Who is fbodfather?

[Jiu Jitsu Jon]

I heard that fbodfather's calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd because no one fools the fbodfather.

[Crowley]

Originally Posted by Jiu Jitsu Jon

I heard that fbodfather's calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd because no one fools the fbodfather.

LOL ... here we go ..

[Crowley]

http://wiki.gmnext.com/wiki/index.php/Scott_Settlemire

Scott Settlemire

Author, Camaro Subject Matter Expert

Biography: Scott Settlemire was raised in Suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His Father and Uncle were Chevrolet dealers and his cousin still runs a Chevrolet Dealership. This gave Scott a very unique perspective on cars – and Chevrolet in particular - and as a result, he has an interesting understanding of Chevrolets … and Camaro in particular.

He’s been in his words "a rabid Camaro Fan since I first saw a Camaro in person on September 10, 1966."

"Being involved in the Chevrolet Camaro is more than a job to me … it has been a life-long passion."

Scott graduated from Northwood University and worked as Sales Manager for a Chevy Dealership prior to being approached by General Motors. He started his GM career in Philadelphia and held many positions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut, Suburban Boston, Metropolitan New York and, of course, Detroit.

He became Asst. Brand Manager – Camaro (and later Camaro Product Manager) on the Camaro/Corvette Performance Car Team and worked on the 4th gen F-car. His official title is "Manager – Chevrolet and Hummer Shows and Exhibits" – but he’s still working with the Camaro team and Chevrolet on the next generation Camaro.

Location:
GM Global Headquarters, Detroit, Michigan

Articles written by Scott Settlemire:
The Day the Panther Died
Chevrolet Full-sized Nameplates From the Early 1950s to Present Day
Some Camaro History

[MerlinZero]

HAHA, Scott is going to have his own Chuck Norris list here soon.

[zebra]

Originally Posted by MerlinZero

HAHA, Scott is going to have his own Chuck Norris list here soon.

there already is
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9192

[blackZbandit]

Originally Posted by tally114

I still cant figure out "Shunt" though. ????

Aaaah the "Legend of Shunt". I'll try to tackle this for you as quickly as possible, for some reason I love telling the tale.

Taped to the interior of one of the early test mules was a sticky note that read "SHUNT IN TRUNK". If I remember correctly it was on the steering wheel . Anyways, as I understand it a shunt is an electrical bypass that kicks in when a circuit fails and allows the system to continue operating. Now that's not exactly common knowledge, so the obvious question (at least for the knuckleheads here like myself) was "who's Shunt?". It didn't help that several of the test mules had ropes hanging from the trunk, which led to the joke that Shunt was a guy, possibly a board member, that asked Scott one too many questions about the stand-in headlights on the test mules or something else very annoying and his ultimate fate was to swim with the fishes . But how do you get Shunt to the water? Tie him up with rope and put Shunt in the trunk.

Get it? "SHUNT IN TRUNK".

[camaro5]

Originally Posted by blackZbandit

Aaaah the "Legend of Shunt". I'll try to tackle this for you as quickly as possible, for some reason I love telling the tale.

Taped to the interior of one of the early test mules was a sticky note that read "SHUNT IN TRUNK". If I remember correctly it was on the steering wheel . Anyways, as I understand it a shunt is an electrical bypass that kicks in when a circuit fails and allows the system to continue operating. Now that's not exactly common knowledge, so the obvious question (at least for the knuckleheads here like myself) was "who's Shunt?". It didn't help that several of the test mules had ropes hanging from the trunk, which led to the joke that Shunt was a guy, possibly a board member, that asked Scott one too many questions about the stand-in headlights on the test mules or something else very annoying and his ultimate fate was to swim with the fishes . But how do you get Shunt to the water? Tie him up with rope and put Shunt in the trunk.

Get it? "SHUNT IN TRUNK".

Well done, and hilarious.

It turned out, our own TAG UR IT was in the trunk!

[TAG UR IT]

Actually, Jeremy Donovan was the "Shunt" in the trunk (who is 35th02SS on the boards here and at Indy, I got to see what it felt like getting in the trunk. Let's see if I have those pix...




BTW, that's a great shot of Scott in front of the silver SS from above. Anyone have a high res shot of that?

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by SSOOCH

I've been on this site for a couple of years. But I really don't know who "fbodfather" is. It seems like when he says something everybody

Just curious. fbodfather, do you work for GM? Are you a top level exec. I'm just curious why everybody to your every word.

Thank you.

We because we are afraid of

[The_Blur]

[camaro5]

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

Actually, Jeremy Donovan was the "Shunt" in the trunk (who is 35th02SS on the boards here and at Indy, I got to see what it felt like getting in the trunk. Let's see if I have those pix...

BTW, that's a great shot of Scott in front of the silver SS from above. Anyone have a high res shot of that?

You da man. I hunted for them for 30min and gave up.. Classic.

[TAG UR IT]

^That was a great time....I can't even begin to explain. Here I was....first time seeing the IVER...getting to sit in it...and now getting in the trunk!

[Mr Twisty]

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

^That was a great time....I can't even begin to explain. Here I was....first time seeing the IVER...getting to sit in it...and now getting in the trunk!

That isn't the story I heard...I heard you forcibly jumped into the drivers seat and a certain someone forcibly jerked you out and threw you in the trunk...But where's the sock? I heard there was a sock involved somehow

[Camaroman_99]

I hear 'ol Scott is a pretty nice fella