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Red's Place Custom & Restoration [ View ] [ Email ] [ Website ] 4905 Holly Vista Dr. Charlotte North Carolina 28269-0000 Phone: 704-509-6397

I've worked on alot of cars over the years and seen alot but this is just about the worst in quiet a while. If you can't do it right just leave it alone and let someone that can do it. This car came out of sunny CAlif that has no rust right. They just covered the rusty 1/4 's with new repair panels and used rivets and bondo to hold it. They put roof flashing in the wheel wells and roofing tar to hide it. Hey if you paid someone in Calif to do; this to a 55 ford conv. you got took. Me I don't care I get paid to fix it right. RED

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Posted by BigAlBre  -  07/31/2008 12:40 AM there are a lot of butchers out there.... Big Al sittin back pickin & grinning in paradise. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida Charter Member since June 1999   Posted by tlp1968  -  07/31/2008 12:53 AM What a shame... StreetRodding.com Marketing Director [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Springfield, Illinois Charter Member since August 2003   Posted by Starfire  -  07/31/2008 08:34 AM How many times have we all seen ads stating "Rust free California car" or "Rust free Texas Car", I've even seen ads claiming "Rust free Florida car." Cars from Southern California could be rust free if no one ever took them to the beach. Well Maybe. Northern California, not! And any car that has been anywhere near the Texas Gulf Coast or around the Florida coastlines is suspect to having rust issues. Sea breezes and coastal showers carry a lot of salt. Southern California is home to a lot of "flimflam" fly by night restoration shops, maybe more so than any other part of the country. This is an unfortunate example of both ills. Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by jimmothershead  -  07/31/2008 08:49 AM Metal door screen and Bondo works better, he, he. Jim [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Huntingtown, Maryland   Posted by 29robert  -  07/31/2008 07:04 PM All work done in So. Cal is crap. Must be right! Starfire said it! 29robert [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] La Verne, California Charter Member since November 2004   Posted by dakotah  -  07/31/2008 10:27 AM We had a Road Runner come in here for some trans work that was done that way also. Looked great from 20 feet! They put the new quarters right over the old.Blisters were already appearing, Guy bought it on the internet,sad! dakotah [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Port Richey, Florida   Posted by da34guy  -  07/31/2008 10:41 AM Hey ---What ya know-- Starfire finially posted a car from his "Collection" Wunder if this is the 9 sec car? Woops- Sorry if I hijacked this thread. Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by dixie  -  07/31/2008 11:33 AM Yea check out the licenses plate. jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by cr55  -  07/31/2008 12:13 PM Lot's of unscrupulous people in the world ! I hate to see someone take a hit like that......CR I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware   Posted by Starfire  -  07/31/2008 03:47 PM Well, I see the "kiddies" have their recess or lunch period. Don't you ever tire of acting like 13 year olds, or have you just failed to mature? Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by bigdude  -  07/31/2008 04:13 PM Show us your stuff then dude! Grow some! resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by Starfire  -  07/31/2008 04:58 PM Another "Kiddie" shows up! There are very specific reasons why I have no inclination to spread all over the internet what I have. The first being I have no inclination to invite theft. The latter being exactly why the license plate number is obscured on the one photo I did post. In case you people are not aware of it, your license plate registration is public information. Professional car thieves are continually scouting web sites to fill orders for cars to be shipped overseas. It takes about 10 minutes for a car to be in a container and headed overseas. In my case a car can be across the border in Mexico in three hours or less. Now that may sound paranoid, but if you don't think it happens frequently just call your local law enforcement agencies, your insurer, or U.S. Customs. Keep on posting pictures of cars with visible license plates, sooner or later you could be the victim hollering "poor little me!" Some of you people need think before you go acting like a totally immature, without a brain in your head, moron. Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by Red's Place Custom & Restoration  -  07/31/2008 05:01 PM starfire nice merc. and yes this car is rust free didn't see any charge for rust on his reciept anywhere so it is all free but fixing it isn't going to be free or cheap, the floors are the same roofing flashing and tar guess lowes had a sail on 55 ford body parts. RED Red's Place Custom & Restoration [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Charlotte, North Carolina   Posted by Starfire  -  07/31/2008 05:12 PM I hate to say this RED, but I'm glad it's you and not me having to undo a mess like that. It's bad enough to get into one and find an unexpected surprise or two, which is almost always going to be the case with a 50+ year old car. I've chunked two cars over the years for that reason. Bought them, got them home and discovered too many things wrong to make for a cost reasonable restoration. Best thing to do when that happens is bite the bullet and not sink another dime into it. Hard to make a silk purse out of a sows ear! Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by 31tudor  -  07/31/2008 07:13 PM Hey, teacher just let me out to play too. Starfire, your cars would be easy to find. One could just go to any gas station in town and say, "I'm looking for the biggest BS'er in town, where can I find him?" Yup. Eric said it. Eric Hibbs [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] St. George, Utah Charter Member since January 2002   Posted by Starfire  -  07/31/2008 07:43 PM Ah, the "Kiddie" from Utah is heard from. Now go play in the sand box like a good little boy! Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by bigdude  -  08/01/2008 10:08 AM I got your kiddie -poser. resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by 31tudor  -  08/01/2008 10:32 AM Hey Starfire, I was playing in the sand box and came up with some cat turds, so I made this for you. Eric Hibbs [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] St. George, Utah Charter Member since January 2002   Posted by 31tudor  -  08/01/2008 10:32 AM Red, sorry to rob your thread! Can't wait to see the progress on the '55! Eric Hibbs [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] St. George, Utah Charter Member since January 2002   Posted by flagator79  -  08/02/2008 07:50 PM Starfire, just show them some pics and they will get off of your back. Just havin fun here on a hot Saturday afternoon. Have a great weekend and I like your ride - brings back memories. Skeet If the world was fair, the worm would eat the bird half the time [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] West Monroe, Louisianna Charter Member since December 2005   Posted by dixie  -  08/03/2008 09:31 PM WELL ITS LIKE U SAID STEELE IS REAL BUT WRAP YOUR ASS IN GLASS ,YOUR THE ONE WHO KNOCKED MY CAR I NEVER SAID ONE WORD ABOUT YOUR BOAT MR. STARFIRE,SO MAYBE U SHOULD COOL DOWN. jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by DaveHughes  -  08/04/2008 09:10 AM bwahahahahaha........ DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio   Posted by 31tudor  -  08/04/2008 11:54 AM Welcome home Dave! You can probably see you missed a couple of fun days here, but L'ville was probably even better! Eric Hibbs [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] St. George, Utah Charter Member since January 2002   Posted by DaveHughes  -  08/04/2008 12:50 PM Thanks eric...lol .. The funny stuff always happens while I am away.. That must be a big sand box if you got big dude-don and dixie all in there..I aint getting in there because the cats keep covering me up... DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio

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