Re: [Chrysler300] MetalCrafters - reply

["Richard Rowlands" <rrowlands@xxxx>]

I've bought fabric from SMS for several of my cars over the years and have
always been pleased with their quality and service. I have also had door
panels created by them. The door panels took a little longer than promised
but I sent them old tattered remnants and received beautiful new panels, so
it was well worth the wait.

Their customer service has been great and they're always willing to send
samples and help in any way.

Richard..
www.mopar-collection.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "obiwan10" <obiwan10@xxxx>
To: "obiwan10" <obiwan10@xxxx>; "Chrysler 300 Club Listverver"
<Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "John Hertog" <crossram@xxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] MetalCrafters - reply


> Someone had email'd(said that he was about to do a deal in the Northwest
on upholstery fabric and wanted to be assured that he was not walking in to
a pit) me in response to this email that I had previously sent out asking me
the name of the upholstery manufacture who had scammed my friend referred to
in the email. I spoke to this friend, turns out that the manufacturer is a
major distributor of upholstery fabrics, not a manufacturer. My friend was
more than pleased to give me the name of the firm. The firm is SMS and I
believe he said located in Oregon. He had paid them 700.00 cash for fabric
that was never delivered to him and was basically told by the owner of SMS
to go kiss a brick regarding getting his money back. I have absolute faith
in my friend's tale of woe. Again my friend is well known by many of you
and has an excellent reputation for the quality of his work on 300's and
Chryslers in general.
>
> Anyone else out there had good, bad or indifferent dealings with this
firm?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: obiwan10
> To: Chrysler 300 Club Listverver ; John Hertog
> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 11:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] MetalCrafters - reply
>
>
> 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.
>
>
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