless something has changed from the launch of the 2014/2015 Camaro Z28's?
At least we have a chassis badge plate for our cars as that is certainly not the case for some of the recent limited edition/production Camaro models unless something has changed from the launch of the 2014/2015 Camaro Z28's?
Not sure if you remember the limited run of Camaro Z28's back in the 2014 and 2015 model years as that was Chevrolet's answer to the 2012/2013 Boss 302 launch a few years earlier namely in February 2011.
If I recall correctly it was in January 2014 when I spent a great deal of time with Al Oppenheiser who was the Camaro Chief Engineer at Chevrolet for the new Z28 program and he could not have been more accommodating and informative for all things Z28 as Chevrolet had just launched their Z28 program with Al just a wonderful person to converse with.
I met Al at the Chevrolet booth at the B-J car auction in Scottsdale (I was wearing one of my 2012 Boss 302 shirts at the time which he quickly commented on) and we spoke for at least 2 hours about the new Z28 program and could immediately tell from our conversation as to how passionate that he was for the Z28 program and all things associated.
During our discussions we spoke in great detail about the Z28 chassis set up, manual transmission, LS7 engines from the Z06 Corvettes, MSRP pricing at ~$78,000 and of course the famous wheel and tire configuration for these cars.
It was apparent that Al had a competition license therefore was very passionate about their new Z28 Camaro and in fact suggested that Chevrolet may lose money on every vehicle sold based on their initial investment for a very limited 2 year launch with the 2014 MY supposedly going to have around ~600 cars produced which was to be very similar to the 1967 launch of the Z28 back in the day.
I asked him a couple of direct questions one of which was why the initial launch was slow and not taking off very well and his response was that him and his team had not expected to have most Z28 enthusiasts to order AC for their cars therefore him and his team got caught off guard and did not have many AC units in stock and thought that everyone would order AC delete which is the way that the original 1967 Z28's came back in the day.
One of the other questions that I asked Al was centered around chassis numbers/plates and exclusive Owners Kits for this limited edition 2 year run for the Z28 much like what Ford had provided for the 2012/2013 Boss 302 program.
Al explained to me that because him and his Chevrolet Team got so involved with the engineering and development of the suspension, wheels, sticky Pirelli tires, brakes, engine, etc. that they totally forgot and lost sight of coming up with a chassis plate designation and owners kit such as what Ford came up with for the Boss 302 program and admitted that is something that they should have come up with for their limited production Z28 cars.
I get that some of our GT350/R HEP chassis plates are not exactly what they should be indicating but suggest that can be rectified easily in due course and that we should be appreciative for at least having our GT350/R's and HEP optioned cars individually designated from a unique chassis standpoint unlike some other Pony Cars from recent years.
Ford hasn't said how many they plan to make, they are just "limited". If I were you, I would search the internet for one because there are many dealers that either have one for sale or have some coming in that they ordered for dealer stock. It might be too late to order one if I have to guess?
