I see Halpg is going for the big bucks now

TruckDriver · January 08, 2006, 08:37:51 PM

They had this one and a '70 for around $2,000 less. They painted everything under the hood & interiour

http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/7/1/81039271.htm

MoparMotel · January 08, 2006, 08:44:05 PM

why would they put that motor in there with a 2 barrell carb.......its obviously not going back original.....and also......why would you paint the woodgrain sterring wheel black?

MGBRingo · January 08, 2006, 09:12:30 PM

One reason. To hide things they don't want you to see.

Troy · January 08, 2006, 09:17:30 PM

Don't you remember? They are in the "restoration" business now. That means they can jack up the prices even more because they are legitimate. I love the "detailed" undercarriage. I guess it's cheaper when you only have to buy two colors of paint...

Troy

Paul G · January 08, 2006, 09:52:12 PM

It even has a new fuel filter! Wow

Dodge-Charger · January 08, 2006, 09:52:24 PM

QuoteMAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE WITH OUR PROGRAM! GET YOUR OFFICIAL GENERAL LEE FROM THE TRUSTED SUPPLIER FOR THE NEW MOVIE! WE OFFER DIRT CHEAP DELIVERY AND NO HASSLE FINANCING FOR ALL OF THE DUKES FANS! HURRY CAUSE THEY DON'T LAST LONG!

( I thought it was West Bros. ) I could be wrong

you would think that for allmost 30,000 they could find some side markers, or atleast cover them over.

TruckDriver · January 08, 2006, 09:57:24 PM

I just realised they painted everything but the bumpers

BigBlockSam · January 08, 2006, 10:24:29 PM

TK73 · January 08, 2006, 10:56:07 PM

F'in pathetic:

"THE WHOLE ENGINE BAY IS DETAILED AND READY FOR THE SHOWS! "

NHCharger · January 08, 2006, 11:02:34 PM

Wow, I just learned a valuable restoration tip. I didn't know painting the entire undercarriage of the car black including the shocks is considered "detailed". I'm going to save me a ton of money on my 71 restoration.

I counted 6 or 7 other General's in the backround. I've noticed Halpg buying some second gen bondo buggies on the bag. 5-7k for the car, 5-8k to make it look pretty. Sell them for 25k. Sell one per month at a profit of 10k, not a bad way to make some easy cash.

TK73 · January 08, 2006, 11:08:23 PM

On one of the others the bumper looks painted silver...

greenpigs · January 08, 2006, 11:10:27 PM

Quotenot a bad way to make some easy cash.

And enemies

What a joke..it does look good in the pics..I guess you really can polish a turd.

jaak · January 08, 2006, 11:26:10 PM

man, with these guys in the resto business now, I'm gonna buy some shares of Krylons stock.

Jason

TruckDriver · January 08, 2006, 11:31:21 PM

Here's the '70 they have for only $23,000 and in has air conditioning

http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/5/9/81257059.htm

And this R/T is only $30,000

http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/5/8/80832258.htm

They use the same under car pic for almost every car too.

TK73 · January 08, 2006, 11:40:45 PM

30k "restored" car and don't even take the alternator off before rattle-canning it...

I sure would like to see these 'swipes go under.

DodgeChargerNeeded · January 09, 2006, 12:20:31 AM

$30,000 and you get a rubber hose kinked over in place of the heater hoses.

bull · January 09, 2006, 12:34:02 AM

Apparently they've worked out a deal with their paint vendor to get gobs of cheap black rattle-can paint to go along with the cases and cases of safety orange. But to their credit, I think this is the first I've seen the underside of one of their cars without any cancer. At least there's none in the picture.

jaak · January 09, 2006, 12:48:43 AM

Quote from: bull on January 09, 2006, 12:34:02 AM
Apparently they've worked out a deal with their paint vendor to get gobs of cheap black rattle-can paint to go along with the cases and cases of safety orange. But to their credit, I think this is the first I've seen the underside of one of their cars without any cancer. At least there's none in the picture.

