My JL-8 Camaro in bodyshop forever????

[parkbrau]

Your lucky you still have parts on the car. I'm not accusing the shop of theft, but sitting in there for 2 years....lots of parts could have been removed. Your lucky that isnt the case.
Remove the car and DIY. The two years lost could be made up in no time.

[SuperNovaSS]

I call it paint jail. It seems like paint shops are good for one job and trail off after that. I wish I could find a shop that could do what they said they would, for the amount they quoted, in the time frame estimated. It would also be fun to ride a flying pig .


Jason

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......... It would also be fun to ride a flying pig .
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get your saddle!!!

[copo69]

It seems most collision shops tell you they know what you want,top notch work, then it sits and finally after enough complaining or work gets slow they jump in and usually hurry it but expect payment for a meticulous job. What dealership sold your car when new?

[resto1]

I understand the problems with the body shops. I own a restoration shop myself. I've been doing it for 20 years
I would be glad to help anyone with there project or if
any questions.

[iluv69s]

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What dealership sold your car when new?

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I dont recall off the top of my head.....and I'm in Colombia(S America ) at the moment...but when i get back home I'll look in my papers...If I remember correctly, it was in Iowa??? But Ill post it next week...Id be interested to see if anyone is familiar with the dealership. Ive never tried to contact them....

...and noooo..Im not drug trafficker....hehehe



Just came for the sightsssss....nothin like a brown eyed girl!!!! hehehe

[daleone3]

I worked in a shop that was notorious for this, get the car out as soon as you can. worse case is this guy is a bad business man overall and does not pay his taxes (this was the case with a local shop) and state or feds come in and drop padlocks on the doors and you have to fight to get your car. There is no reason that you should have to go there to work on it, get someone local and get it out. This is the problem with bodyshops in general. We would use the money from cars that came in to buy parts for cars that had been there for weeks (collision work mostly). On occasion they would take in a resto and fleece the customer out of the initial "get started" money. I watched the owners kid cut quarters off a nice 68 camaro and every time the owner came in to check on it, they would clamp on quarters to show him the progress. this went on for almost a year before he pulled it out. As a matter of fact, he did the same thing to me on a 67 Gran Prix I had, I somehow thought things would be different for me but I got treated the same crappy way. To this day, I give him the one finger salute when I see him.
good luck but bottom line is get your car away from them.

[firez]

Get the car out of there before you need a lawyer to get it back from creditors . I have been through the same thing and spent a lot of money to get the car back after locks went on the doors.