Dad had recently retired and in addition to being an old drag racer was formerly a master welder so I relied heavily on him to get started. He visited for Christmas of 2004, by which time my delivery from Detroit Speed and Engineering had arrived, and by January of 2005 we had started in earnest. We decided to pull the front clip off the car so we could pull the subframe out from under the car more easily. I borrowed an engine hoist and before I knew it Dad was removing and handing me bolts as fast as I could bag and label them. 