Originally posted by supa6t
Hey blackshoebox I head that this is the reason why u say you had bad dealings with Rick, in the mid 90's i heard you bought a "Art Carr Tranny Kit" from Rick at Cost Price, and then you took it to another guy in Hollywood that does transmission and had it done by him, NOTHING TO DO WITH HARPER AT ALL. Supposedly this guy screwed up your tranny and you got your money back anyhow, and for some CRAZY reason that I can't even figure it out, you blamed Rick for the other guys screw up and ever since then you havent liked rick . I can't believe this. is that what you ment by writing" Bad Dealings with him in the early 90's" I thought that Rick built you an engine and something happened or something that big.....but this, UNREAL Tony, you are right, "A guy can do tons of great work and no one says a word, but screw up just ONCE and you are burnt to the stake. This story is Unreal, As far as I am concern, I will be going to Rick's for a long time to come. I am happy and that is all that counts no matter what anyone else says. I just wanted to get the story stright i might be wrong here but please let me know i am tired of going to car shows and meetings and them say harper oh that guy i head this and this. It makes me look dumb and i dont like to look dumb. If this aint true i want to know what really happend i liked you and you seemed like a good guy when i met you at the meeting. But you got to understand that Ricks a good buddy of mine to and i anit going to a club meeting where i hear chrap about were i take my car to get work done I know some other guys arent to happy about the things said on the board. I hope you understand i am just trying to get the facts stright and not cause a problem with any one i am just feed up. I would defend you to if someone talked smack even though i have met u once cause i am a trusting person. i hope you understand were i am coming from and that no offence is taken. post back email me if you what man thanks i just want to know what the deal is.
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Another lie from Rick. The transmission man, and the tranny were fine, the convertor I got from the Rick that was suppose to be new was actually destroyed and destroyed about 1000 bucks in good tranny parts. We got the money back for the convertor not that parts and labor, that Ricks convertor ruined. Also another 1000 was forked out to for a new converter and more tranny parts. He takes new parts of peoples car, and puts used ones on them. He will sell you use parts and call them new. He is not even ASE certified if I remember correctly. He is an assclown, if you or anyone else wants to take their car to him, be my guest, and if you or anyone else has a problem with me not liking him, do not come to
MY meetings for the club
I run. If you talk to rick, and he has a problem with me, tell him bring his happy ass out to the meeting, and I will tell him, he is a scumbag. You guys are all new to game, you don't know half the people I know in the community and the countless stories I have heard. People have tried to take this man to court to win money, he stole from them for motors that did not last a week, and his answer to this would be, "well its a race motor, and there is not warentee!?!" My race motor build be Jeff @ Economy is still together, and I beat the leaving hell out of my car, and it finally lifted a head gasket after almost 40, 000 on the ticker. He is a real mechanic and engine builder, that will stand by his work if he is at fault. Freddy is formally, Ricks
head mechanic, so there is a lot of information i have from the inside, that you will never even here about, although if you ask freddy he will be glad to tell you.
This is my last post of this topic, Read the above carefully, cause I will not say another word about it. At the end of day, its all about going fast, and I can gurantee you, within the next few months, there will be nothing that Rick built that will touch me.
Case closed.
