quote:Originally posted by JeffY: As Michelle (Flamin’ Bird) said somewhere, when she asked me to sign her car, I was embarrassed – I couldn’t figure out why someone would want me to ruin his or her beautiful car with my name on it.
as i have posted about Fbodfather about 3.2 million times, you guys are the "rock stars" of our world.....wish i'd had the pleasure of your signature on my car.....if you're ever in Dallas, i'll have my paint pen ready! Posts: 3236 | From: Dallas, Texas | Registered: Nov 2002
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"As Michelle (Flamin’ Bird) said somewhere, when she asked me to sign her car, I was embarrassed – I couldn’t figure out why someone would want me to ruin his or her beautiful car with my name on it."
Nope...you only increased the value!! I just wish it hadnt dribbled when I put the clear coat on it . Dribbled or not I'm glad its there Posts: 27 | From: Northern VA | Registered: Aug 2003
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Jeff it was great to meet you at Skyline and again at the Firehawk rally! It was great to see that car that you brought from Dragan to Skyline! Good luck with everything!
Joe
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I regret never having met you in person as well. I always enjoyed your posts on the old board, especially when I first started lurking around over there, thinking "Who is this guy???" Took a few weeks of reading to be able to catch the subtlety on your responses.
It is nice to know that there are still a few "car guys" that are working on building cars. Best wishes for your future endeavors. Posts: 49 | From: Atlanta GA | Registered: Aug 2003
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JeffY you are a cool dude. I'm glad I got to meet you at skyline. I wish you the best of luck in the future. Don't be a stranger now!
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Thank you for making my favorite car even better. Good luck with your next endeavor. I'm sure you'll be as successful there as you have been with SLP. And don't be a stranger. We might have a question someday where nobody but you knows the answer.
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Hi Jeff Y, I wish you luck in your new ventures and I hope where ever they lead you,hopefully you will still be able to visit online as well as at other events.
It was great to see you at Skyline and I had a great time at Brian's cookout July 4th enjoying the company of many including your wife and yourself. Al
-------------------- 2002 35th LE # 115, SLP build # 986, T-top, 6 spd, 345hp OEM lid/CME, SLP Long Tubes, Random cats, SLP strut tower brace, SLP bolt on subframe connectors, adjustable billet lower control arms, adjustable billet pannard bar, SLP MAF sensor, smooth bellows, reusable Blackwing filter, Red Top Optima battery, Mobil 1 oil cap, Pro-5.0 shifter/shortened 1 1/2", 35th car cover, 35th floor mats, GM trophy mat, GM portfolio, SLP portfolio, key fobs/dash plaque(not installed), GM OPTIONS...traction control, rear defogger, 12 disk changer Polished ZO6 Dante replica wheels with BFG Gforce tires, rears are 18X10.5 with 295 35 18 tires, fronts are 18X9.5 with 240 40 18 tires.
Great post Mr. Feeney... errr... JeffY! Glad to see you'll be keeping ties with SLP. Good luck in your future endeavors! Posts: 19 | From: West Seneca, NY | Registered: Aug 2003
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Thanks again JeffY for everything. Hope to meet you at one of the gatherings. Best to you and your family. Posts: 3403 | From: Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA | Registered: Dec 2000
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You certainly had a good run at GM and then at SLP. We all owe a great big thank you to you and the folks at SLP for the F Body work. You took a good car and made it better. Yes it was a job for you, but also a passion, and that's what showed. That's why you were up all night scanning boards - you loved it! That passion spilled over into the work at SLP Engineering. Everything had to be OEM perfect, and in fact, most times was better than OEM. Check the paint on the SLP parts compared to the OEM finish!
Now, we move on. I refuse to say good bye as I now we'll meet again. My house, Skyline, maybe even Bowling Green this year - you might have the time now Your auto stories entertained us, and your knowledge educated us. We'll never forget your input into the SS and Firehawk program.
My friend, you're welcome at my home anytime.
My best wishes for whatever life brings you, kinda scary but exciting at the same time. Please drop in and keep us informed whats happening in the world of Jeff Y.
