Graveyard Carz Fall 2015

[tallhair]

ok thats the way i took it ??


Quote After I saw those pictures posted the other day I thought to myself, "didn't they drive that car cross country right after the resto?" You can't expect it to look like it was just restored after a cross country road trip, another year of driving and who knows what else they've done with the car.




Its also interesting i have seen alot of factory original cars and never seen all the gaps this horrible , and the OE Gold Cars dont put gaps back like this .

Well however you took it that's still not what he said.

I love your car but don't see the difference actually stuart. The hood gap on the lime green car you showed and the trunk gap of your conv bird actually looks as bad or worse as the white car and I'm assuming you are pretty fastidious about your amazing drop top which I love by the way

 

[moparstuart]

the cover up is always worse then the crime!... :headbang:

Not only did they shaft the customer with a less then stellar Job , Now they blame the problem with the car on him for actually driving it . All the while he is still showing it with a sign and advertising the show for them .

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Well however you took it that's still not what he said.

I love your car but don't see the difference actually stuart. The trunk gap of your conv bird and the hood gap of the other lime light car actually looks as bad or worse than the white car and I'm assuming you are pretty fastidious about your amazing drop top which I love by the way

yes but my car was not restored by the greatest mopar restoration expert on the planet , it was put together as a driver by the body shop down the street for less then 10k in body work .

 

[tallhair]

I'm not trynig to put your car down, just pointing out the cars were not perfect originally.

 

[moparstuart]

I'm not trynig to put your car down, just pointing out the cars were not perfect originally.

i have never claimed my car to be a top notch resto its what i could afford at the time , I can send you pictures of 1000 imperfections of it . I drive my car 3000 to 4000 miles a year , its at two cruises and a car show every weekend in the summer , dont believe me check face book page . I built it to have fun in and my son and I do just that . But if i payed 30 k or more to have it restored believe me I would be alot more critical of it . It has opened many doors for me and allows us to do great events like crusing around taladega last weekend .

 

[snakeyes]

stu your car is great drive the hell out of it and enjoy your time with your son !

 

[moparstuart]

stu your car is great drive the hell out of it and enjoy your time with your son !

exactly , I so wish i had the real deal but never could afford one after chasing rising prices for year , so i build what i could afford my way .

 

[tallhair]

Not only did they shaft the customer with a less then stellar Job , Now they blame the problem with the car on him for actually driving it . All the while he is still showing it with a sign and advertising the show for them .

Apparently the owner likes the car then. The producer guys is not blaming him they are pointing out obvious things in response to what YOU are bringing up.

If you know the owner of the car why don't you ask him to come here and speak for him self instead of you speaking for him ... and does the car owner know you are speaking for him? I'm sure there is more to the story i.e. did they tell GYC I don't care that you are not done yet I need it by this date to make this drive? Maybe the owner can address the things you are bring up first hand and maybe he has a problem with it, maybe he doesn't.

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exactly , I so wish i had the real deal but never could afford one after chasing rising prices for year , so i build what i could afford my way .

I understand that Stu .. me either

 

[moparstuart]

Using that guy to reference OE details is like asking Helen Keller to accurately identify the colors of a Rainbow or to describe the musical sounds of a Concerto.

oh Lord I so hoped you would stay in your Crazy 4 door E-body Hole , we all know you and Tony dont get along .

 

[ECS]

oh Lord I so hoped you would stay in your Crazy 4 door E-body Hole , we all know you and Tony dont get along .

Just stating the facts..........

 

[tallhair]

Please do not engage in bickering or personal attacks

Discuss but do not flame it up thanks

 

[hemi*guy]

I won't speak for any other cars done at GYC, but as far as body work and paint I think they did a good job on mine.

 

[Car Nut]

Looks sweet!

I liked last night episode, who else?

