[PIMPIN];1063738927 said:
It's not your character I'm worried about rather the way you went about this whole project. And what of the above? Plus, are you educating us or fund raising for ZTH? And the timeline as to when you decided to solicit donations?
Yes, I agree there are things I overlooked, but honestly, on the first page, I did express
"Everything is easier on paper than putting into action"
I am a fan of Mr. Honda for a reason. His vision exceeds the visionary of it's days. Being a motorcycle company and trying to make cars, he went thru a lot. Gone against the government and look at where he is now.
I am educating people on the project. My first initial ideas of sponsors were corporate sponsors. I had asked around and realised that, getting cash sponsors is not as easy as it seemed to be. I must say, perhaps there was no history of Zerotohundred.com every asking for money to build a project car. So by then, I wrote to Tom, to get the project moving, we need cash from somewhere.
Some forumer suggested to me to create a donation box. At first I was hessitating, but I negotiated with Tom and Tom mentioned that
a) Must be transparent , collection by M2U or Paypal
b) Must be minimum donations of RM50
With that, I created a paypal box, with access by both me and Tom, using my email and a shared password.
However, I would not imagine how much damage I have done to myself, ending up with bad rep. People assume I am just putting their money in bad investment. I mean, that's always the initial problems. However, there is always light at the end of the tunnel and I believe you should see it.
Donation box started on 18 August 2011, which until now , only collected
RM500 by M2U and Paypal
RM300 rebate off the RB26DETT we will buy from Fong Seng Autoparts
I am still finding funds for the remaining RM2500 for the engine as I had disbursed RM500 for the project for the spare parts car. It was necesary as I stated from the posting above.
I hope this will answer you, PIMPIN.
I realised you were at first very supportive of the project and later went into disliking me for reasons unknown to me. Now I realised it all and I'm willing to tell it all. I really did not want to involve everyone in my personal problems, because of confidentiality, but I guess, it will not left in peace if I didn't tell whats going on.
I will pledge to be as gentleman and honor my words to finish the build. For my Honda, I am dealing with parts shortage. Unlike the SKyline, which spans from R32 to R34 with RB26DETT parts a lot. Parts were often held by collectors overseas as there are no parts available in Malaysia. I have to beg them to sell me their parts. I recently acquired a Cylinder head using my own money to finish up the project and it costs 620 CAD, or RM2000.
I hope you might look into helping me acquire the Skyline engine, as I am really hitting my head on the wall. Trust that I am a gentleman of words. Thanks
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lol i got called up at 8am and kindof "fired at" just becoz i quoted and like blackhowling's comments and dislike some of the post. u just got PM-ed hmmmmmm
oh please come on, i was calling u up on a friendly basis to tell you the troubles i go thru with life. stop twisting my words with no valid verbal proof. thanks