Among them is Ronald Mayberry, a 64-year-old retiree who lives amid the rolling, brush-covered hills of Duncan, Oklahoma. By the way, I was part of the class action lawsuit and received nada in restitution. ?Would you be ordering another one??? Street fecies. Any info or facts for this car I would really appreciate. Read all about it in the September issue of KC. 1 is a 1995 build, so it must be a CMC. any ideas where to look. How can we get body parts for the 1929 Mercedes Gazelle? They are one of the Sponsers of the Turkey Run going on this weekend in Daytona Beach. Hi Franco, They also have NO resale value. It has a number of 1515. ("GGL" stands for George G. Levin, the owner of Classic Motor Carriages). Sony's new 2023 range of TVs will add a special new mode that gamers will love, These are the best windshield wipers and an explanation of the differences between aero, hybrid and traditional blades, By Alistair Charlton Listen to it off the mark ! : For registered members this ad will NOT show, Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-FIA, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible. Unless you have the original paperwork you will never know what year it was built, or even if it was factory built. I did that, just the crummy guys, though. Ha, still working on finishing it! And agreed replace battery pack with lighter li ion. The prices seem pretty good, but I was wondering if anybody had any experiances with them, good or bad. Sales were sluggish the first few years. Hello! Tell us has your experience with this business or person been good? This is a Street Beast based kit car. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. ", Southern says he's not familiar with the particulars of Luster's complaints. It was listed as a Ford Economy radiator CMC Part No. $$$??? Fancy a classic Cobra, something that looks like a refuge from the Le Mans 24h race, a million bucks' worth of classic Aston Martin or a dead ringer for that iconic supercar from your youth? Had only 11,400 miles and sat here for 15 years Has Fiberfab Intl plate #FS1383 Radiator died. (Yes, converting an E-type may be criminal.) These kit cars are no longer available today. HaHa! Could make it faster than an original for sure if you wanted to spend the $$. This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 09/02/2008 06:28 PM and is a permanent record located here: . He bought his first Street Beast kit, a 1934 Ford three-window coupe, after his mother died in the late Nineties. Patients made into prostitutes and sex slaves, bilking insurance companies out of millions, Sac_County Iowa Prosecutor Ben Smith pays $750,000 to settle Ripoff Report 1983 civil rights lawsuit.. Federal Judge stops prosecutors abuse of power against ED Magedson Founder of Ripoff Report. iwould like a side miorrs for the speedster 2 of them where can i buy them. I find it hard to believe they could break so easy. Unfortunately, I know there are several of their customers that are going to be left hanging. Of course, the other option is to strip out that antiquated EV technology and simply build this as the gods intended and drop in a crate engine that will turn this Cobra into the pavement scorcher it was meant to be. 100% Chromoly (for weight saving and strength), 100% adjustable, 100% Beast! I got everything in the kit. Luckily 25 years ago I received all the crappy parts, after much hounding and was able to finish it. , You heard about the guy who went to the store to buy some seasonings and flashlight D cells? If its kick in the pants acceleration then maybe electric has an advantage. Thanks, Earl386-235-1047. I too must agree . I am from Massachusetts. They have a reputation as crooks and the cars, even nicely finished ones, look like well, the name Street Beast is very fitting. Is there anything you could I would run the other way. He put in about $18K before he passed away. YES! Privacy Policy. In my honest opinion. Looks like a garbage disposal butted up to the firewall. YES! There are no figures out there. When did they start and closed business? Honda civic with a fart pipe? Any help identifying it would be appreciated. I want to register an account for free right now! When he's driving up and down the country in search of the greatest driving roads, he can be found messing around on an electric scooter, playing with luxury watches, or testing the latest fragrances. Luster was so steamed that he scrapped the project and sold his Street Beasts body and frame to another rodder. I am not aware of any Tiffany car clubs and was hoping you might know if one exists. I can go for days on how poorly written the manual is and how much winging it you have to do, the EXTENSIVE fiberglassing required, the FINAL PREP SAND that I paid to have done yet spent an unbeleivable amount time with and an airboard. Company website run by crooks outside USA pretending to be in USA to get USA money taking your hard-earned dollars funneling it to the country of