zvezdah1 said:
HOw bout some details of talking with Roger Becker??
Chris
Most of the conversation was non-Elise related. He did say they had temporarily stopped plant tours because of work being done on some new car...I didn't ask.
We also discussed the production ramp-up based on the additional contract workforce they have hired. I had heard it was going to be a second shift. It's not. They're extending the work hours of the current shift and speeding up some processes where additional people would help. They expect to be able to produce 120 cars a week. They view the huge US backlog as the kind of problem you like to have, but a problem that may have gotten a little too big for comfort. Good news for us, eventually.
He also talked about the Celica GTS that Arnie purchased and sent to Hethel. What I hadn't heard before was that the invoice for that car was sent to his department, not Arnie's, and he got pretty well reamed for the unapproved, clandestine operation. Some of the interesting war stories that come from a maverick group of passionate car people.
Roger is a great guy and I very much enjoyed getting to know him better.