It's either the end or a new beginning. Only time & money will tell
Well as of right now I have a pile of trash & junk. EVERYTHING and I mean everything that Rich of Purple Monkey Kustoms worked on is JUNK. My rebuilt motor and transmission is a paper weight. They both had water in them, the trans had about a half gallon in it. The rear frame section above the rear axle was hacked up for a axle drop, using what looks like angle iron or old frame section, crude body mount out of of same stuff, gas tank had holes cut for lines in it & the sending unit siliconed in along with it has steel & brass shavings in it, the gas straps can't be removed without raising the body or cutting them off. One of the rear shocks can't come off because of the battery box that was welded right in front of it. He used old battery cables with holes in it w/tape rapped around the exposed areas, No cotter/split pins in any of the ball joints or anywhere else, all the rotors are rusted to the point the need to be turned, brake lines ran up and over the frame, wiring harness wrapped in electric tape, hood bolts that don't fit the holes, lock nuts put on backwards & silicone used to hold emblems on, steering joints welded on to the double D shaft, the frame hacked up with a hammer and or a chisel to clearance for the exhaust and left w/about a 3-4 inch hole between the frame & a welded in boxing plate. He stole one of my 1 ton bumpers, hacked the other one up to put my tail lites in & bent the bumper brackets up to make them fit & one was broken. Broken bolts in several places, one door closes but the door handle stays down even with all new parts, passanger doors hangs down about an inch & won't close at all unless slammed. The accelerator cable into the fire wall was siliconed into the firewall, there's an extra hole from a "mistake" that was used to put the steering column through && no brace at the fire wall, only silicone. Found it odd that I have wiper parts paint blue on my truck sine none of the parts I sent were blue, plus when the wipers are turned side to side you hear a clunk noise, looks like there are missing parts (again) even though I had bought a wiper motor & parts to install it. Electric sending units had red RTV used to seal them. Door felt not installed in door correctly and steel frame around window have silicone oozing out, looks like garbage. Side window & gasket not cut & fitted correctly to the point I can put a screw driver between the glass & gasket to the inside of the truck, he reused to use the mirrors I wanted & the ones on the truck hit the doors when opened & the passenger one is basically useless. Both headlight were broken, interior that was in it had been wet & looks like cr@p, the wood floor was untreated plywood, there were gaps everywhere around the wood to the point I could put my hands in the gaps. Cracks, rust holes & unrepaired sheet metal work every where, with paint over rust & the unrepaired areas. Lots of parts missing, parts from truck that aren't mine was used and the list goes on & on & on & one.. I'll tell you this if you bought something like he did to me & I know at least 3 others he took, you'd be a fool to buy one of his pieces of garbage. He took advantage of all four of us I believe because we were out of state & thought we'd never show up at his shop. Not only did I show up I was staying about 50 miles from the shop & he only allowed me to come on the property a few times a year & the last 6 months I told him if he didnt want to finish it I wanted my truck. It was then I realized I had been taken to the cleaners. I have been told by a few people who did get on the property that every time they showed up my truck was outside sitting in the weeds even though I was told it was inside the shop.
The noise is about to get louder because one guy had a lawyer send him a letter and I'm sure more will be coming from elsewhere. Plain & simply put Rich has conned, lied & stolen from people like myself and others .....joe