Peru, Better Business Bureau of South Florida BBB of South Florida Andre Amaro and the BBB of South Florida are harassing me and my small business! West Palm Beach Florida, Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Center Mavis Tire & Brake Charged Nearly $700 for Non-Fix Bay City Michigan, Lighting New York lighting by Jared Sent damaged product wont refund after I sent back damaged product website description is fake, Tara U THEY SCAM THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR FLOWER ORDERS. Parallel have made painstaking efforts to ensure the Torero is as close to the real deal as possible. YES! And there are some very well-engineered kit cars out there. miami, Florida. The Florida Attorney General's Office sued the company in July of that year. Hi from Switzerland. But buckets also have a Re-sale value that is limited, but what ever makes you happy! Included in the sale is a soft top and all factory manuals and brochures from Classic Motor Carriages. The gazelle was most likely their top seller followed by the Porsche replicas. Cobra Make, Engine: Hunter with a 4.6 supercharged. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. Or subscribe without commenting. Is there any way of telling what year the kit was built. "A lot of people think they know how to build a car," he explains. Check out the photo of the build sheet. So it's good enough to hit 60mph in just 6.91 seconds. I beleive it is a factory built car by Classic Motor Carriages Inc. I purchased the '34 coupe kit last Sept., and have found it to be a quality product. Last updated 4 January 23, Protect the paint and give it a deep, showroom shine with the best car waxes and polishes, Plug 'n' play: bring your ICE up to date with the best Android Auto compatible head units for older vehicles, By Leon Poultney The price is attractive for a reason. Good luck and keep asking questions. I would strongly suggest you go to the Street Rod Nationals in Louisville KY in a few weeks. I ran into a guy who had this misforture of buying a kit from Street Beasts . Nah.The first aid kit should be a real steal !!! Factory Five claims that its MK4 Roadster is "the world's best-selling replica," a claim that is hard to dispute. My husband bought the gazelle classic tddid not put it together and passed away so I m interested on selling it. "I thought getting into street-rodding would give us something to do together and let him get his mind off the mourning." JavaScript is disabled. There's even a terrifying 500hp Jaguar V12 option. Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft, 302, Tremec 3550. I am taking delivery of a 66 cobra replica this week!! Finally, the case stated that Classic Motor Carriages induced its customers to pay for kit cars, and then "failed to provide the automotive parts necessary for complete assembly." Florida has always been a hotbed for kit car companies. They eventually opened up again as a company called Street Beasts selling just hot rods but that company was also shut down in 2010. Frank. Cobra Make, Engine: FFR Daytona Coupe done to replicate CSX-2299 at the '64 LeMans. ", Brian Brennan, editor of Street Rodder, one of a half-dozen magazines that target collectors, says he can't say for sure whether Street Beasts tops the growing list of replica producers. I noticed in some of the photos there were a set of molds for what looked like the old CMC 959 kit, and also a unbuilt gazelle. That's pretty much the recipe for the Midas Gold sports car. They show some bodies and chassis in the auction catalog. The firm was forced to close in 1994 after the Florida Attorney General's Office filed suit against it on behalf of hundreds of defrauded customers. They go like stink even with a stock engine! Therer are a few current members of Club Cobra who are building them and they have no complaints that I know of, and they are happy with theit kits so far. Caterham Seven 620 R. Mention kit cars and one brand comes to mind - Caterham. It's a kit, that turns into a car that you can actually drive - check out these best kit cars to buy now, All the best features, news, tips and great deals to help you live a better life through technology. Sylvio. The kit is strictly set up for a small block Ford with an automatic. And Classic closed down the following November after sales plummeted and it was evicted from its headquarters. The seller notes this Cobra is a kit originally provided by Classic Motor Carriages Roadsters. Thanks. Just like with most kit cars of that era they do not sell for a bunch of money. Don. Either, as you sail past all those ghastly oiks in their modern motors, the very last thing they'll be thinking as they get a taste of your tailpipes is there goes a shoddy kit car. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. 