http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...il-AlbumInvite

This link should take you to my image hosting site. If not let me know. They are all photos of the cars close up. I tried to shoot everything. 72 in all.

Still have the cars on the carriers. About half of them that I saw yesterday are still sitting outside by the plant. The other half is on said carriers. I asked the UAW guys and they said the carriers were headed to MI for proving ground testing. They mentioned some marketing photos taken at the plant last week. So they think you guys should watch the magazines.

More importantly they said they have had no fit and finish issue that have been out of the ordinary. They expect to start shipping in June. They told me that means that dealers will have them in June. The only delay at this point would be if they find something at the proving grounds. They would not comment on any specific fit and finish issues.

Of note, I spoke to a guy in Paint. He said that he has recently painted some Sky body panels. He also said that there has been no issues in Paint with any colors.

I did sit in the car as well. I am six four 225. It is a snug fit at the hips, knees and legs. Center consol is very high and is the main reason for the tightness. It is much less roomy than my 2000 vette (It is gone now don't ask). Plenty of sholder room. Not great visability but adequate. Plenty of head room with top up. Top looks great by the way. Enough room for my long legs to just work the clutch. Inside materials are nice for GM but not Lexus. Car looks very nice though. Fit and finish is typical GM. Trunk is very small and with the top down is non-existant. All that said it looked like a blast to drive.

Fire back any questions. I will get back on tonight.

Appreciate you posting all of the pics!

S.

Thanks for putting up the pics and info! We probably crossed paths there today. I recognize a few people in your pics that were hanging around the cars when I was there too.

Great photos! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks,
Great pictures, specially the trunk and Eng. compartment, this answers a lot of my concerns.
Thanks again for taking the time to do this.

Thanks for taking the time to share!!! We're loving it


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Great pics. The black interior on green doesn't even look too bad.

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Great Pics!!

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Just curious, what was the "car show" there today?

Awesome pics, thanks!

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IIRC, it was the local 435's (union) second annual car show. For only the second year, I have to say it was a pretty decent show. I had my wife and kids in tow, and they're all getting over a cold, so we didn't hang around and look at all the other cars. Just walking past though, I was pretty impressed. I saw several '68 - '70 GTOs, '73-'79 F-bodies (mostly T/A) lots of hot rods, and a few really cool oddball cars like an Alfa Romeo spider with Ferarri running gear. It was so well executed, I believe it may have come from the factory that way. Alot of rarities there, not all GM. I saw a nice looking AMC AMX, for example.

The pictures are awesome. Thanks for sharing. We're getting silver with black interior. The silver looked great ! After the pics, really can't wait for it to arrive.

Great photo work. Thanks for sharing this with us.

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Great pictures. As they say, almost like being there. But I feel like I'm trying to get fitted for a mail order suit!
Because legroom is my biggest concern(I'm also 6'4" but just 175), just want to make sure. Although it was snug, did you fit? Were you comfortable? Were you comfortable enough to consider driving one on a long trip? Did you sit in it with the door closed? Was visibility obstructed through the windshield or rearward? Both?

Did you happen to open either of the cup holders?

Great shots DEBuddy. The Steel/Sand will look great in my Mysterious. I must say though, perhaps it was the angle but that space in the right front does concern me slightly. Will definitely inspect my Solstice when it arrives.

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Great pics DEBuddy. Amazing, in 24 hours I've gone from hungering for any
information at all to a sense of information overload. Absolutely amazing work by everyone taking shots thru the fence at the plant and at this show (a god-send).

All this info. seems to focus all of the energy back onto the key question: when will we get our cars?!

Thanks, great pics