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Jeff, there is no way I can put into words how much you have helped Mary and I over the past few years. As a "newbie" a few years ago your answers to our questions were always honest and to the point, and very helpful. I hope tha I can meet you again in the future just to say thanks in person.
Ralph
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quote:Originally posted by poSSum: C'mon down to Bowling Green for the Camaro/Firebird Celebration.
Please come down, it will give a chance for alot of us to finally get to meet you.
Good luck and thanks!!!!
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Thanks for everything,Jeff. Mostly, I'd like to thank you for being my first person-to-person contact at SLP which led to the unlikely building of my car. Thanks to to you and the rest of the SLPENG staff I have a better car story than I ever expected. My job of 6 years evaporated in March so I have starting-over in common with you. Best of luck in whatever you decide to do and keep us posted.
-------------------- 2002 Formula Firehawk Last one ever built 11/25/02 M6,black/ebony cloth,Hurst,TCS 1LE,Auburn,mats,deckmat,portfolio,car cover,painted wheels Posts: 115 | From: PA | Registered: Aug 2003
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Best wishes JeffY. I read you a lot during the last years and you brought a lot. Keep on! I'm sure you'll be soon writing new lines of the high perf V8 legend.
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JeffY, Best of luck, I'm sure someone with your talents will turn up something as good as, or better than your SLP/GM gigs. It was good to meet you at Skyline, and thanks for ruining my shock tower with you sig BTW, you still owe me a Sharpie - I lent/gave you mine, but it was a good trade
-------------------- Dave W. 2002 SS Convertible #2155. All GM Options exc. CD Changer. M6, Bright Rally Red, Chrome 10 Spokes, SLP Grill, SLP PP Lid. Posts: 22 | From: Finksburg, MD | Registered: Aug 2003
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Hi there! We've never met, but I sure have read all your posts. We all know there were, from time to time, poiltical restraints, but you always worked hard at honesty with the SS and 'Hawk owners and drivers. We appreciate that. Maybe there's another SLP-like creating in your future, who knows. I hope the trail is a happy and fulfilling one for you. Good Luck! Andy
-------------------- 2000 SS #31, SSOA M00-0031, Cal. plate 00 SS, Ebony black T-Top coupe/onyx black leather, DG Motorsports carbon fiber grill insert with SS logo, power seat, Monsoon CD, M6, !CAGS, Lou's Short Stick, Mobil 1 with engine plaque and filler cap, Whisper Lid, K&N filter, ASR, Bilsteins, BMR shock tower brace, Auburn high torque diff, SLP cat-back dual duals, SLP Y-pipe, chrome ZR-1 5-spoke wheels with SS inserts, GT Cross-Drilled Rotors, B.F. Goodrich G-Force KD's, RS Front Skirts, chromed hood insert, SS mats, cover, dash plaque, key fobs, SSOA car blanket, SLP silver logo plaque opposite SS logo on rear fascia, custom pinstriping on hood scoop, "Camaro" and #31 on rear fascia ...plus Zaino clean! Posts: 350 | From: Chula Vista (San Diego), CA USA | Registered: Dec 2000
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Best of luck to you Jeff. like it has been said before, don't be stranger. Posts: 1579 | From: Portland, OR. | Registered: May 2001
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Best of luck Jeffy in whatever you end up doing. Please dont go to Toyota tho that would be my 2nd worst nightmare. Still cant get used to them being in Nascar. But thats antoher story altogether. Good luck and thanks for all the work you did on the SLP boards
-------------------- 2002 Z28 Sunset Orange Metallic Every GM option available for Z28 less leather " I HATE LEATHER " SLP short throw shifter,SLP skip shift,Free Cold Air box mod,Descreened MAF,Air Flow smooth bellows, Fast Toys Ported MAF Ends, SLP Air Lid,Loud Mouth,Chromed Stainless Z-28 Tips,Holley Powershot Air Filter,SLP Y-Pipe, SLP STB, throttle Body Bypass,SLP Cold Air Intake,Cut stock springs lowered to 27 inches all around Removed resonator and Installed Sweet Thunder Stick in its place "Love It"DGOETZ Fabrications Bolt-On SFC's,& Tunnel Brace BMR Relocation Bracket, BMR LCAs,Painted front grill SOM unlike Mobil 1 decals and Zaino which are NOT mods Posts: 10 | From: Boca Raton Florida | Registered: Aug 2003
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Thank you for everything that you did on the baord and for your help in May 2002 when I had all my mods done over at Troy. From what Im reading, everyone in Troy was a celebrity. Good thing I didnt waste anyones time having the hood signed, its been replaced since then due to accidents.
