mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
Has shown up on CF, I sent him a PM about here, that would be NEAT if he pops up here too......:lol::harhar:
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Dick Guldstrand
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68/70Vette
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GREAT JOB!!!!!
I've had Guildstrand work on my cars. My latest was the 68 After several years of doing all the work my self, I really wanted to get it on the road. I had some things to do on it that might even take me a year left to do.. I had the car trucked to Guildstand's. (Actually Guildstrand MotorSports). Things to do:
1) Check all my torque settings on the suspension components. Working by myself, I often only hand torqued up fasteners since I was concerned I'd have to undo them later. Then I forgot about them. Guildstrand found several untorqued fasteners.
2) Alignment. Couldn't do that myself. Guildstrand did a four wheel alignment.
3) Front wheel spring tower strut bar. They added one to the car. Small welding job required. Dick Guildstrand thought this was a really needed item.
4) With an all new brake system..all new component parts, I used silicon brake fluid and had a slightly soft pedal. Guidstrand's employees made this pedal stone hard, even with silicon.
5) I had Hedman Hedder sidepipe headers to match up to a stock 69 factory sidepipe exhaust system. Guildstrand did the welding to match up the Hedman hedders to the stock factory exhaust.
6) I had some problems with the Holley fuel regulator for the carb. The regulator needed adjusted. It was adjusted correctly.
7) I wanted the suspension set up for understeer. I didn't want torque throttle off oversteer. I'm not going to be driving competition ...I don't want the back end of the car to every overtake me..Guildstrand was in agreement...no rear anti-roll bar.
Bottom Line?? Labor was $4000 for 40 hours of work about 5 years ago. The mechanic that did almost all the work on my car was a FAA certified airline mechanic.
I could go on about work on my 69 Corvette....bottom line..Guildstrand is expensive but for every episode, his service is cost effective in that problems are solved. I don't think he's a money grabber...My 69 needed a new rear end transverse spring due to an accident, he had one where a customer exchanged his spring for a competition spring, so Dick gave me the spring for free. And so on...
I've had Guildstrand work on my cars. My latest was the 68 After several years of doing all the work my self, I really wanted to get it on the road. I had some things to do on it that might even take me a year left to do.. I had the car trucked to Guildstand's. (Actually Guildstrand MotorSports). Things to do:
1) Check all my torque settings on the suspension components. Working by myself, I often only hand torqued up fasteners since I was concerned I'd have to undo them later. Then I forgot about them. Guildstrand found several untorqued fasteners.
2) Alignment. Couldn't do that myself. Guildstrand did a four wheel alignment.
3) Front wheel spring tower strut bar. They added one to the car. Small welding job required. Dick Guildstrand thought this was a really needed item.
4) With an all new brake system..all new component parts, I used silicon brake fluid and had a slightly soft pedal. Guidstrand's employees made this pedal stone hard, even with silicon.
5) I had Hedman Hedder sidepipe headers to match up to a stock 69 factory sidepipe exhaust system. Guildstrand did the welding to match up the Hedman hedders to the stock factory exhaust.
6) I had some problems with the Holley fuel regulator for the carb. The regulator needed adjusted. It was adjusted correctly.
7) I wanted the suspension set up for understeer. I didn't want torque throttle off oversteer. I'm not going to be driving competition ...I don't want the back end of the car to every overtake me..Guildstrand was in agreement...no rear anti-roll bar.
Bottom Line?? Labor was $4000 for 40 hours of work about 5 years ago. The mechanic that did almost all the work on my car was a FAA certified airline mechanic.
I could go on about work on my 69 Corvette....bottom line..Guildstrand is expensive but for every episode, his service is cost effective in that problems are solved. I don't think he's a money grabber...My 69 needed a new rear end transverse spring due to an accident, he had one where a customer exchanged his spring for a competition spring, so Dick gave me the spring for free. And so on...
