Trailered up and dropped off my (now) 3,000 mile GT back on Dec 14th, and picked it up in the first few days of January. Been on the Mecum/Barrett auction tour the past few weeks and haven't had a chance to post any great words about a great guy that Rich Brooks truly is. I am surprised he didn't eventually push me out the door as I spent way too much time with a Ford friend up there just chatting GTs the day I dropped it off, and another few hours with a different Ford friend who wanted to ride along on the pick up. Took the tour of his facility (twice, lol) and got to see and hear a lot of crazy stories, cars, and the like.
He completed a number of repairs I had been putting off, including the air bag recall that Ford was harassing me on like daily (I think everyone knows he is now certified by Ford to do it?), complete change of every single fluid in the vehicle (purchased with 1K miles and only the oil had ever been changed), engine belt change (except a/c belt which is on some long term back order), replacement of some bushing covers that tend to crack on rear suspension, diagnosis of sudden inop of heat/ac and possibly related battery drain, cleaning all battery grounds, the addition of one of his spiffy rear clamshell releases, and a few other minor things. The heat/ac ended up being a module under the dash that had failed. Curiously, this also appears to have been the cause for the massive battery drain that started this past summer when the heat/ac went black/died as the car is now staying charged for weeks at a time instead of days. The module didn't come in from Ford in time before pick up so I ended up installing it once Rich shipped it to me which didn't end up being that all that big of a deal. While up there, he tested it with a known good (early/recall) module that was previously in Jay Leno's car (marked "J Leno" on it, lol), so clearly the value of my car went up
Lastly he truly gave the car a full once over as part of the entire job, verifying VIN stickers, etc, etc, and without any additional costs.
All that being said, for anyone ever on the fence of who to use, trust, or go to for repairs, inspections, or any combination thereof for their Ford GT, there's just no question in my mind. He was more than fair on all the billing, sent me regular updates, texts with pictures and kept me apprised the entire 2-3 weeks or so it was up there. In my day-to-day world (real estate), referrals and people who you trust, and who trust you are what make the world go 'round and I can't recommend Rich enough. While I am only a state away, I'd ship my car across country just to let him and ONLY him work on it. Lastly thanks for the Ford GT Forum, otherwise I would have never learned about Rich and all the great things folks had to say about him.
Thought I would pass this on to anyone considering using him. Thanks Rich, you rule!
He completed a number of repairs I had been putting off, including the air bag recall that Ford was harassing me on like daily (I think everyone knows he is now certified by Ford to do it?), complete change of every single fluid in the vehicle (purchased with 1K miles and only the oil had ever been changed), engine belt change (except a/c belt which is on some long term back order), replacement of some bushing covers that tend to crack on rear suspension, diagnosis of sudden inop of heat/ac and possibly related battery drain, cleaning all battery grounds, the addition of one of his spiffy rear clamshell releases, and a few other minor things. The heat/ac ended up being a module under the dash that had failed. Curiously, this also appears to have been the cause for the massive battery drain that started this past summer when the heat/ac went black/died as the car is now staying charged for weeks at a time instead of days. The module didn't come in from Ford in time before pick up so I ended up installing it once Rich shipped it to me which didn't end up being that all that big of a deal. While up there, he tested it with a known good (early/recall) module that was previously in Jay Leno's car (marked "J Leno" on it, lol), so clearly the value of my car went up
Lastly he truly gave the car a full once over as part of the entire job, verifying VIN stickers, etc, etc, and without any additional costs. All that being said, for anyone ever on the fence of who to use, trust, or go to for repairs, inspections, or any combination thereof for their Ford GT, there's just no question in my mind. He was more than fair on all the billing, sent me regular updates, texts with pictures and kept me apprised the entire 2-3 weeks or so it was up there. In my day-to-day world (real estate), referrals and people who you trust, and who trust you are what make the world go 'round and I can't recommend Rich enough. While I am only a state away, I'd ship my car across country just to let him and ONLY him work on it. Lastly thanks for the Ford GT Forum, otherwise I would have never learned about Rich and all the great things folks had to say about him.
Thought I would pass this on to anyone considering using him. Thanks Rich, you rule!
