Unique Performance, maker of Eleanor, is in big trouble!

[LeeBoy]

Boyd Coddington had a similar problem awhile ago. http://www.billetwheel.com/new/dmv.htm  http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5269/is_200504/ai_n20482341 I am sure with the volume of cars these shops do this happens offten. 

[rav440]

 
Yeah, but what are the buyers supposed to believe?  If you're a rich but uninformed buyer, who do you ask to find out whether the car you're getting was built out of an actual 40yo original "Shelby" Mustang from the 1960s or not? 

I wouldn't trust anyone connected to the Shelby empire (including Carroll Shelby himself) to give me an honest answer.  Johnny Cochrane could have learned a thing or two from the legaleze they use when disclosing what these cars really are. 


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Imagine paying $200,000 for a "real" General Lee of some sort, and then being delivered a sh*tty GL that was built by HLPAG last week.  But it has Warner Brothers paperwork that very strongly implies it was an original TV-series car they overhauled.

That's basically the way the Shelby enterprise operates these days. 

rich , poor or middle income it dont matter if your buying something and your not sure about it , youd better do swome research and gather as much info as you can .

i dont feel bad for them people one tiny bit .

[Mike DC]

Realistically I agree with you about that, but it doesn't excuse fraud.   

[rav440]

Realistically I agree with you about that, but it doesn't excuse fraud.   

no it doesnt excuse fraud but im not to sure they commited fraud , the way i see it is they took a fast back stang and cloned it into a SHELBY they even put their own fender tag on it .

[Troy]

Realistically I agree with you about that, but it doesn't excuse fraud.   

no it doesnt excuse fraud but im not to sure they commited fraud , the way i see it is they took a fast back stang and cloned it into a SHELBY they even put their own fender tag on it .

The fraud is turning a salvage car into a non-salvage car. People purchasing the finished cars have every right to expect that they were legal, drivable cars before the conversion and not a pile of metal that otherwise couldn't be sold. The added fender tag and badging is legal but VIN tampering is not.

What is Title Washing?

Title washing hides the history of a vehicle that's been salvaged.

Salvage titles are assigned to cars that are deemed a total loss by insurance companies. This is also referred to as "branding" a vehicle. This doesn't mean the car can't be driven but vehicles branded with salvage titles have lower market values and are difficult to sell. Title washing washes away a vehicles branding. Once the branding is eliminated, the car's value goes up and it's a lot easier to sell. You can see why so many car owners might be motivated to "wash" their titles.

http://www.fraudguides.com/auto-title-washing.asp

Troy

[69bronzeT5]

They've gone bankrupt. They're selling everything including Cuda shells, a Challenger shell and a 70 Charger shell.

http://www.maxanet.com/cgi-bin/mndetails.cgi?rosen/

[ChgrSteve67]

Would be very interesting to be there to see what is laying around and what some of it sells for.

Sucks for the employees that never got paid or lost their deposit money.

What gets me is that they had to be sitting on a gold mine.
Endorsements form Carrol S. and Chip F.  clients standing in line and handing over stacks of cash.

Guess it doesn't take much smarts to screw up a good thing.

[Brock Samson]

chances of gettting any of those shells and parts cars are pretty much, zinlch, zip nada...
you think the poor lowly hoi paloi here have a chance...                                                   

[Blown70]

chances of gettting any of those shells and parts cars are pretty much, zinlch, zip nada...
you think the poor lowly hoi paloi here have a chance...                                                    :smilielol:

I saw a link for an auction on Cuda-challenger.com?  You saying that is not going to happen?

[Brock Samson]

i bet there some big money guys there with the $ to get in line...
i'd sure be interested to see the outcome...
everyone here. is saving their fundage for a DAYTONA...

[Blown70]

i bet there some big money guys there with the $ to get in line...
i'd sure be interested to see the outcome...
everyone here. is saving their fundage for a DAYTONA...

As Ron Burgundy would say "What?, I dont speak spanish"   

Yea, I was not getting my wallet out for it......