L.R.S.
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- May 5, 2021
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My son, who turns 21 this Thanksgiving, bought his first sandrail this week. It's an older Tatum Sand Demon with an @John@Outfront built turbo Subie on E85 and 091. I prep several cars for a client and the family has owned this Tatum for a while. It doesn't get used much becuase they also have two other Tatum's and a SCU. My son picked the car up a month ago to deliver it to a shock rebuilder friend of mine and while it was there he did a complete prep job on it. My client mentioned to my son that the car would be for sale after the prep. I happened to transport the car from my buddies shop back to the client. My buddy gave me the list of what all had been prepped, which was everything. My son made a deal with my client and we picked the car up a few days ago. My son was wrencing on the car the next day. It had some outdated lights and needed new seat belts.
They had the interior panels and seats recovered but forgot to install the headrests. They did come wth the car and I installed them. The old seat belts were dated Dec 2006.
I've never seen a Subie with an intercooler and fans. Never owned a Subie so not sure it'snecessary but the seller said it made a huge difference and keps the engine temps down.
I happened to prep a newer Tatum TRX6 a month ago and installed brand new Jettrim seats and PRP belts for the owner. He wanted to sell the old seats and belts (dated Jan 2020) so I bouhg them for my car. I gave the seat belts to my son for his Tatum. Huge difference seeing the car with the headrests and new belts.
Of course I have big plans for the car but my son is being respobsible and wants to just dune it this season. I said at least get the panes painted but he said nope. It has a Vertex car to car and PCI Elite Pro intercome but didn't come with headsets. I'm a dealer for PCI and can get him about $600 discount on a brand new Trax intercom and car to car. But once again he said no. We can find some used headsets and that wil get him through this season. Glad someone in this family is fiscally responsible.
Next season upgrades-
Add B pillars and X the roof
New lights
2D if we can find a deal one
Upgrade front sindles to add brakes
New seats, change rear to buckets
Add electric power steering
PCI Trax intercom and Kenwood car to car
New sheet metal for wing/intercooler
Paint side panels
Possibly strip the entire car down for new powder coat and color change
They had the interior panels and seats recovered but forgot to install the headrests. They did come wth the car and I installed them. The old seat belts were dated Dec 2006.
I've never seen a Subie with an intercooler and fans. Never owned a Subie so not sure it'snecessary but the seller said it made a huge difference and keps the engine temps down.
I happened to prep a newer Tatum TRX6 a month ago and installed brand new Jettrim seats and PRP belts for the owner. He wanted to sell the old seats and belts (dated Jan 2020) so I bouhg them for my car. I gave the seat belts to my son for his Tatum. Huge difference seeing the car with the headrests and new belts.
Of course I have big plans for the car but my son is being respobsible and wants to just dune it this season. I said at least get the panes painted but he said nope. It has a Vertex car to car and PCI Elite Pro intercome but didn't come with headsets. I'm a dealer for PCI and can get him about $600 discount on a brand new Trax intercom and car to car. But once again he said no. We can find some used headsets and that wil get him through this season. Glad someone in this family is fiscally responsible.
Next season upgrades-
Add B pillars and X the roof
New lights
2D if we can find a deal one
Upgrade front sindles to add brakes
New seats, change rear to buckets
Add electric power steering
PCI Trax intercom and Kenwood car to car
New sheet metal for wing/intercooler
Paint side panels
Possibly strip the entire car down for new powder coat and color change
oule: 
. Loos like you have done an awesome job raising him seems very money smart. Again congrats 
