Please help a fellow teener!, ***I need to find Brad Roberts, please read post*** |
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Please help a fellow teener!, ***I need to find Brad Roberts, please read post*** |
madd_dogg_914 |
May 28 2016, 09:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 478 Joined: 30-March 03 From: Vacaville, CA Member No.: 497 Region Association: Northern California |
I know that the name Brad Roberts isn't a very highly regarded name in these parts, but I know someone out there must know how to get a hold of him. Brief backstory (or as brief as I can make it):
About 12 years ago I met Brad at a 914club.com event. We had chatted about converting my 1973 1.7 to a 914-6. Soon the chats became serious, and I handed the keys over to Brad to do the conversion. Since then, there has been much turmoil surrounding Brad, the separation with the club site to the world site, a divorce, jail time, moving, new jobs and adventures, all the while he maintained that my car is almost done, just a couple more things to finish, just need a wiring harness, etc. Now, 12 (it may even be more, I stopped counting) years later I get a Notice of Stored Vehicle in the mail from some shop I've never heard of in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. They want me to pay $6050 (climbing another $100 by the day), or they are going to sell my car at a lien sale. I don't know why my car is there (last I saw it, it was at his house), and I've been desperately reaching out to Brad to try and find an explanation, but he hasn't returned any phone calls, and he hasn't responded to any of my text messages. The shop is called So Cal Euro Werks, does anyone know if that is Brad's shop? I thought his was called Inland Empire something, but I've been known to be wrong before. Maybe he is trying to collect money from me for having the car for so long? I'm really just trying to get to the bottom of it, and I'm trying desperately to not assume the worst (which is that he has just absconded with my money/parts, and just left the car somewhere). So if anyone out there has any way of communicating with Brad, has seen Brad, or knows how to get a hold of him, would you please tell him that Chris Killam is desperately trying to get a hold of him. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, this car means the world to me, as it was my mothers, who passed away when I was 9 years old. She left the car to me, and it is really the only thing I have to remember her by. I just want my car back, finished or not. I don't even know if the car is complete right now. I've attached a picture of the car, as it was when I gave it to him to do the conversion. Please help, I feel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) |
BigFour1973 |
Aug 23 2016, 10:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 16-November 14 From: Long Beach Member No.: 18,126 Region Association: Southern California |
This will be a recount of my personal encounter, and close friends encounter with Gus.
I found gus' shop by seeing a picture of his 914 with "socal euro werks" plastered on the front of it and coincidentally I was in need of a valve adjustment and carb cleaning/syncing. So, I give Gus a call and Mike answered the phone. Gave me a great quote to get the work done so I dropped off the car quick enough where he wouldn't change his mind. They get the work done and the car is running great..... for a couple weeks. As we all know that's the usual time frame until the next problem pops up on our cars. But this wasn't a next problem, this was a current problem that Gus chose to ignore and not tell me about while working on my car. Upon first glance of removing my valve cover I quickly noticed that my #4 exhaust valve rocker arms geometry was off and that my adjuster foot was worn down flat and adjusted about 3-4 threads more then all the other visible adjusters. Now let me remind you, I've never adjusted my own valves on the 914 and it took me all of 30 seconds to spot this while laying on my back under the car. That was strike 1. Strike two came when I looked into the engine bay after the car was sitting for a month while i was trying to figure out my next step. I peeked into the engine bay and noticed that gas had been leaking from the carbs onto the intake runners. Fresh after the carb rebuild with all new gaskets purchased from pelican. Strike 3 was when my friend took his 996 over to have the motor swapped out. Gus told him it would be 1500 to R/R the engine. Once they got to getting the motor pulled they realized that the engine wasn't core worthy since there was a fresh inspection hole punched out by the rod. My friend had to decline any further work since he was banking on the core to bring costs down. Gus didnt take this too well, he told my friend that his bill is 1500$. Now Remove/Replace for 1500 means you take out the motor and put it the other motor... when you only do half of the work that should equate to 750. but I'm no mathematician, correct me if I'm wrong. Gus and my friend got into it about the price. Then Gus berates my friend for "going behind [his] back to purchase a motor" when all the while gus told him he could get a better deal by paying cash direct to Vision motors. Gus threatens to throw his shit outside and further berates him for not being able to do the work himself. My friend had to remind Gus that he was infact disabled and not capable of doing the work. I referred a couple of you board members to SoCal Euro Werks and I hope you receive better treatment then myself or my friend. But I will not be returning. /Rant |
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