Scott Mock/Chubby's Welding.

[grendel]

I paid Scott Mock DBA Chubby's Welding DBA Vintage Racing Performance a total of $25,000 - parts and labor to do the following, apparently not in any particular order, instead of being well planned out:

• Gut the car, it drove off the trailer.
• Build a front sub-frame with C6 suspension, rack and pinion mounts and ride tech 3 way shocks that mounts a LS3 and TR6060.
• I brought motor mounts, trans mounts, rack and pinion, steering column, intermediate shaft, rear differential mounts, sub frame mounts, DSE rear mini tubs and a whole lot more.
• Install a complete stainless exhaust I provided.
• Procure and install the ride tech tiger cage.
• install front kick down bars to his sub frame.
• build round tube sub frame connectors.
• install/modify the rear 5th gen Camaro suspension.
• install the brake booster, clutch master cylinder, steering column, intermediate shaft and u-joints.
• Shave and modify the fire wall and trans tunnel for the TR6060, LS3 and associated shifter.
• Sandblast the body
• install the DSE mini tubs
• mount a 4th Gen Camaro center console
• Measure for and install a fuel tank.
• replace the rear quarters, trunk drop offs, rear light panel and outer wheel housing.
• Shave the firewall and relocate a procured DSE wiper motor
• Procure an AA wiring harness, Vintage Air AC system, DSE Firewall panel, DSE wiper motor and the Ride Tech shocks/cage
• Sell the remaining supercharged engine, transmission, rear end and stock subframe and return the air filter and $1,000 to me for doing so. He could sell it for any amount he chose.

His invoice lists 9K (and change) for parts and the rest in labor - Total is 25K.


When I asked him to resolve issues in the attached pictures, this is what he said:

Originally Posted by coolwelder62

If you need me to fix something ship the car back and if I got paid to do the job I will fix the job.NARROWING THE 5TH GEN CRADLE WAS SOMETHING I said I wouldn't do from the start. Working out the bugs on that Rear end instal is going to take some time. I will not replace the DSe parts. that was your idea using those and you were OK with cutting them.I will hang on to the money and airfilter until you deside to not post any of this.

Emphasis mine (bold, underlined and italic'd)

Spelling, grammar and all, directly him.

I asked him to propose a resolution and gave him 72 hours before posting.

I am happy to forward any email, complete with hashing and time stamps from his email server to verify account authenticity.

I spent more than $3K - fuel, hotels, travel and food for 3K driven miles and one air trip, plus five months bringing the car to him the first time.

I will not bring it back, since he cut the flange off the outer wheel tub on the passenger side and did not weld it into the 1/4. I have a quote to repair his installation that includes a new 1/4, an outer wheel house and a DSE mini tub.

Also, the front coils rub on the upper control arm, the rear sway bar rubs on the rear coils, the rim/tire combo he spec'd hits the shock he installed in the rear. There are numerous other smaller, semantic issues, like not installing the fuel pump into the fuel tank,missing bolts and holes in the tiger cage install, DSE mini tubs are not trimmed to fit, the DSE tubs are not fully welded or seam sealed, he charged me parts and labor for Z06 rear hubs I can't use, missing parts like Vintage Air hoses and drier - probably a whole lot more I am missing in 5 months of back and forth via email, with partial answers from Scott each time.

In my own personal opinion, I would not work with Scott Mock, Vintage Performance Racing or Chubby's welding again. I attempted to resolve this on several occasions and did not receive satisfaction. As of 4/18/2015, he threatened to keep my money and parts if I posted pictures of his work.

I will cross post this on every board we're on, so that people are aware of the work Scott Mock did and how he treated me, keeping $1,0000 owed to me and my parts due to my review. So far, this has been a $32,000 (all in) mistake for me, please take it as you will.