My friend is quite aware of MetalCrafters from previous dealings and he does not believe that he is confusing them with anyone. I showed him the photos of the prototype quarters on the website and he was immediately a skeptic. This was some 6 weeks or so ago. There also is a renown auto upholstery fabric manufacture in the Northwest US(WA) who he also has such an opinion of. Ordered and paid for up front upholstery fabric for his New Yorker and in some 3 years has yet to receive it. There are in this industry many frauds, scams and charlatans and many of our members have at one time or another been victim. In fact I suspect that most of us have been made promises that have been broken by some of these types of operatives. Incidentally my friend is located in Southern Calif and he among the best at what he does. Incidentally where is MetalCrafters located? Perhaps we shall know more as this quarter panel project plays out. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: John Hertog To: Chrysler 300 Club Listverver Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 2:40 PM Subject: [Chrysler300] MetalCrafters - reply Obiwan, Sounds to me like your friend has MetalCrafters confused with someone else. MetalCrafters has not, so far, manufactured repro panels or any repro parts, for sale to the public. Rather they make one-off show cars for DaimlerChrysler and others. They only agreed to do these panels as a favor to D/C thanks to some serious prodding from D/C brass... more info about the company can be found on their web site: http://www.metalcrafters.com/ . Sure doesn't sound like flakes to me. Not that I am endorsing the quality of their product - haven't seen any yet, nor heard from anyone who has ! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "obiwan10" > I was told by a Auto Restorer(who many of you know) friend of mine, when I had mentioned to him about 30 days ago that MetalCrafters had developed a lower panel replacement for the 300 C, that these guys were flakes and that he would believe it when he saw them, and if he saw them he would he very skeptical of the quality. To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]