[Drew Alcazar]

Mr. Buizilla,

If I failed earlier to be more clear I apologize. Here is the current disposition on this particular Camaro.

The buyer took delivery of the vehicle from our auction site in Florida. We collateralized him as a bidder, as we do everyone and he wrote us a check for his purchase, checked out with the car and we awaited an electronic wire transfer on Monday, the next business day following the auction.

The buyer contacted us alleging that he felt the car was a “re-body – chop job” and indicated he had placed a “Stop Payment” on his check and would not be funding the purchase.

At this point the car was in Miami and we sent Reliable Carriers to pick the car up. Typically, in these situations, we act as essentially an “escrow” agent to secure the title, car and funds pending a thorough investigation as to the validity of any allegations.

In this case, with no money (a worthless piece of paper = a NSF check) and a car that had been partially dismantled sitting in Miami we took the best course of action we knew how. We secured the car and re-delivered the car to the seller.

Let me be abundantly clear on the facts:

1) The buyer never funded the transaction – so there is no money to “refund”.
2) The seller bought the car through the Barrett-Jackson in January 2007. He was the first buyer to “pay up” for this car and this is further evidence that he absolutely did NOT know the vehicle’s history
3) The seller is a well know enthusiast who has a large company and also many, many cars, most well over the 6 figure range. To think that he would compromise his good standing in the hobby for this single Camaro is well beyond my imagination. It is my very strong opinion that this seller was not maliciously involved in any wrong doing in any way WHAT SO EVER.
4) An investigation is underway to determine the status of allegations that this vehicle is a “re-body”. Experts infinitely more knowledgeable than I will have to accurately determine if indeed it is a re-body entirely or possibly just a badly damaged vehicle that was repaired.

The seller received a car back that was partially dismantled, and has now been at the mercy of many unsubstantiated allegations, reckless comments, and loose conjecture. Can you imagine how he feels?

Whether or not you “buy” this explanation and factual outline is immaterial and irrelevant.

How would you like it if some one started this kind of messages about YOUR car? No pictures, no facts, no expert testimony from well respected authorities in the hobby, just took your car off an auction site, dismantled it, and then posted this crap…

I said it before and now again: PLEASE, do the owner of this vehicle the courtesy of investigating the history of this particular car prior to being crucified in this (or any other) anonymous public forum.

One thing I DO know is that ANY fellow enthusiasts deserves at LEAST that!

Drew Alcazar