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Ive heard these stories about body shops before... if its not collision repair they are not interested. You need to find a "Restoration shop" unfortunately they are much more $$. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mysterious J" <mysteriousj@snet.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 9:26 PM Subject: [T3] Body shop problems - any recourse? > (Accidently sent this to Steven Ayres instead of the group. Thanks for the > reply Steven) > > I'm having some problems with the body shop we sent our '68 Fastback to, and > I'm trying to figure out what options I have. The main problem is a > complete lack of communication and follow through by the body shop. We > dropped the car and $1200 for materials off February 14th, and not wanting > to micro-manage, I didn't pester the guy doing the work. Unfortunately we > haven't seen the car since we dropped the car off, and I haven't been able > to get the guy on the phone (answering machine is always full) since around > mid-April. Now I don't mind if there hasn't been alot of progress on the > car, since I know a restoration job like this will take a back seat to more > lucerative collision repair. My issue is the inability to get the guy on > the phone, and when I can leave a message, the guy doesn't call back. This > shop came highly recommended from the president of the car club I'm in, who > had his '92 GLI painted there. > > I haven't seen the car in so long that I'm kind of losing interest in the > project. I do have another body shop lined up to get the work done, so I'm > ready to just go down and pick up the car. We're looking at buying a house, > so this distraction isn't appreciated. > > Any thoughts? > > Jim > '68 Fastback...I think. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >