Now that all of the Rally events have calmed down some I can tell the story of Mellow Yellow.
On our annual spring trip to MD this year we worked on a few cars including John’s Pe2tunia (black silver stripe) car. Near the end of our trip John had asked us if we could go with him and look at another car he was thinking about buying. We said, sure no problem as it is on the way home from MD to MI. John had been talking to the owner for a few weeks and had his deal worked out as long as the car passed a PPI. The car had a few issues (as they all do, and if they say they are perfect they are full of s#%*) and we said we could take care of most of them cost effectively and the deal was finalized. We continued on to MI and John drove his new yellow car home back to MD. We had a feeling that John would be calling in the near future with a list of mods and within 3 weeks the car was on its way to MI. Of course this is after John cleaned it to his standards so he knew exactly how the car would be arriving at our shop. Now I know why we didn’t just bring it home with us at the time. Here it is as it arrived.
We spent the first little bit of time with the car repairing some of the little issues car like touching up some of the chipped up paint and fixing a worn door hinge bushing and little things like that. Meanwhile John was trying to decide on what he wanted the car to look like in the end. It took him about 3 months, many, many, emails and hours on the phone to finally decide what he wanted down to the finest detail. Only then were we able to go full speed ahead with the project. The final decision was made on the TT so parts were ordered and we started taking the car apart so we could paint the white Heritage stripe on the car. With regards to the stripe there were many different colors chosen until he decided on white. Which we think was the perfect choice. Sometime into the build Camilo even stopped by to have some service work done on his Heritage car and he saw the potential in what was going to be Mellow Yellow.
The car was finished about 2 weeks before the Rally and we delivered it back to John for final inspection and shake down prior to the Rally to ensure a trouble free event. I had told him multiple times to be careful with the new found power increases and he said that I was scaring him. I told him good, because we don’t want the car back for bodywork reasons as we have seen so many of those as of lately. He spent the next few days driving his new found hot rod learning its new characteristics and was very pleased with all of the decisions that were made. He then re-cleaned himself and loaded it up for the Rally. Other than the weather Mellow Yellow had no issues at the Rally. Here is the list of all the personal touches put into Mellow Yellow and more pics.
Engine oil and filter change
Accufab magnetic drain plugs
Install supplied air intake stiffener before TT decision
Drained take out trans and DID NOT REFILL
Filled new 3.90 trans with 4.5 quarts
Flush engine coolant (add water wetter additive supplied by owner)
Flush intercooler coolant (add water wetter additive supplied by owner)
Accufab coolant rings
Flush brake fluid with Ford DOT 4
Flush clutch fluid with Ford DOT 4
Supplied fuel filter
GTG clamshell hooks
Painting Heritage theme in gloss white with black pinstripe
Paint supplied OE type billet center clamshell vents in white to match stripe
Repaint side panels just under the side scoops (passenger and driver side)
Leave rim center caps alone
Disassemble and reassemble fuel door, fuel handle, and trunk handle for powder coat
Powder coat rims
Powder coat custom clamshell and side vents
Powder coat supplied billet engine braces
Powder coat trans breather reservoir
Powder coat billet, outboard clamshell vents
Powder coat fuel and trunk handles
Powder coat fuel door, ring and spring cover
Dismount 4 Goodyear tires
Mount and balance 4 rims
Paint yellow pinstripe around bead of rims
Paint brake calipers yellow, Labor to R&R the calipers and prep them for paint
Caliper stickers MAKE SURE THEY ARE SATIN BLACK NOT GLOSS
Install new fuel rail
Right rear shock
Repair passenger side window frame
Investigate front trunk latch extremely tight (part is the trunk latch if it needs one)
Found that it was installed incorrectly and all parts are fine and just lubed cable
Install correct belly pan fasteners on outside 6 locations
Replace drivers door hinge bushing
Replace drivers door batwing receiver
Remove side stripes, had to wet sand where the stickers were to get rid of where they "etched" themselves
Install supplied roundel kit