I think thats what they do, the more solid cars become general clones (at way too high pricing) sure probably decent cars but no 30k resto.
The rustbuckets they probably get them for 500 bucks or so, save the good parts, ie trim, grilles, etc. Then they prime them (probably with cheep laquer primer) Grey or black, and put them up for sale as "projects" for 4-6k depending on whats left. So in all honesty the Generals they build are probably the better of the cars they own, But no 30K..... thats ludicriss, the car in the photo, 6-7k tops if I looked at it first. And if I never heard of them before, These Cats are just plain old crooks.......... They Like the DOH so much, you can tell by their business approach, Boss Hogg must have been their favorite character.

BTW..... see the mustang in the background? I wonder if they are gonna start building "show" Elenor clones???

Troy · January 09, 2006, 01:14:11 AM

Quote from: jaak on January 09, 2006, 12:48:43 AM
BTW..... see the mustang in the background? I wonder if they are gonna start building "show" Elenor clones???

They were selling Mustangs before it became popular to sell Chargers. They backed off for a while but it looks like they picked up again (possibly due to a lack of Charger sales?). Check out the Mustang discussion boards and you'll see roughly the same complaints about them as the Mopar boards. I had some of the quotes saved for personal use...

Troy

Silver R/T · January 09, 2006, 01:14:28 AM

wow what a scam, any teen could've done better resto than that

bull · January 09, 2006, 01:17:03 AM

Quote from: Troy on January 09, 2006, 01:14:11 AM
Quote from: jaak on January 09, 2006, 12:48:43 AM
BTW..... see the mustang in the background? I wonder if they are gonna start building "show" Elenor clones???
They were selling Mustangs before it became popular to sell Chargers. They backed off for a while but it looks like they picked up again (possibly due to a lack of Charger sales?). Check out the Mustang discussion boards and you'll see roughly the same complaints about them as the Mopar boards. I had some of the quotes saved for personal use...

Troy

I'd kind of like to see those quotes, Troy.

greenpigs · January 09, 2006, 02:07:25 AM

Not that its needed, but we should hookup with the mustang board members and visit hlpag...BTW why are you slumming on a Mustang board?

Mike DC · January 09, 2006, 10:06:27 AM

Putting shoddy work into a more solid car doesn't make their work any less shoddy. They're still basically buying an existing Charger and then adding on $10-15K for their spray paint & duct tape work.

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TruckDriver · January 09, 2006, 10:14:29 AM

Quote from: jaak on January 09, 2006, 12:48:43 AM
They Like the DOH so much, you can tell by their business approach, Boss Hogg must have been their favorite character.

HA! That's no lie!

Jon Smith · January 09, 2006, 01:19:13 PM

QuoteHURRY CAUSE THEY DON'T LAST LONG!

he can say that again

Doc74 · January 09, 2006, 02:07:11 PM

Quote from: Jon Smith on January 09, 2006, 01:19:13 PM
QuoteHURRY CAUSE THEY DON'T LAST LONG!
he can say that again

TruckDriver · January 09, 2006, 02:40:58 PM

Quote from: Doc74 on January 09, 2006, 02:07:11 PM
Quote from: Jon Smith on January 09, 2006, 01:19:13 PM
QuoteHURRY CAUSE THEY DON'T LAST LONG!
he can say that again

Good one!

dkn1997 · January 09, 2006, 04:10:07 PM

they even painted the filler panel behind the front bumper orange.

I have not seen this on here in a while, so I will dust it off:

HLPAG is worse than Hitler!!!

Chargen69 · January 09, 2006, 04:31:36 PM

Quote from: DodgeChargerGuy on January 09, 2006, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: Doc74 on January 09, 2006, 02:07:11 PM
Quote from: Jon Smith on January 09, 2006, 01:19:13 PM
QuoteHURRY CAUSE THEY DON'T LAST LONG!
he can say that again

Good one!

