The Red Bull
Article and Photos: Dave Diehl
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he year of Covid-19 has found many people working from home in their pajamas. Unfortunately, Jay “The Chassis Doctor” Grieshop has found himself working in his flannels, but not due to any pandemic, but from a fall from a ladder fracturing his wrist and shattering his heel. Chassis building is not something one can do over Zoom, but with directives to be quarantined to the wheelchair for the next three months, Jay was presented with a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to continue the build on Shannon Poole’s Red Bull and other projects in the shop. Enter the professionals of the local car building community – hearing of Jay’s dilemma, near-by fabricators and friends of Jay jumped into action, giving up their free time and weekends to work under Jay’s direction to keep the lights on and the work progressing. While work slowed on Shannon’s Corvette for several weeks, the build has resumed forward progress with the tedious precision work of getting the engine and driveline alignment established and custom
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Roll cage and 4-link set-up taking shape.