Originally Posted by
mrmustang
I'm not getting into a online shouting match with you, nor will I take your posting style or attitude as a personal attack, instead, I'll explain it from the QC side, having spent time at the dealerships, and working with the dealerships, when these cars were new, and coming off the trucks as new. That, along with personally knowing several Ford employees who's job #1 was at the end of the QC line, just before the cars left the building, and ended up in the holding lot before they were loaded on to the trucks/train for shipment across the world. I can then follow up with the personal knowledge of how the shippers handled the damage in shipping (most shippers have regional repair facilities, or in the case of cars coming in from overseas, actual repair facilities near the shipping ports and holding lots).......The difference being, hands on experience in the process, face to face personnel on the ground working this day in and day out, and not an engineer who may have never stepped foot on the production or shipping floor space in his/her lifetime at Ford Motor Company. You and I can go round and round here on the forum if you like, but in your case, you have something to prove that bodes to the ultimate value of your car, where I do not have a personal stake in the car, or it's value and back story as told by you and "an engineer from Ford". In closing, while some things could get by Ford QC, the damage shown in the pictures you posted, especially the radiator/headlight support structure, would have been sent for subsequent tear down and replacement, or better hand massaging to the point it was not noticeable at all. If damaged in transit, then there would be external damage, in which case, there would be witness marks of panel repair, or panel replacement, with panel dates out of the known date ranges. There are a few other items I have not mentioned online, won't do so unless face to face, as I do not want to educate others who may have a nefarious reason for certain things (not you, in any way, shape, or form) being out there and reading this. Those that hold Gold Card Judge status may know what I'm alluding to in the pictures posted, most others will not.
I'll leave it at that.
Bill S.
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