Charger_Fan · January 09, 2006, 05:46:59 PM

I wonder if that's the car they bought from Charger Aficionado? I don't remember how good of shape it was in.

Mike DC · January 10, 2006, 11:23:37 AM

Honestly though, I want to know who is actually BUYING all these cars that HLPAG builds.

I see them building fresh cars all the time but I never see the cars or hear about them anywhere else after that. It seems like we average about 1 owner per year who joins up here on DodgeCharger.com to complain about just having been ripped off. But that doesn't even begin to cover the vast fleet of recently-built Chargers that HLPAG always seems to have in their pics. And we rarely ever see or hear from HLPAG buyers at cglfc.com & Dukesfest either.

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Pistolpete · January 10, 2006, 04:13:15 PM

Are they really the "official" supplier to the new dukes movie??

Mike DC · January 10, 2006, 05:26:29 PM

Yesh, the stunt crew actually did buy 6 bondo-bucket Chargers from HLPAG to use for rough stunt cars.

But, "offiicial supplier of the movie?"

Not exactly. The HLPAG cars were bought & used as Dodge Charger raw material, not as finished General Lees to take right off the trailer and run. They were all modified & repainted by the WB crew to match the other cars before actually being used onscreen.

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Steve P. · January 10, 2006, 06:44:27 PM

This THING is so wrong it's hard to look at.....

my73charger · January 10, 2006, 06:45:27 PM

Wow! The correct 10 spoke rims!! Such attention to detail!!!

duo-stripe · February 05, 2006, 07:09:20 AM

A guy, living in the Netherlands( where I live ) bought a General Lee replica at HLPAG....I saw it....it was just...I don't know the exact word...but let's name it a BondoBucket..I think even Corey Eubanks doesn't dare to even jump it as it will brake in 2...the taillights were just fixed in bondo, i didn't see any sheetmetal in the rearvalance..I think the guy paid about 20.000 for that thing....

CB · February 05, 2006, 10:37:52 AM

Quote from: duo-stripe on February 05, 2006, 07:09:20 AM
A guy, living in the Netherlands( where I live ) bought a General Lee replica at HLPAG....I saw it....it was just...I don't know the exact word...but let's name it a BondoBucket..I think even Corey Eubanks doesn't dare to even jump it as it will brake in 2...the taillights were just fixed in bondo, i didn't see any sheetmetal in the rearvalance..I think the guy paid about 20.000 for that thing....

saw that 'thing' too, man it was Junk!!

Drache · February 05, 2006, 10:42:12 AM

This might be a stupid question, but does it matter that the rad hose on the one '69 and the '70 are going to different sides of the rad? Shouldn't it be going to the passenger side of the rad for the '70, not the driver's side?

AKcharger · February 05, 2006, 10:57:46 AM

Quote from: dkn1997 on January 09, 2006, 04:10:07 PM
...HLPAG is worse than Hitler!!!

Hey dkn you stole my line!!

terrible one · February 05, 2006, 11:38:13 AM

Wow, I just looked at all the pictures and read through the entire thread. That's horrible! I sure am glad I never thought about doing business with them! One of these days they are going to rip off the wrong person...

Chad L. Magee · February 05, 2006, 11:56:20 AM

If anyone on the board sells them a junk Charger (or mustang), take detailed pictures of it and record the VIN before delivering the car. That way, when it comes up for sale later, you will have a record of how much work that they actually put into this car before they try to sell it. It could be used as a proof of warning for the for sale section for the newbes.......

moparguy01 · February 05, 2006, 02:22:15 PM

I dont think they are using rattle cans for that. you ever see in a maaco why the 300 jobs can be 300 dollar jobs? they buy cheap shit paint in 55 gallon drums. I bet thats what they're doing. I wonder which Maaco got their business? haha

they'er a damn joke. sooner or later it'll catch up to them. i think more people who bought there junk needs to sue them. maybe they'll get the idea.

