Looks like a nice car . If it's the NAF GT40 and the reserve was met at $7000 dollars thats not bad because the body kit alone goes for $7000 . I've read about your bad experience Saxman and hopefully your warning makes people think twice . Just my 2 cents .

quote Originally posted by GODFATHER: Looks like a nice car . If it's the NAF GT40 and the reserve was met at $7000 dollars thats not bad because the body kit alone goes for $7000 . I've read about your bad experience Saxman and hopefully your warning makes people think twice . Just my 2 cents .

Looks like the auction winner found out what type of person Cory Reynolds is because he backed out of the sale. Now it is up for sale again at http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-Kit-Makes-GT40-Fiero-GT40-GT-40-GT-40-Replica-HOT-and-ready-to-go_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ7251QQitemZ4622383291QQrdZ1

Someone should warn these bidders...

Somebody's gonna be real unhappy when the timing gear strips in about 20,000 miles. Gotta be crazy to put a $5000 kit on a $500 car. Not gonna help his rep much, I'm thinking.

Well, I missed a month in my regular reminder NOT to deal with Cory Reynolds (GT40Cory). The reason is that he sent me a few messages promising some of the money I lost in the sale, but it has been two months now. I honestly gave him a chance to correct things, but to no avail.

Thus - do not trust this guy in any way. If you do, you will see what I have been through. His eBay buyers can attest to that already. I know that several of my friends on this forum are doing their best to warn all his eBay bidders about him. I guess he offered the money to me to stop this so he could sell his latest car - promising me some of the profits. I guess I'll never learn.

What is his ebay id?

quote Originally posted by sonic50: What is his ebay id?

Same as here - GT40Cory

Just an FYI...North American Fiberglass still sells the GT40 Mk-1 and Mk-2 kits.


Lee
http://www.fierocountry.us

re ebay offer
lol I love the old tyme "pro street" look on the rear... the rear tires are way too big and the tail sits way too high

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Another bump for the new guys. Live and learn about GT40Cory. He said he would send me $1000 to cover his "mistake" when he sold his last car on eBay and he turned around and bought another Fiero for $1000 instead. Of course - there are no responses to my emails.

How do people like this sleep at night?

I dont know how they sleep at night at all. Especially if someone screwed me. Me and my crew would be making a road trip.

Heh-heh. I understand completely. I have to be a good boy the rest of the time I am in the military...

(monthly reminder bump...)

Well, Cory Reynolds is back! Yea!

Anyway, here is what I posted on his thread in The Mall. He is trying to do business here again - https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/032927.html#lastpost
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17 July 2006:

Hey - good to see you back! NOT!

Oh, by the way, thanks for sending the $1000 you promised four months ago. NOT! It was nice to get an email from you saying you would send the money and extra kit parts as soon as your car sold on eBay (which it did), then seeing you turn around and spend my $1000 on another Fiero. I see why you didn't answer another emails after that. Care to answer that one on the forum? I thought not.

You are incredible. The fact that you came back here to do business after what you did to me in beyond belief. - https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/051535.html

You have proven to be dishonest person, a poor car builder, and one who reacts to buyer's complaints with physical threats and name-calling. In my opinion, you had to sell your business because of substandard build-quality and a lack of integrity. The best way you can help the friend who bought the GT40 body molds is to leave him alone.

I guess this means you will not be sending the $1000? ...like it mattered...

I put your emails below:

March 17:
Hi Andrew, I'm sorry that you still don't consider the car to have been a good buy and I'm doing better now than I was over the last 6 months so I would like to give you back $1000 like you mentioned. This last year hasn't been so good as some unexpected expenses came up and I almost lost my house. I've almost given up on working with Fieros, I've sold my business to a friend and now I pretty much just help him sometimes and then sell his cars for him on ebay. I'm not aware of anything that you've said about me on Fiero Forum. I never really have time to spend on there but I'll take your word for it that you haven't had anything good on there to say about me and I would like to change that. V8 Archie told me when I started building your car that if he were to build one the way that I was doing it, he would charge over 20K for it so I still think you got away with a heck of a deal since you paid me thousands less than I spent just on parts to build the car, not including time and labor. But if you feel that you have been cheated I want to make it up to you since I am doing a little better now financially. And I was down to my parents garage over Christmas and found my box of extra stuff for your car, I can send that to you too if you give me an address. I hope that you're having fun with the car, what kind of work have you done on it? You can still email me at GT40cory@yahoo.com Thanks, Cory
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April 5:
Hi, I'm sorry it takes a long time to get back to you, I don't have internet at my house yet. I plan on packaging up the stuff this weekend after I go back down and grab one more piece, the a/c bracket, this weekend at my parents house. Then I'll send that stuff out next week. The $1000 will be in the middle of next month after my next two bi-weekly paychecks. I'll let you know when the first package has been sent to you.
Thanks, Cory
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May 30:
Hi Andrew,

Sorry things have taken so long. I'm rarely around an online computer, so I don't think to message you. I only remembered now because I listed a car online. Taxes were a big surprise this year, I was surprised by owing a bunch of money. When I sell the car that I just listed, I can pay you back the $1000. I can send you a bunch of papers that I have for building your car, but I've been trying to find the AC bracket and just can't find it. I'll send the papers though and just send the bracket separately when find it. Hope you are doing well.

