keyser Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Free ads. Post up ad with pictures of those sweet castings with throwaway id. Similar wording stating bought them from another vendor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bojaciuk Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 RR’s scam with me was to immediately issue a mailing label. I watched on his site, him running out the PayPal complaint clock. I did file a claim prior to the run out time, documenting all the emails I sent him and even a link to the complaints on these forums and others. They did have him refund my full amount. I then received several very nasty voice messages from him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Yet he still “sells” on eBay. If he does that to someone that’s written tons of articles about builds, he’d do worse to us normals. And he does. Wish someone did decent versions of some of the stuff he’s butchered. Cobra sunburst alloys for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bojaciuk Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Funny story…he and I met a long time ago. I was on my way to a Corvette show. I had a ‘93 40th Coupe. He pulls up next to me asking if I was going to the show and I said yes. He said to look him up as he had something I had to have. I pulled in, parked the car and wandered. Inside I see a table of models. It was him. He was trying to sell me a Corvette model. He said….and this is the best part…that he made all the custom license plates on the models. I looked at him and asked, even this one? It read “VET DREM”. He said he did. I laughed out loud…. He looked puzzled. I told him to go out and look at my ‘93. It was my plate that I shot for my business at the time, Scale Vanities. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 He was the Dumpsterfire of the Vanities? Narcissist borderline. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bojaciuk Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) It was truly a priceless moment! …and I still have that plate! Edited December 5, 2022 by George Bojaciuk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Enjoyed years of your writing sir. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Somewhere out there on video was Don trying to promote his "business". Years ago someone gave me this vid to watch, so I had a friend of mine over that also knew Don, and we watched this together. The video had us laughing so hard, we were literally gasping for breath! 🤣 He tried to wipe the camera lens at one point with his hand after he licked it...........SMEARED the thing to heck! What sent us REALLY over the edge was a part of the video where a news reporter comes on to do a story about RR. At one point she says-----"Don Theune, who used to be a Chippendale Dancer....." My friend and I looked at each other and go WHAAAAT???? We literally lost it laughing then! I don't know what ever happened to the vid----I tried to find it on YT and it's not there. Someone out there has a VHS copy of this "comedy"! It was the hardest laugh watching that thing I think I've ever had! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bojaciuk Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 WPVI ch 6 Philly, did a feature on him. I now recall the Chippendale reference! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Couple of chipmunks found a nut. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 On 12/4/2022 at 11:03 PM, Texas_3D_Customs said: Man I actually hate seeing stuff like this, gives small businesses a bad name. Unfortunately it makes people leary of doing business with the unknown. It just makes guys like you work harder to protect your credibility. Products like yours keep our hobby strong and we rely on quality for the next level of building our models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 It is amazing Don is still in business, he's had a shady reputation for at least 20 years...I bought some parts from him about 20 years ago, I remember even talking on the phone w/ him once.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_3D_Customs Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 4 hours ago, BobbyG said: Unfortunately it makes people leary of doing business with the unknown. It just makes guys like you work harder to protect your credibility. Products like yours keep our hobby strong and we rely on quality for the next level of building our models. Well I do try my hardest to provide quality while not being overly expensive. I know that I had people in here question my credibility, nothing personal I understand, but I had to overcome the stigma of too many shady people coming out of the woodwork. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, Texas_3D_Customs said: Well I do try my hardest to provide quality while not being overly expensive. I know that I had people in here question my credibility, nothing personal I understand, but I had to overcome the stigma of too many shady people coming out of the woodwork. Charles, is that Hemi ready to sell? Hopefully you will make some big block Mopars in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_3D_Customs Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Just now, BobbyG said: Charles, is that Hemi ready to sell? Hopefully you will make some big block Mopars in the future. Yes I announced it on my thread I made a dual carb intake as well and a cross RAM is coming 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 38 minutes ago, Texas_3D_Customs said: Yes I announced it on my thread I made a dual carb intake as well and a cross RAM is coming Oh yeah the cross ram! I'm happy. I will order when ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_3D_Customs Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 1 hour ago, BobbyG said: Oh yeah the cross ram! I'm happy. I will order when ready. I think it's a hideous intake but whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, Texas_3D_Customs said: I think it's a hideous intake but whatever Yeah but it's a got to have for Mopar fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 42 minutes ago, BobbyG said: Yeah but it's a got to have for Mopar fans. Cross ram was a 413 thing, wasn't it? Don't think I've seen one on a Hemi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Rob Hall said: Cross ram was a 413 thing, wasn't it? Don't think I've seen one on a Hemi. The cross ram manifolds were on the wedge and hemi engines. Edited December 6, 2022 by BobbyG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, BobbyG said: The cross ram manifolds were on the wedge and hemi engines. Ah, I was thinking of the one with the long tubes. Didn’t realize this style intake was also called the cross ram. Edited December 6, 2022 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Rob Hall said: Ah, I was thinking of the one with the long tubes. Didn’t realize this style intake was also called the cross ram. Yeah, those were known as cross rams as well. The Chrysler engineers were so ahead of the times. I'm sure Charles will do the cross ram manifolds justice. Edited December 6, 2022 by BobbyG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Some folks call the other style intakes "long rams". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Bucky said: Some folks call the other style intakes "long rams". Some Chipendales refer to themselves as that as well! 🤣🤣 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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