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Old 08-18-2012, 05:48 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How can they get away with this?

How can they sell such ^^^^ , and use these other vehicles in their ad to portray it as there "kit". If im not mistaken that FFR is a members on here. I'd be pissed if they used a picture of my car for this junk.
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Old 08-18-2012, 06:08 AM   #2 (permalink)
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It happens all the time. That car was built by Miles in Fl. There is a dealer on Socal that is using the description from that car on a 302 mark 1 stating that it has stage 5 408 engine, trans and suspension from Levy Racing when it isn't.
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Old 08-18-2012, 06:16 AM   #3 (permalink)
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get ready to spend the rest of you weekend stuck to the computer in awe, laughing your ass off. I started this thread months ago about this exact company. At first you think its a totally joke like they are trying to punk you, but sadly its not....

I guess picking a factory five was wrong...
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Old 08-18-2012, 06:21 AM   #4 (permalink)
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They seem to have added a couple more FFR's and a polished Kirkham.
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get ready to spend the rest of you weekend stuck to the computer in awe, laughing your ass off. I started this thread months ago about this exact company. At first you think its a totally joke like they are trying to punk you, but sadly its not....

I guess picking a factory five was wrong...
I thought I remembered someone posting that, but I couldnt find it. Im just blown away at such blatant false advertising.
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It's e-bay, what can you expect? Keep that in mind next time you're about to place a bid.

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I wasted a Sunday watching all of their posted videos AGAIN just a few weeks ago.
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Old 08-18-2012, 01:52 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Scary redneck kit car company

One of these days I am going to call these scam artists to see just how far they will go on the phone to sell one of these pieces of junk they call a kit car. On their web site there is no picture that is actually one of their kits, just real cars. The UTube videos would be funny if they weren't so pathetic. I can't believe they are still able to continue in business.

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Old 08-18-2012, 04:16 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Wasn't it WC Fields who said "there's a sucker born every minute" Too funny. I'm not surprised they're still around. These guys are like cockroaches. They will never completely disappear. Sorry..... I guess I just bad mouthed cockroaches

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Old 08-18-2012, 04:33 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I wonder if they actually have a forum.

These guys arn't all bad. I would have never figured out my colors.

Wonder who's kit this is.

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Old 08-18-2012, 04:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
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That's a FFR located in Scottsdale.
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I sent them an Ebay message asking about the pictures in the ad, and if it was a joke. Their response was " you'll need $4k to play".
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I reported it to Ebay. We'll see what they say
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well, i watched the lambo videos.... my favorite quote from it was when he was talking about the doors.

"you just make it fit. cut it some and make it fit"


nice. i wonder if that was taken directly from the assembly manual.
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That was like fitting the body on the vette..." if it don't go down all the way, just cut some more". They did do a nice job tapping the door on though...
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I reported it to Ebay. We'll see what they say
I did too, we'll see.
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So really all you need for one of those is a donor Corvette and a donor VW Beetle. Sounds simple enough to me!!!
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Wasn't it WC Fields who said "there's a sucker born every minute" Gerry
P.T. Barnum is the guy that is actually credited with that saying, but it's not really certain where it came from, according to wikipedia.

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So really all you need for one of those is a donor Corvette and a donor VW Beetle. Sounds simple enough to me!!!


and some orange extension cords for the electrical
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