Thanks,
Cory

Monthly reminder time - plus some:

Well, another of Cory's cars is on eBay. See http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190015723646 - under a different user name.

I guess that https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/032927.html#lastpost shows that he admitted he would send me the money, then changed his mind without letting me know - then changed his story to make ME look like the bad guy when I got screwed.

Anyway, I just wanted to warn you all about this guy. One good thing - it does look like he has started telling buyers about the many problems with his cars before he takes the money, but that sure doesn't help me get back any $ that I am spending to make the Fino fit his original description...

quote Originally posted by Saxman: Monthly reminder time - plus some: Well, another of Cory's cars is on eBay. See http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190015723646 - under a different user name.

Wow... I don't think I'd buy a car that looks that filthy on the "inside" anyway!

Good luck, and I still hold out hope that you'll be able to recover some of your losses!

I guess you are talking about his eBay sale. The problems listed on his auction should have been fixed before the body kit went on.

The only picture I could see was the lastest ebay deal.
Looks a lot like my ASPP kit.
You can see mine here http://www.mtpisgah.net/Fiero/gallery/albums.php if you like. Mine sits at 42".
Kevin

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quote Originally posted by GT40 Kit 3.8 SC: The only picture I could see was the lastest ebay deal. Looks a lot like my ASPP kit. You can see mine here http://www.mtpisgah.net/Fiero/gallery/albums.php if you like. Mine sits at 42". Kevin

Nice!!

[This message has been edited by Saxman (edited 08-04-2006).]

quote Originally posted by Saxman: I guess you are talking about his eBay sale. The problems listed on his auction should have been fixed before the body kit went on.

Yup... why build anything on a chassis that you know would be any easy fix (especially before the new body goes on it).

Cory, the guy in Quatar, whom you just sold that POS GT40 on EBay to, wants his money back.

I've been around kit cars for 18+ years & I've never seen one this bad.

You know why he wants his money back, you knew it was a POS when you sold it to him. You tried to hide the flaws in your EBay ad by the pictures you chose to use. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190015723646 But I have a lot of pictures of what it really looks like. I have enough pictures that I can post once a week for the next year or 2. If you think having Saxman after your butt was bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

I've checked the thickness of the fiberglass in many places & it's only .060" to .100" thick. I have toe nails that are thicker than that.

The gaps in the panel fitment are terrible.

Here's an example.

This is where the rear clip closes to the roof panel, the mismatch/gap is at least an inch......



But that's no problem, the fiberglass in this area is only .060" thick, so you can put a finger on the panel and adjust the gap to be any thing you want.......



The people (usually about 80 to 90) who attend the Open House at my shop the day before Fierorama will be able to view this whole POS because it will be on display (unless Cory buys it back before then). In fact, I'm thinking about oing my open house seminar on crappy kit cars & the people who build them.

I think I'll show the front hood hinges next, or maybe I should show the 2" warp in how the hood fits, or I could show the "adjustable gaps" where the front fenders meet the doors.

Archie

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 08-25-2006).]

Saxman, if you haven't already done this you could email Cory's current bidders on Ebay and give them a heads up.

Thanks for the heads up, Archie. Cory Reynolds (GT40Cory) actually emailed me and said he would send me money back on my car if I would just let him sell one on eBay. Then, he (and his mom - who was selling his car under her user name) told me I would get my money back quicker if I let him sell a second car. She said he would send $ after selling the second car. Now he says he can send $100 this week, and maybe more later.

I told him that if he can sell two cars and still not send me the full $1000, I doubt he ever will. He hasn't replied.

I'll keep you all posted. Maybe more people can warn buyers about him. His user name on eBay has been canned, but his mom's user name is 1970ss396chevelle4speed. She sent some pretty nasty notes asking me why I don't just take him to court - but his business practices are obviously keeping him from running a successful business - keeping him from making enough money to go after.

edited for spelling

[This message has been edited by Saxman (edited 08-26-2006).]

People who come to the open house at my shop in 13 days will be able to see views like this.



Too bad Cory couldn't post a picture like this in his auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190015723646

Yep, those are 2" gaps in the fitment of the hood & that's on the side of the hood with the hinges. Wait 'til you see it with the hood pins removed, the front corners of the hood pop up like Orville Redenbacker.

The thickness of this hood is .060" to .080". When driving the car at 30mph you can't really hear the hood flopping because all the other panels are flopping too. But you can look up there & see it flapping like a wounded bird.