 

[TONYMOPAR]

Stu, not sure if you were aware of this or not but due to the poor fitment on the nose cones to the 70 coronet fenders on superbirds, many of the front edges of the fenders had lead work done to them to improve the body alignment from the fenders to the nosecone

im sure youre aware that brand new vehicles come with a warranty, and id also guess that you are aware that there are many warranty issues that need to be fixed by the dealer. so why is it hard to understand that the restoration of a 40+ year old car couldn't have any issues?

the only difference is that the brand new car has a nationwide network of dealerships to get their vehicles warranty work completed at, while the restoration shop of their car may be hundreds if not thousands of miles away and it isn't as easy for the shop to have the opportunity to repair the issues, whether they are parts failure or quality control issues

but I would think that if the Hills were concerned with the panel alignment of their car, that before they drove it away from gyc they would have requested some adjustment of the ill fitting areas

and in regards to the issue with the rear wing bolt that had to be repaired in MO, how can gyc be at fault for a 45 year old bolt breaking?
but im sure you can find a reason why they are

 

[resq302]

Apparently the owner likes the car then.

I dont know if the owner likes the job that was done on the car or not. From what Stu is saying and talking to the guy, it seems like he is unhappy with it?

 

[tallhair]

I dont know if the owner likes the job that was done on the car or not. From what Stu is saying and talking to the guy, it seems like he is unhappy with it?

But he is advertising for GYC at the same time. I'd like to hear what he has to say first hand.

 

[moparnation74]

I'm not trynig to put your car down, just pointing out the cars were not perfect originally.

That is very true! Furthermore, still holds true with new models built today.

As stu and tony mentioned, the owners need to be more critical/educated and not to accept a restored car with these problems.

 

[moparstuart]

Stu, not sure if you were aware of this or not but due to the poor fitment on the nose cones to the 70 coronet fenders on superbirds, many of the front edges of the fenders had lead work done to them to improve the body alignment from the fenders to the nosecone

im sure youre aware that brand new vehicles come with a warranty, and id also guess that you are aware that there are many warranty issues that need to be fixed by the dealer. so why is it hard to understand that the restoration of a 40+ year old car couldn't have any issues?

the only difference is that the brand new car has a nationwide network of dealerships to get their vehicles warranty work completed at, while the restoration shop of their car may be hundreds if not thousands of miles away and it isn't as easy for the shop to have the opportunity to repair the issues, whether they are parts failure or quality control issues

but I would think that if the Hills were concerned with the panel alignment of their car, that before they drove it away from gyc they would have requested some adjustment of the ill fitting areas

and in regards to the issue with the rear wing bolt that had to be repaired in MO, how can gyc be at fault for a 45 year old bolt breaking?
but im sure you can find a reason why they are

my car has all real super bird parts and yes my front fenders have lead on top at the nose , my issue with the nose was the wrong gasket , all the noses had fitment issused but the fender to door gaps and the trunks gaps are unacceptable , As far as the wing bolt , I replaced mine because we stand on it but thats just me

 

[resq302]

But he is advertising for GYC at the same time. I'd like to hear what he has to say first hand.

I agree. However, he could have had the sign board made up with other pertinent information and wants to still display that too. Kind of like having a certain person do part of a car and credit him on a sign board only to find out that, say, the guy who rebuilt the trans did a crappy job. Well, its on the sign board and until you get a new one made up (which usually they aren't cheap) you continue to use the old one.

I also agree with Tonymopar (to a point). Yes, dealers are plenty for warranty repair, however, for someone who restores cars as a full time thing and claims to be the best that there is in the world, you kind of hold them to higher expectations an expect that they know what they are doing. Its hard to say why the owner didn't say anything then / there right away. Maybe they needed the car to drive them home or wherever they were going. I know if it was me, and I was without my car for that long, and I planned on driving it back home, I wouldn't want to pay for an airplane ticket or a rental car to go all the way back empty handed.

 

[moparnation74]

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Maybe they needed the car to drive them home or wherever they were going. I know if it was me, and I was without my car for that long, and I planned on driving it back home, I wouldn't want to pay for an airplane ticket or a rental car to go all the way back empty handed.

Thats a key point!

 

[TONYMOPAR]

I never said the owners should be more critical

And if they did want an issue addressed
they may have been able to wait a day before driving the car cross country