Bad News for HEMI Charger Resto - Shop owners ARRESTED ON FRAUD!!!

[bzabodyn]

Brandon, what a raw deal!  What shop has the car now?   Do you know that they can do the work?   I am sure you gave that shop a ton of money up front and hope you can recover most, if not all of it.  Unfortunately, it will take a long time, most likely.

Let me know if there is anything I can do.

Carl

Thanks Carl - yep, lots of money up front and have a couple fully disassembled cars to show for it... thinking about putting the 383 car back together and seeing what I can get for it just to keep the resto going while things shake out... guess we'll see!

BZ

[bzabodyn]

Hope it all works out....


This made me laugh though.

"say a prayer that I can get through this without killing someone"


prayer/killing... I love it.

v/r
Mike

That's me in a nutshell - a devout Catholic with an MMA training background... I've been known to crack a skull every now and then  but I'm getting too old for that now a days...

BZ

[bzabodyn]

HLPAg is NEXT. Watch the papers and your local news !   

That's been a long time coming... soon enough, soon enough...

BZ

[Steve P.]

I don't get it myself.. I know of a few body shops that went belly up due to drinking and powdering their noses. Another to gambling and yet another to divorce.

I only know of one shop that hit rock bottom, (drinking dusk to dawn), and made a come-back. Great work but he can't keep anyone there as he doesn't let anything go... No short cuts.. Now with this economy and his high rent he is hurting... What do ya do?? 

[suntech]

Good to hear that your parts are ok at least!!

HLPAg is NEXT. Watch the papers and your local news !   

Googled them a few days ago (HLPAG) and foun a lot of complaints from customers and locals!!

[Charger_Fan]

Man, this is definitely one of those threads I hope to never read.   Hope everything works out well (as possible) for you in the end.

[moparstuart]

 I know brandon did some research and home work on shops when picking this place . Just goes to show anything can happen .

[The70RT]

I know brandon did some research and home work on shops when picking this place . Just goes to show anything can happen .

Yeah but he didn't get a hold of any customers that got burned. I wonder how they hid so much. I wonder if the BBB has any info on them. As much money they stiffed people out of it must have going on for some time. At least his cars were released.

[SFRT]

what a nightmare. I myself decided to do my own resto/bodywork and bring in a guy into my 'controlled' shopspace when it is something I cant do....after talking to a few local shops and it just being weird...so far it's going great. I figure I have put in about 150 hours in the last 2 months, it all looks great and I 'saved' 10K.....or more..plus, I am satisfied that little tiny corners that a shop might cut, arent.

stealing the time away from regular life is a hassle, but it beats something like this happening.

[RT/SE]

Hang in there BZ.  I'm sure everything will work out for the best in the end.  Just stay focused and keep moving forward.

[ChargerSG]

Thats suck. Hope everything work out

[bzabodyn]

Currently calling on a couple other resto shops to see if anyone is interested in taking on the project just so I can have a back-up plan... Still waiting to hear from the D.A. but I'm thinking any type of monetary reimbursement is going to be a year out or more...

SUCKS... to say the least!

BZ

[moparchris]

Brandon,
I'm sorry to hear of your ordeal.  I hope everything works out.  I know we're a little ways away over here in Az., but if you ever need them, I have two excellent guys over here that could finish your car to the standards I'm sure you want .  Pm me if you are ever interested in bringing your cars over here.  It's far but I can gaurentee you they would be safe with no B.S.
KEEP THE FAITH BROTHER!!!!

[4cruzin]

WOW hopefully this tunes out positive!!  Good luck!