I would never recommend this shop for classic cars or any vehicle requiring attention to detail or…read morehonesty. I brought my 1970 Cutlass project car in on October 21st for a brake-related noise and a possible transmission issue. They told me it would be kept indoors--it wasn't. It sat outside for nearly two weeks, untouched until October 27th, with no communication except repeated excuses that they were "just busy."
When they finally looked at it, they said the driveshaft was hitting the internal tunnel and decided to "fix" it by mounting the transmission higher with a smaller mount. That was a lazy, temporary workaround that didn't fix the problem. I approved up to $3,000 in repairs (they quoted $2-3K) to get the car running smoothly, including a brake booster replacement, full fluid changes, wiper motor and a transmission flush and possible carburetor work. They changed direction multiple times--one day saying a brake booster was needed, the next saying it wasn't, and claiming the "original brakes were better."
Despite promising to do an engine wash and check the wipers, they never washed the engine (it's still covered in Oklahoma red dirt) and installed the new wiper motor incorrectly--high is "off," and off is "high."
When I finally picked the car up on November 4th, after 13 days, the manager "Nick" said it was running great. Within minutes of leaving, it was obvious something was very wrong. The car wouldn't accelerate properly, made a choking noise under 40 mph, and even died on the way home. The brake pedal was still stiff, and the hood shakes, the car clunks when turned off, and my headlights and dash lights no longer work--they did before it went in. See pics where he said he wired everything back like it was, then told me it didn't need wired because it was plug and play.
LIARS!
I immediately took it to a restoration shop, where they confirmed the transmission should never have been lifted--that was not the issue. The first shop admitted fault and refunded their labor, but that doesn't cover the damage or the cost to fix their mistakes.
They missed that it needed a vacuum pump and left the wrong wires on the car causing one to start melting and causing slips. How did they miss this with 12 days to inspect and diagnose it?
This place was completely out of their depth and wasted two weeks of my time. I'll likely have to take legal action for the additional repairs.
After we had paid but before we drove the car out, I asked it is all good to go- Nick said it was running smoothly and all we needed was an oil change every 3k miles. That no future mechanic works was needed and that we could start body work. Even mentioned we could take it out of town safely. We did good to make it from West Street in central to midtown. The restoration shop told me that they wanted to make sure that it was safe and not susceptible to engine fire.
Then I see online that this shop was just caught on the news. Kept a ladies car for 5 weeks and broke a ton of stuff and went joyriding. Google the story. When we dropped our car off it had a full tank of gas and when we picked it up, it was a little under half. I'm betting one of their guys doesn't have a car and drives client cars back-and-forth to work all week.
And one last thing: the manager repeatedly called me "hun"--every time I spoke to him. Literally no fewer than thirty times. It was unprofessional, condescending, and inappropriate. Newsflash Nick, women don't appreciate that! Super weird!
Do not take your classic or project car here. They'll promise more than they can deliver and leave you worse off than when you started