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Was a real pleasure meeting you at Skyline this year Jeff...and like others have said, please don't be a stanger...would really like to see your smiling face at some event in the near future (even if you do come in the Blazer ). All the best to you and your family in your new career and new domicile...
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Jeff, thanks for your passion. You made lasting changes in the way GM, SLP and F body owners looked at and improved an American legend. That passion ensures your future success, but I wish you luck anyway.
Keep up the LONG posts... it's attractive on you!
Harry
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Have You Forgotten How You Felt That Day? Never Forget 9/11/01. Posts: 184 | From: Harleysville, Pennsylvania | Registered: May 2000
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Jeff, think of it as the ending of one adventure and the beginning of the next. I'm sure you'll land some place that will give you as much opportunity, and angst, as SLP! Glad to know that you'll still be around and I hope we'll see you at some of the events.
Posts: 1907 | From: I hope I'm not repeating myself. Again. And Again. Stop picking on me! Waaahhh!! | Registered: Feb 2000
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Best of Luck to you and thank you for all of the help with my 35th.......you really came thru for me and if you ever need anything just send me an email. You are and always be a valuable asset to the automotive industry. Never underestimate that.
Best of Luck
Gino
-------------------- 2002 35th Anniversary, SLP Build Number 2584 , #20,000 of 2002 Camaro's built. Number #924 of 3369 LE's Built.
Includes: T-Tops, Bilstein Suspension, Commmerative Portfolio, Anniversary Car Cover, M6, Loudmouth(Wow), Slp Y-Pipe, Slp Sub Frame Connectors, SLP STB, SLP Lid, Holley Shot Air Filter, Zaino, GMMG Oval Tips, Lou's Short Stick, SLP 35th LE Grill.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King, Jr Posts: 378 | From: New York | Registered: Dec 2001
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Jeff.....THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.......... for everything you did to advance the state of the art with our Camaros and Firebirds. I am really sorry to hear this news and I wish you sucess in your future endeavors. I hope our paths cross one of these days because I really would like to meet you in person.
From one "old guy" to another, I wish you the best!
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Jeff: Although we have never met in person, I feel like I know you as I would an old friend. You have often provided me with advice that no one else could give, and you were always a cool guy, even when a bit sarcastic. However, in true parting style, I have a few other bullet points.
1. I hope that your semi-retirement will keep you on the boards enough to pop in and answer questions, or poke fun, because we all know how bored the board would be without you here to set us straight on our ways. Between here, Kaveman's asylum, and the fbodyowners board, we hope you wont be a stranger.
2. I hope you also find time for yourself to relax, and enjoy the wonderful world of consulting. If you have to do that kind of work, I cant think of a better company than SLP.
3. I still think the funniest thing you ever said was about your degree in aerospace engineering, about thinking that man was not meant to fly.
4. Thank you for all the technical questions, incessant as they may have been, that you answered for me and many others here on the board.
5. I always knew you were one of the night mods, and suspected that it was you who closed down our monster 800 post "memebers" thread. I couldnt think of a better mod to be own3d by.
And finally, Jeff. Good luck in your future ventures, I hope they go well for you. I also hope you find a job in the fine tradition of your positions at GM and SLP, something with hot cars, that you enjoy.
But one final question, something that you, Dave, and none of the others ever commented on. I would like to know what you think of the custom firebird centercaps that I designed and built???
As we say down here in Texas: Keep your eyes open, and watch for rattlesnakes.
Oh, and if you might wanna pay attention to the college level SAE formula racing events over the next few years. You might recognize an old acquaintance on the racing team in the next few years from Texas A&M. I'll be graduating with my BSME before too long, and the senior design classes get to design the new car. Bwahahahahaha.
Posts: 686 | From: Texas: Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck! | Registered: Aug 2003
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