WOW SCREWED BY MY BUDDY OF 25+ YRS!!! another bad resto story....

[resq302]

Honestly, if it is just U-joints that you are missing from your driveshaft, I would just get more and write them off.  If you do get them back from your ex-friend, they always make good spares!

[HITMAN 149]

hey steve...
welllllll..... lets seeeee... the dash all wired up with my new gauges all fabbed into the stock bezel!!! the motor was supposed to be alllll wired up & nice in looms not looking like an octopuss that it is!!! i don't think the driveshaft was supposed to be left in my trunk?!?!? i think it gets attached to the trans & the rear?!?!? but what di i know!?!? lol he basically just dropped off my car UNFINISHED.. yea it starts but now i have to finish it & work out the bugs... and figure out what he did & didn't do... there is NOOOO tranny dipstick to my newly rebuilt trans!!! my front sway bar is in the trunk all by itself.. i don't have the hardware (it's at the shop somewhere!!) and some of my old parts that were replaced with the new stuff i can $ell to off$et co$t$...... lol  basically the whole engine bay was supposed to a WOW   when you opened the hood!!! but it's far from it!!! the nice new hemi orange paint on my motor is peeling off... cause it sat for soooo long before being heated up running!!! my newly re-done hooker headers look like crap with the paint all peeling of them now too.... ect ect ect.... lottttta stupid things that were all suppossed to be done & looking show stopper.. look like crap!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrr
but it is what it is... ive got my car back in my driveway... and we are moving>>>>>> FORWARD>>>>>!!!!!!!!
THANKS TO ALL YOU GUYS AND MY REAL FRIENDS IM NOT WORRIED!!!!

brian... yea its more than just that... my dash w my new gauges ect ect ect... i'll call the shop tomrrow morn....

[HITMAN 149]

and since oddly enough no one asked where or the name of the shop is.... lol

t&t auto / little devils hot rods & bikes
12-14 gold st
red bank nj 07701

just soooooo no one else gets screwed!!!!!!! 
and if anybody knows him & wants to re-but my story... I'LLLLL BE MORE THAN HAPPPPPY TO HAVE A CONVO WITH YOU!!!!!

[resq302]

Actually, I was just referring to the driveshaft to just get it mobile.  The gauges and wiring and such you can "do a temporary fix" to get it so it moves under its own power at least again. 

[jb666]

I'm glad to see you're finding out who your TRUE friends are...People keep saying this to me, and I keep the words ringing in my head .... "some day you'll look back at all of this and laugh"... Not right now, but maybe some day!! 

[HITMAN 149]

brian...
yea basically put the driveshaft in, check tranny fluid, hook up the carb linkage.....

JB... YUPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! yea kinda like marine corps boot camp.... i can laugh about it now!!! lol

[jb666]

brian...
yea basically put the driveshaft in, check tranny fluid, hook up the carb linkage.....

JB... YUPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! yea kinda like marine corps boot camp.... i can laugh about it now!!! lol

Welp.... you're not that far from me... might be good for the soul(s)!!! 

Either way, keep the pictures flowing... Keep your friends close and your enemies closer 

[HITMAN 149]

JB...
yea i feeeel for you too bro what you went thru w/ your GL....
frankie was telling me about your guy up there that hooked him up on his ride.... hehehehe

[jb666]

JB...
yea i feeeel for you too bro what you went thru w/ your GL....
frankie was telling me about your guy up there that hooked him up on his ride.... hehehehe

yeah.. these guys are the best... I was going to make the offer to you, but I wasn't sure you'd want it so far from home... If you ever need anything though, talk to Frank, he's got the hook-up!!!

[HITMAN 149]

yea that's the thing... MA isn't exactley round the corner!! lmao i'll keep ya in mind though if i do need anything!!
but you could take the general for a nice ride on sunday may 2nd to my MC clubs car & bike show!!!! right by giants stadium!!! hehehe

[jb666]

yea that's the thing... MA isn't exactley round the corner!! lmao i'll keep ya in mind though if i do need anything!!
but you could take the general for a nice ride on sunday may 2nd to my MC clubs car & bike show!!!! right by giants stadium!!! hehehe

Please!! I can't take the car 5 frickin miles without it breaking.. And even if it WAS going to be a reliable car, at 2 MPG it'd cost me about $1653 one-way 

[HITMAN 149]

ohhhh so you have a garge/driveway ornament also then!!!! lmao

[jb666]

  oh yeah!!!!

[resq302]

ohhhh so you have a garge/driveway ornament also then!!!! lmao

Actually, I like to refer to mine as a life size model toy!

[HITMAN 149]

hahaha yea brian.... but yours runs!!!! lol

[ChgrSteve67]

Interesting that it does not sound like a lot left to do.

Wonder why he just didn't knock it out and get your car out of his way.

Every time I have dealt with a shop, space was alway a premimum and they wanted the cars out asap.
Was your Charger being stored outside?

I'm not looking for a excuse for his actions I'm just nosy.

[HITMAN 149]

yea it was mostley outside!! grrrrrr

yea it's realllly not alot left... just some tedious stuff.. like lil motor/detail things....

[FLG]

Damn didnt realize the show was coming up already. Next week eh?

Yep Jeff i give hitman the heads up about the shop...seems im the only one who drives that damn far eh? Thankfully no problems with the car on any trip. Atleast nothing that couldnt have been fixed on the side of the road. Only 2 issues, one was with the damn front U-Joint failing and causing the tranny seal to come out. Some hammering and gentle throttle the rest of the way home wound up being all it needed, and on one other trip had a spark plug wire fall on the exhaust manifold, luckily i keep spares in the trunk...few burned knuckles and i was back on the road again.

[Charger440RDN]

Is that your white eldorado? Sweet car, I have a 96 eldo that same color, great highway car.

[resq302]

hahaha yea brian.... but yours runs!!!! lol

Just remember, the car you see in the pic never always was in that condition.  It took me 8+ years with doing a little at a time.  First and foremost was that I got a car that had a great body on it.  Then had the engine redone in 2001 which was not planned.  Following year tackled something else big.  Just kept chipping away at the project till I got to a point where I started running out of things to do and then decided to start on the  finer details like inspection marks and stampings and such.

[jeryst]

brian... yea its more than just that... my dash w my new gauges ect ect ect... i'll call the shop tomrrow morn....

Well, he could have done a lot to destroy the car, but he didnt. And he also delivered to you at his expense, so maybe that was his way of apologizing for his actions.
Maybe he's just been having a bad time with something and it just got the better of him. Stress can really freak some people out.

Just remember that you can get more flies with honey than vinegar. When you call him, be cordial. Thank him for bringing the car back to you, and ask him if you can
stop by and pick up the rest of your stuff. If you piss him off, he can always just trash it. Also, if he offered to work on the car at your place, make every attempt to
let him do so. That will be a true test of where he stands. Maybe you can recoup some of your money. You can always tell him to get lost after you get some work
out of him. Or maybe you guys will patch things up and be friends again. Who knows! I'm sure the friendship would be different from now on, and I wouldnt want to
count on him, but at least you now know that there are boundaries, and he still might be a source of information/advice, or someone just to talk to.

But it's still your choice.

[A383Wing]

yea its more than just that... my dash w my new gauges ect ect ect... i'll call the shop tomrrow morn....

Send the GF with yer gun....leave the dog at home. 

[HITMAN 149]

rdn... yea its a 99 eldo etc w the northstar!!! hehehe yea great highway car back n forth to work... lol