BUYER BEWARE

AS YOU COULD TELL FROM MY START PAGE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MOPAR FAN.I LOVED THE GTX I OWNED IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AFTER 26 YEARS I DECIDED I WANTED ANOTHER ONE.I AM A POLICE OFFICER WITH A FAMILY LIVING ON A POLICE OFFICERS BUDGET BUT I WANTED A PROJECT CAR AND REALLY WANTED ANOTHER 69 GTX.WELL I HAD MY PICKUP ALMOST PAID OFF AND WAS CONSIDERING BUYING A NEW ONE BUT DECIDED INSTEAD TO REFINANCE AND BUY ME A PROJECT CAR,ANOTHER MOPAR.I LOOKED AT SEVERAL GTX'S AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT I COULD AFFORD OR THE THING WAS A PIECE OF JUNK THAT WAS OVER PRICED AND THE ONE I BUY HAD TO BE F3 GREEN.WELL I DECIDED TO TRY AND FIND A ROAD RUNNER IN THAT YEAR AND COLOR.BELIEV ME IT WAS HARD TO DO.AFTER MANY MONTHS OF SEARCHING I CAME UPON A 69 F3 GREEN ROAD RUNNER WHILE CHECKING THE ADS IN AUTOTRADER ONLINE.THIS IS THE CAR.THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.JACKS CLASSICS IN TEHACHAPI,CALIFORNIA HAD THE CAR.THERE I TALKED TO JACK HIMSELF.JACK WAS REAL TRUTHFUL AS WELL AS HELPFUL.HE E-MAILED ME SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE CAR AND FINALLY I DECIDED THIS IS IT AND SENT JACK A DEPOSIT ON THE VEHICLE.THIS IS AUGUST 1998. I ASKED JACK FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN FINDING SOMEONE WHO WOULD TRANSPORT THE CAR TO ME.I LIVE IN CARTHAGE,TEXAS WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TEXAS FROM CALIFORNIA.JACK RECOMENDED CARLOS ELDHA AS HE HAD KNOWN CARLOS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD USED HIS SERVICES MANY TIMES BEFORE.CARLOS LIVES IN SANTA ANNA,CALIFORNIA .I WAS PUT IN CONTACT WITH HIM AND A TRANSPORT WAS ARRANGED BUT BECAUSE OF MONEY I COULD NOT GET THE CAR ALL THE WAY TO ME.FOR $600.00 CARLOS WOULD TRANSPORT  THE CAR TO ODESSA,TEXAS.WELL I MADE THE EIGHT HOUR DRIVE TO ODESSA TO MEET MR ELDHA.AT ONE POINT I CALLED HIM ,HE WAS IN EL PASO TEXAS,ABOUT TWO HOURS AWAY FROM ODESSA.I WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS AWAY FROM ODESSA ALSO AND IT WAS 4:00 PM SO WE SHOULD BOTH BE THERE ABOUT 6:00 PM THE AGREED UPON TIME TO MEET.i ARRIVED FIFTEEN MINUTES EARLY,CARLOS ARRIVED AT 10:00 PM.WE UNLOADED THE CAR OFF OF A CAR DOLLY AND ONTO A CAR TRANSPORT TRAILER.CARLOS WAS EXTRA HELPFUL,HE VOLUNTEERED TO PUT THE TIE DOWN SAFETY CHAINS ON THE CAR BECAUSE HE HAD MORE EXPERIANCE DOING THIS THAN I DID.I ASKED WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS AND HE SAID IT WAS IN THE TRUNK,AND HE HAD NO KEY TO IT.SO I LEFT IT AT THAT.I PAID FOR THE TRANSPORT AND THE BALANCE I OWED MR ELLIS FOR THE CAR AND CARLOS LEFT ON HIS WAY BACK TO CALIFORNIA.I WALKED AROUND THE CAR ONCE MORE BEFORE PULLING OUT AND ONE OF THE SAFETY CHAINS IN THE REAR HAD COME UNHOOKED AND WAS HANGING DOWN.I CRAWLED UNDER THERE TO REHOOK IT AND RIGHT THERE BY MY HEAD WAS THIS BIG GAPING HOLE IN THE WHEEL HOUSE.THREE QUARTERS OF THE WHEEL HOUSE WAS MISSING ALONG WITH PART OF THE TRUNK EXTENSION. NOW I KNOW WHY HE WAS SO HELPFUL,NOW I KNOW WHY THERE WAS NO KEY TO THE TRUNK,NOW I KNOW WHY HE WAS FOUR HOURS LATE, IT DOESN'T GET GOOD DARK THERE UNTIL 9:30 PM IN AUGUST.I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED JACK ELLIS,HE SAID HE WOULD CONTACT CARLOS AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE WORKED OUT.IT WAS EVIDENT BECAUSE OF THE NEW TORN METAL THAT CARLOS HAD HAD A BLOW OUT WHILE TOWING THE CAR ON A DOLLY AND THE TIRE HAD DONE THE DAMAGE.ANY IDIOT SHOULD KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T TOW A CAR ON THOSE DRY ROTTED TIRES ON A CAR THAT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR EIGHT YEARS.WELL CARLOS CONTACTED ME AND APPOLOGIZED AND WE WORKED OUT A TRADE IN PARTS (WHEELS,GUAGES,ETC...) TO MAKE UP FOR THE DAMAGE.HE WOULD GET THE STUFF GATHERED UP AND ON ITS WAY TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.THAT WAS AUGUST OF 1998,IT IS NOW AUGUST OF 1999 AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM CARLOS.EVERY TIME I CALL HIS WIFE SAYS WAIT A MINUTE AND I'LL SEE IF HE IS HERE.EACH TIME SHE COMES TO THE PHONE AND SAYS HE MUST OF JUST LEFT HE ISN'T IN THE SHOP.I WROTE THIS JUST TO LET EVERY ONE KNOW YOU NEED TO BE REAL CAREFUL,GET SOME REFERENCES.

IF YOU WANT CARLOS ELDHA TO TRANSPORT YOUR CAR HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS

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