The Firebird boarded the car hauler on Monday bound for Arizona to recieve its master control system by Dignified Motors. (See departure videos on the Monster Garage page)

As I am typing this Blog I have recieved word via Mike Peters our procurement guy,  that the car has arrived safely at Dignified Motors.

We will not rest but generate a new punch list to prepare for the cars return in February;

 - E-stop installation

 - Body & Paint

 - Interior

 - Brakes & Tune-up

 - Sound system

 - Ron Heagy options (To be determined)

Once Dignified Motors starts on the car, we will conference call with Dave Aitchenson at our next meeting (TBA) to get an update as well as any items he may need to add to our list.

The BWI parts arrived ahead of schedule as promised and we were able to install the proto type e-stop. This saftey system is used to kill power to the vehicle in the event Ron has an emergency during his run.

 We installed the prototype system and did some short range testing then removed it so as to rebuild the final system on the bench while the car is down in Arizona getting its master control system.

Curt mocked up a protoype of his design and with help from Jay they installed it on the car, then I test drove it on a beautiful sunny fall day ( See Monster Garage Page for photos)

 With my foot mashed to the floor the acceleration is severly de-tuned but over the course of a 1/4 mile, the car was still able to acieve a maximum speed of 50 mph.