Silver R/T · February 05, 2006, 05:00:32 PM

Someone's gonna get screwed on their crap

Ghoste · February 06, 2006, 04:58:53 AM

Quote from: Mike DC (formerly miked) on January 10, 2006, 11:23:37 AM
And we rarely ever see or hear from HLPAG buyers at cglfc.com & Dukesfest either.

They probably can't drive them and even if they could, they are probably a little down on the GL hobby once they realize what they paid for.

Charger Aficionado · February 06, 2006, 11:17:31 AM

Nope, it's the B5 blue one on their site. That was QUICK! whew...

Charger_Fan · February 06, 2006, 06:47:22 PM

Man, every time I try to go to the HELLPEG site, it locks up my internet! Figures.

Actually, it locks up about halfway through downloading the pic of the Leudke losers & Daisy.

Aussiemadonmopars · January 03, 2007, 06:28:47 AM

Wanna know who's buying from Luedke? Poor unsuspecting overseas buyers like this one in Australia. Keep in mind that the exchange rate is about AU 1$ to US $0.80. I really feel like ringing this guy and giving him the bad news.

ChargerSG · January 03, 2007, 07:20:38 AM

I still wonder how come that people buy their s..., i mean they been doing it for years and everybody know of them, from Sweden to Austrilia people talk about them. Are thay selling all of them of Ebay or what???

Aussiemadonmopars · January 03, 2007, 07:30:11 AM

E-bay & CollectorCarTrader.com

pettyfan43 · January 03, 2007, 11:29:13 AM

There has GOT to be a way of putting a stop to these crooks. They have screwed enough people that they bunch of em should get toghether and sue them in a class action suit, One of the stipulations could be that they can NEVER work in an automotive related field again. That and clean them OUT!!!!!! Everything they have, have had and ever HOPE to have.

Tie their hands and make them so bound up in legalitles that they can flip burgers in McDonalds and that is IT!

TylerCharger69 · January 03, 2007, 11:48:37 AM

I'm sure that their business clients don't know any better of what an actual restoration is. Bondo does not fall into the restoration category, unless areas came from the factory that way.

mikepmcs · January 03, 2007, 11:56:52 AM

I have to thank them HLPAG hackers for something though. When I started looking for my charger I asked HLPAG(in an email) some, what I thought were legit questions to that Black wing car they were selling.
I got a response 2 days later that said go back to Dodgecharger.com. Not knowing what that was, I typed it in.

Been here ever since.

And oh yeah, i've never been back to their site or emailed them again.

v/r
Mike

Mean 318 · January 03, 2007, 12:06:16 PM

Look at these fender tags! I wonder how bad the rest of the car is! http://www.hlpag.com/68genlee318nc.com.htm http://www.hlpag.com/69genleerollertnspcl.htm Look at the trunk here! http://www.hlpag.com/74barracudaredawsme.htm Look sround the door http://images.traderonline.com/img//img/10/dealer/2510582/87163737_5.jpg http://ww2.collectorcartraderonline.com/details.php?adId=adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/ad-cache/10/3/7/87163737.htm Look at the floor!!!! http://images.traderonline.com/img//img/10/dealer/2510582/87163723_4.jpg http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/2/3/87163723.htm Look at the floor here!!!! http://www.hlpag.com/68scodestangbullitt.htm another great paint fob with the side marker lights! http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/0/1/84120801.htm Lookat the master cylinder http://images.traderonline.com/img//img/10/dealer/2510582/84439757_4.jpg

TylerCharger69 · January 03, 2007, 12:19:01 PM

And...how about that blacked-out engine bay on that last GL..........some peoples' children!!!

Steve P. · January 03, 2007, 06:28:53 PM

WOW,,,, what a collection.....

That spot in the middle of the driveway is right where they spray them...

News:

I see Halpg is going for the big bucks now