"I feel bad for Michael's sake, but it's a good thing this purple Duster didn't go on Drag Week last year", Dale exclaimed over the phone as we were talking a week after he started working on the car.
"He had you convinced they were only an hour or two away!"
"Not even close, they converted it from a 1.5 gallon cell in front of the radiator to a fifteen gallon cell in the trunk. So I'm checking under the car for something else and realize they routed the steel braided fuel line down the top four link bar!"
"Uh...you're joking!"
"No, for real, zip tied to the top bar. Now I've got to touch very single bolt and wire on the thing, I can't leave anything to chance."
"Dale, you've been wiring on the Challenger for three months, what makes you think you can re-wire that machine in three weeks, and still finish the Ruster?"
"I don't have a choice", he paused, "this is the path I've chosen for DW 2018, so it just has to happen!"