Well, ummmmmm,
I'm not exactly sure what to say here.
Thanks for the kudos Mike, but it needs to be said that the credit for this car must absolutely go to Lou. He is solely responsible for this beautiful build.
He sold me the car and at the time I purchased it I had no idea who he was. He listened to what I had as a vision for the car, explained to me that he could make my vision a reality, and then proceeded to far exceed any expectaion level I could have set.
He was direct, specific, informative, knowledgeable, and most of all, he was sincere. He never let me stray from the original plan. And beleive me, I did try to stray........and stray and stray....
I'm pretty sure I drove ol' Lou nuts, but he stuck by me, and reigned me back in when I tripped off the line.
Mind you now, occasionally he would say OK and do what I asked..... The next time we would talk I could actually HEAR him grinning on the other end of the phone when he told me how much my little "request" had just cost me......
Exceedeing my expectations is NOT a feat often accomplished. I'm pretty much a **** when it comes to my my stuff.
Maybe that comes from being the customer interface between a super high line dealership service provider and the owners of vehicles that pay STUPID money to buy their vehicles.
Go ahead and Google Penske Scottsdale 101 Collection, and click on the tab that comes up.
I deal with some really difficult people on a daily basis.
That, in turn, makes me a pretty hard "car guy" to please.
I'm not afraid to ask for what I want, and I dont mince words when it comes to cost. If I think your jacking me up, I'll call your butt out in a heartbeat.
It's not an easy thing to meet me, deal with me, and come out on the other end having me say I consider you a friend.
No, it's not easy at all.
I would call Lou Czarnota a friend of mine all day long.
Lou is a unique individual and has an incredible wealth of knowledge regarding TR's, and he is willing to share that knowledge.
I'm pretty certain he has forgotten more than most of us will ever know about these cool little cars.
I will say it again, Lou absolutely exceeded my expectations, and continues to exceed them with "service after the sale".
Thank you Lou. Thank you very much.
And Mike, Chicken, Gary Wells, RJ Reynolds, Nordy and the rest who watched this car come together, thank you for the compliments. They are humbly received and greatly appreciated!
Lou really is the man.....
I am, however, still pissed that Lou's new 40K GN was able to garner all of my son's attention when we came to pick up the SNOOZ R, I mean really, how *** up is that?????.........
Lou, you old BASTARDO!!!!!!!!!!! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: