to all...

I feel very very sad about Aleeza's catastrophic situation... I owned
a numerous variety of vehicles from aircooled bus, barndoor bus, old
Citroen Traction, old motorcycles... I fixed them or had them fixed or had
them restored and never got into trouble on such scale.... And her story is
beyond my imagination.

As for suggestions to all for your future project... Never leave the
vehicle in a shop and NOT check on them regularly, no matter how much you
are willing to pay and how busy you are.

peace...

dan

On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 9:15 PM Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com>
wrote:

> I'm a little hesitant to state the shop name, but if he's on here I'd
> really
> like to hear the other side of the story. How did this van get in such
> condition, why was it kept 4.5 years, and if this all happened there why
> was
> it not taken care of? Keep in mind I'm no longer in the business myself,
> but
> there must be more to the story, I can't fathom someone doing this to a
> customer. Here's the chance to explain.
>
> From Aleeza:
>
> "Such a bummer… I gave this guy over 24k USD, he went over the agreed upon
> budget, did so many things wrong (not incorporating the fridge slide into
> the kitchen, mounting it so I can’t use captains chairs) and just didn’t
> take care of it, leaving it outside to rot, not to mention taking YEARS
> longer than promised, forcing me to pay for shipping after saying he would
> cover that after his engine conversion blew a few miles from his shop… this
> van has been such a sad disappointment in my life but I’ve invested so much
> that it doesn’t make sense to sell - id be giving tens of thousands of
> dollars away. "
>
> "Biggest mistake of my life was taking my van to Dr. Bjorns Auto. The last
> 4
> years trying to get it back (he had it for 4.5) has been a nightmare and to
> see how he neglected it on his watch has been heartbreaking. The engine
> light is on and I’ve only driven it from the street up my short driveway"
>