Leave yellow rear bumper assembly alone and ship back to MD
Repair driver’s side door panel seal
Install drivers door panel screw
Repair both door panel trim rings
Install missing pushpins in front inner fenders
Clam shell springs x2
Polish paint on entire car
Smoke lenses (taillights, 3rd brake light, front and rear marker lights)
Stillen clutch
T & A Shocks lowering kit with alignment red adjusters in rear and black in front
Bridgestone 255/40ZR18 Pole Position (2)
Bridgestone 345/35ZR19 Pole Position (2)
Replace a couple screws on the center console that are damaged
New OE battery for Yellow car with $4 core
CDC bumper delete kit
Paint
GTG X-pipe for bumper delete
Powder coat rear shock springs yellow
Powder coat valve covers in yellow (Daffodil yellow)
Valve cover gaskets x2
Accufab half shaft bolts
Repaint all 4 rotor centers
Paint mirror lips satin black
Ford Racing short shifter
T & A Shocks trans breather and powder coat reservoir satin black
Seat belt harness brackets
Install supplied Exotic Care shifter and park brake bezel
Exotic Care seat grommets
Install supplied seat belt inserts
Cool Tech trans cooler with extra quart
Safecraft fire surpression system bottle to be satin black to mount to Cool Tech trans cooler
2006 stock front grille
GTG front grill insert
Rookie stripes (two stripes in satin black) put on top of clear bra
Stillen Mintex brake pads
Heffner TT kit
Ceramic coat hot side of turbo piping
Install supplied 30lb boost gauge
Accufab dual blade throttle body
Paint TT billet intake in white and black
Safecraft passenger seat fire bottle bracket only
Clear bra kit
Install supplied double DIN and radio, and IPOD wiring (No satellite radio)
Windshield clear bra
Paint coil covers white and the lettering satin black
LF inner tie rod (found bad just before alignment)
Misc heat sleeve for HEGO wires, rear camera, and speed sensor wire
On our annual spring trip to MD this year we worked on a few cars including John’s Pe2tunia (black silver stripe) car. Near the end of our trip John had asked us if we could go with him and look at another car he was thinking about buying. We said, sure no problem as it is on the way home from MD to MI. John had been talking to the owner for a few weeks and had his deal worked out as long as the car passed a PPI. The car had a few issues (as they all do, and if they say they are perfect they are full of s#%*) and we said we could take care of most of them cost effectively and the deal was finalized. We continued on to MI and John drove his new yellow car home back to MD. We had a feeling that John would be calling in the near future with a list of mods and within 3 weeks the car was on its way to MI. Of course this is after John cleaned it to his standards so he knew exactly how the car would be arriving at our shop. Now I know why we didn’t just bring it home with us at the time. Here it is as it arrived.
We spent the first little bit of time with the car repairing some of the little issues car like touching up some of the chipped up paint and fixing a worn door hinge bushing and little things like that. Meanwhile John was trying to decide on what he wanted the car to look like in the end. It took him about 3 months, many, many, emails and hours on the phone to finally decide what he wanted down to the finest detail. Only then were we able to go full speed ahead with the project. The final decision was made on the TT so parts were ordered and we started taking the car apart so we could paint the white Heritage stripe on the car. With regards to the stripe there were many different colors chosen until he decided on white. Which we think was the perfect choice. Sometime into the build Camilo even stopped by to have some service work done on his Heritage car and he saw the potential in what was going to be Mellow Yellow.
The car was finished about 2 weeks before the Rally and we delivered it back to John for final inspection and shake down prior to the Rally to ensure a trouble free event. I had told him multiple times to be careful with the new found power increases and he said that I was scaring him. I told him good, because we don’t want the car back for bodywork reasons as we have seen so many of those as of lately. He spent the next few days driving his new found hot rod learning its new characteristics and was very pleased with all of the decisions that were made. He then re-cleaned himself and loaded it up for the Rally. Other than the weather Mellow Yellow had no issues at the Rally. Here is the list of all the personal touches put into Mellow Yellow and more pics.