Archie

Archie if the guy is stuck with the car, can it be saved or is it a lost cause.

quote Originally posted by Archie: People who come to the open house at my shop in 13 days will be able to see views like this. Archie

Nice hindges, was this car paid for before he saw it?
Thats why I would never buy something like that without a test drive, too much of a risk.

quote Originally posted by troyboy: Archie if the guy is stuck with the car, can it be saved or is it a lost cause.

The only way this body could be saved would be to lay 3 or 4 more layers of glass on the back side of all the panels. Just like we did on that louvered decklid panel on your car. However, these panels are so thin that they would have to be laid back into the original molds before more glass could be added. The panels are so thin that they will start to colapse upon themselves if they are just laid on a bench to re-glass them.

The "Kit Car" industry got a bad name back in the 70's & 80's because manufacturers would put out junk. By the time buyers realized it was junk, they had already paid their money. When they went to complain, the only place to file their complaint & try to warn others was with the Kit Car enthusiast magazines. But the problem was that 95% of the advertizers in the magazines were the people who were doing all the crappy work. So the magazines would never act on the complaints or publish complaint letters to warn the consumers. The companies that were doing good work (& there were a few) couldn't afford to advertize in the magazines because they couldn't compete with the scumbags prices. It costs a lot less to build crap than to build quality. I've saw a lot of crappy kit cars back in those days, but NONE of them that were THIS BAD. Even those scumbags had some kinda pride.

The only thing that straightened out the Kit Car industry was the Internet. With the Internet, Kit Car consumers could communicate in real time & compare notes with each other. The Scumbags couldn't survive when the consumers knew what was really going on. Cory Reynolds should have been building this kind of junk back in the 80's, he could have gotten away with it for a long time back then. But today, we can put him out of business by showing what he really builds.

quote Originally posted by Jake_Dragon: Nice hindges, was this car paid for before he saw it? Thats why I would never buy something like that without a test drive, too much of a risk.

The customer lives in Doha Quatar in the Middle East. http://www.arabchamber.com/maps/qatar2.htm He bought the car based on the EBay ad. After all Americans would never screw Arabs.

Now we have another young Middle Eastern native who HATES at least one American.

Archie

BTW: I know the hinges are crap, but you guys haven't seen nothin' yet. I'm just teasing you guys with the little problems. I'll be showing you the real junk in upcoming posts.

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 08-27-2006).]

Cory keeps saying that he can only afford to check email occasionally - and doesn't look at this forum, so he probably hasn't seen this. The best thing for eBay is to give a neg that leads to this post. At least she won't be able to shuffle off his dishonest sales any more.

I guess now he can only sell locally. I'll be watching.

Wish I was closer, Archie - but seeing that car would bring back too many bad memories. At least he used one of your kits on the car I bought - so it can be fixed. The 'glass is plenty thick enough to straighten out what Cory did to it. It's just gonna take some time. That's why I'm just going to move all the panels, interior and cradle over to a donor with T-tops and A/C.

Thanks for the coming updates. I can hardly wait.

quote Originally posted by Archie: BTW: I'm just teasing you guys with the little problems. I'll be showing you the real junk in upcoming posts.

Man, if these are just the the small stuff, I can't wait to see how bad the rest is, and Iv'e seen my fair share in the kit industry.

Archie, from the thikness your describing, I'm getting the impresion that Cory only used one layer of 2 oz matt,What do you think? When I'm laying up parts I'll use at least four layers of 1 1/2 oz matt to ensure a minimum of a storng 1/8 inch in any place, not counting gelcoat. Many areas also get coremat for additinal strength.

It's good to have an open mind,
just not so open that your brains fall out

Geeze, even with the clock & dagger pics----that back-end looks horrible! However, from the Ebay pics you can bearly see the barn-yard door hidges.

If someone ever designed a replica of the AMC AMX, I would be the first in line!

quote Originally posted by Bruce: If someone ever designed a replica of the AMC AMX, I would be the first in line!

Why... Thats like making a replica of a mustang.. , Joking. I'm still waiting for the Shelby Series 1 kits ;P.

quote Originally posted by motoracer838: Man, if these are just the the small stuff, I can't wait to see how bad the rest is.........

I got a very good look at this car today. I cannot believe how bad this thing really is. It's more like a sheet styrene mockup rather than a kit car body. It's so flimsy that I would expect that most of the car will flap in the breeze at 45 MPH.....

You have to see it to believe it.

Mark

More pics of this garbage today.

Archie

quote Originally posted by Archie: More pics of this garbage today. Archie

Aww -I stayed up until 11 to see what you had to share. I know it will be good. Why? Because I've been there!

I'll be looking for your updates, Archie.

Hey Cory!

Nope, I didn't forget about you.

It's been hard to decide what to show next.

Today, it's fiberglass thicknesses on the rear clip.

Check this out.......

.050" Thick


.100" Thick.


.045" Thick


.100" Thick


.043" Thick


Archie

umm... that's not a defect, that's a selling point

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