1972 Tvr Vixen (LS6 Pro-Touring Build)

[Red_Arrowheads]

LAME, some people man. I wonder if he will sell this car to generate funds to pay off his restitution lmao

Based on his comments on the first page, this isn't his car. He was contracted to build it.

[190Evan]

LAME, some people man. I wonder if he will sell this car to generate funds to pay off his restitution lmao

[LCG]

LCG, Who was the KY Turbo bastard and what did he do? Sucks this guy had to do what he did this build was seriously cool.

KY Turbo:

Built turbo kits for LS motors and custom stuff.
One day he gets "robbed".
Next day he gets to know that his insurance dropped him a few months ago.
Claims that he will pay.
A fundraiser goes on to help him
Some time passes.
He forecloses and declares bankrupcy or something like that.
State protects him somehow and he is unsuable. (or so I came to learn from a long thread on ls1tech.)
He runs a new business.

He fucked me with 9k but other guys had north of 20k with him so he came out pretty wealthy.

[190Evan]

LCG, Who was the KY Turbo bastard and what did he do? Sucks this guy had to do what he did this build was seriously cool.

[LCG]

Oh wow.. I wish that happened to the KY Turbo bastard that scammed a lot of people including me.

[Red_Arrowheads]

(im also interested in what happened. Curiosity did in fact kill the cat)

From another member:

It was a few pages back. He was arrested in May for 5 counts of embezzlement. The hearing keeps getting pushed back, now set for November 19, 2015.

http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20150507/NEWS/150509815

http://www1.odcr.com/detail?court=048-&casekey=048-CF++1500107

Meanwhile, apparently production of the Volvo suspension kits in question was passed off to MadVolvoPerformance, a company apparently in Texas with no previous web presence prior to July of this year. The SwedishOps "VolvoX" is also supposedly with them for promotional work, yet it continues to be seen in the photos (eg post #130) in this thread, of the workshop which is in Madill, Oklahoma. Speculation is rampant that MVP is simply another front for Robert Jackson. There's a great thread on the TurboBricks forum, where Robert was banned, and suddenly two other accounts from MVP were created, where most of the posts are written in exactly the same style as Robert. Fun times.

Someone else posted this:

http://www1.odcr.com/detail?court=048-&casekey=048-CF++1500107

And from looking at that, he pleaded guilty to six counts of embezzlement.

Must repay >$95k in restitution.

[laextreme5]

" Does this means he is not coming " ?

I know there are links and there must be a fantastic story of drama and gossip but..

Can anyone make me a resume of what happened?

Get outta here Mexican James May.













(im also interested in what happened. Curiosity did in fact kill the cat)

[LCG]

" Does this means he is not coming " ?

I know there are links and there must be a fantastic story of drama and gossip but..

Can anyone make me a resume of what happened?

[2GRX7]

Like I said earlier, innocent until proven guilty. Well, just take a look here;

http://www1.odcr.com/detail?court=048-&casekey=048-CF++1500107

If you look down the right side of the page, you'll see under the date of 6/01/2016, he plead "Not guilty", later switching it to a "Guilty" plea deal on 6/21/2016! What an A**hole!!!! At least he has to pay almost $96K in restitution! BOOM!

So, unfortunately, his personal life got in the way of this awesome build!

[Mkus]

Anymore news on this build (not interested in the personal stuff just the car)?

[loekaaz]

Any updates?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...t=1572782&i=20

[inline4door]

Any updates?

[BadassVixen]

I knew the fuel tank position was going to be a challenge when I started this project, and the rear cantilever suspension and wanting to keep the complete exhaust tucked up in the chassis/body was only going to complicate it further, but I think it will all work out nicely.

The whole back end of the car is going to be open at the bottom of the body, so it will not necessarily be Trapped Heat versus Captured Heat at the floor of the body where the fuel tank is situated, but there should be adequate drawing of hot air out while the car is moving. I had planned on building a air space shield that will be insulated against Direct Heat, but Hot Air Heat is another issue that I am not sure will be that much of a factor if the tank is also insulated with basically open bodywork from the front of the back wheels all the way back?

I wanted the Cockpit Floor to separate the fuel tank from interior access for obvious reasons in the event of a collision of fuel pressure line issues, so it made more sense to set it up in this configuration for safety.

Side note. The original tank pictured will be modified for an internal pump with baffle, and the passenger side fill will be changed to a Top Center fill to compensate for its higher mount and to help take care of autocross/track sloshing during maneuvers. I will also do the finish modification and trimming to the exhaust resonator box to also give adequate clearance.

[TeckniX]

Really coming together now!

[BadassVixen]

Tired of building parts inside the body of the car due to all the One Off Items and lack of catalog sales for this build of any kind, so it was time remove the body since I have all the major components mock up good enough in their place on the chassis that I can build some better brackets and mountings, so hopefully this makes the task at hand much easier.