Engine oil and filter change
Accufab magnetic drain plugs
Install supplied air intake stiffener before TT decision
Drained take out trans and DID NOT REFILL
Filled new 3.90 trans with 4.5 quarts
Flush engine coolant (add water wetter additive supplied by owner)
Flush intercooler coolant (add water wetter additive supplied by owner)
Accufab coolant rings
Flush brake fluid with Ford DOT 4
Flush clutch fluid with Ford DOT 4
Supplied fuel filter
GTG clamshell hooks
Painting Heritage theme in gloss white with black pinstripe
Paint supplied OE type billet center clamshell vents in white to match stripe
Repaint side panels just under the side scoops (passenger and driver side)
Leave rim center caps alone
Disassemble and reassemble fuel door, fuel handle, and trunk handle for powder coat
Powder coat rims
Powder coat custom clamshell and side vents
Powder coat supplied billet engine braces
Powder coat trans breather reservoir
Powder coat billet, outboard clamshell vents
Powder coat fuel and trunk handles
Powder coat fuel door, ring and spring cover
Dismount 4 Goodyear tires
Mount and balance 4 rims
Paint yellow pinstripe around bead of rims
Paint brake calipers yellow, Labor to R&R the calipers and prep them for paint
Caliper stickers MAKE SURE THEY ARE SATIN BLACK NOT GLOSS
Install new fuel rail
Right rear shock
Repair passenger side window frame
Investigate front trunk latch extremely tight (part is the trunk latch if it needs one)
Found that it was installed incorrectly and all parts are fine and just lubed cable
Install correct belly pan fasteners on outside 6 locations
Replace drivers door hinge bushing
Replace drivers door batwing receiver
Remove side stripes, had to wet sand where the stickers were to get rid of where they "etched" themselves
Install supplied roundel kit
Leave yellow rear bumper assembly alone and ship back to MD
Repair driver’s side door panel seal
Install drivers door panel screw
Repair both door panel trim rings
Install missing pushpins in front inner fenders
Clam shell springs x2
Polish paint on entire car
Smoke lenses (taillights, 3rd brake light, front and rear marker lights)
Stillen clutch
T & A Shocks lowering kit with alignment red adjusters in rear and black in front
Bridgestone 255/40ZR18 Pole Position (2)
Bridgestone 345/35ZR19 Pole Position (2)
Replace a couple screws on the center console that are damaged
New OE battery for Yellow car with $4 core
CDC bumper delete kit
Paint
GTG X-pipe for bumper delete
Powder coat rear shock springs yellow
Powder coat valve covers in yellow (Daffodil yellow)
Valve cover gaskets x2
Accufab half shaft bolts
Repaint all 4 rotor centers
Paint mirror lips satin black
Ford Racing short shifter
T & A Shocks trans breather and powder coat reservoir satin black
Seat belt harness brackets
Install supplied Exotic Care shifter and park brake bezel
Exotic Care seat grommets
Install supplied seat belt inserts
Cool Tech trans cooler with extra quart
Safecraft fire surpression system bottle to be satin black to mount to Cool Tech trans cooler
2006 stock front grille
GTG front grill insert
Rookie stripes (two stripes in satin black) put on top of clear bra
Stillen Mintex brake pads
Heffner TT kit
Ceramic coat hot side of turbo piping
Install supplied 30lb boost gauge
Accufab dual blade throttle body
Paint TT billet intake in white and black
Safecraft passenger seat fire bottle bracket only
Clear bra kit
Install supplied double DIN and radio, and IPOD wiring (No satellite radio)
Windshield clear bra
Paint coil covers white and the lettering satin black
LF inner tie rod (found bad just before alignment)
Misc heat sleeve for HEGO wires, rear camera, and speed sensor wire