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STEET BEAST kits are GARBAGE, wyoming technical institute has one in their one storage barn, they bought it from the company under its OLD name b4 they went "out of business" and opened back up under street beasts name. Hi Donnie, JavaScript is disabled. In a new expansion based on customer demand, Street Beasts now also has the ability to build a car from start to finish paintwork, for those clients who don't desire doing the building and finish work themselves. But I would have to ask why? Anyone out there know anything about them? Cobra Make, Engine: Hunter FIA style body with Ford suspension, 351W/396 by Southern Automotive. They called and got on the mailing list as a joke. . After 2 years I finally got the body right. I have very narrow feet and cannot drive it with boots of any sort. Dont click on those slick Ads! Good idea. As far as the foot room goes I do not understand why 40K Later just downs the StreetBeasts because every one of the kits I have looked at has the same basic foot room, which is set up for an automatic and can be reworked for a standard shift, which I hope to do. Going back to basics seems like a redundant notion for one of the simplest, purest sports cars you can buy. Having WiFi and something to access it with in the garage are very handy, as the internet will be your friend when you are stuck. Thought kit cars were a bit uncouth? Hasnt been put together, we have all of the parts including 302 engine. And although most of the dozen customers contacted by New Times were happy with their purchases, at least five have recently filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau and the state attorney general. non biased Shelby Cobra related site! Your comment reminds me of a Gahan Wilson cartoon from a 1960s Playboy magazine, showing 2 men peering into a room full of people kneeling on the floor, praying to a big empty alter with a big letter N on front of it. I worked there and was the top salesmen for 10 years , wow time flys , then worked for street beast til they went under . I did cold calling telemarketing & inbound calls also. I can recall a fairly recent rodding article where some "magazine" gurus were going to build an economical rod using an older kit car which turned out to be a Street Beast. Mission Viejo, CA by way of Youngstown, OH, Aurora, ILL-Annoys (40 miles west of Chicago), Upstate New York, watching my New Yorker Rust. And orders poured in so fast that the company abandoned its modest Hallandale headquarters and moved to the mammoth warehouse on the Palmetto and 27th Avenue. Do they still have record as to when car was built providing the serial number. Also if you have wide feet, call them Monday and renig on your purchase because there is no way to shift as foot room is non existant with a clutch pedal in the mix. Runs 10.1 in 1/4 mile and top speed is 155 mph at Sebring raceway. I ordered my CMC Speedster Nov 89. I finished the car except for paint and rubber seals in 1996. No further information is known about these companies or about these kit cars, although they may still be available as used cars. In many ways, that's all you need to know about the Ultima cars. It was also rankling customers. Either way, the performance levels are going to be utterly terrifying. A neat project either way would you take it to the next level of electric drive or pursue a more traditional build? Looks like Street Beast is finally going out of business (again). Corporate Advocacy Program - Verified Status, How To Get Your Report Featured On All Report Pages. He also says it mistakenly sent him $1200 worth of parts and then refused to refund the money it charged for them. Flubber? 4 Disc brakes. Would love to chat if you want . Welcome to Club Cobra! Nearby, three others in hazmat suits swiveled a giant mechanical arm and then sprayed thin layers of fiberglass thread into a mold for a 1933 Ford Victoria. Prices start at a very reasonable 6,000 for a rolling chassis, but that doesn't include an engine or other important parts. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I realy hate to knock a product but I must tell you that while the Street Beast does appear to offer a reasonable intery level into street rodding, it has too many dissadvantages to be considered a good investment. Tattoojewbag. I think this is brilliant and where things are going. He wrote several op-eds blasting CMCs dirty business practices and for the horrible quality of their products. A good start is a T-bucket, No doors and no door glass, roof to contend with. You know the rest . How many deposits did they receive for each of those? Sharter sound effect? Reproductions run $39 each. Click here for more information. AND ONE MORE THING. Putting a mark across a nut or bolt with a sharpie is a good way of reminding yourself which fixings are torqued tight and which still need doing. I have a cmc cobra kit # D0368 built around 1993. Ive been pondering the idea of electrifying my old K5. I have an un-built CMC 1934 Ford Coupe. Hmmmmm! Would you know anybody or anyplace I can get one? Make a one-time donation today for as little as $1. The people at Streetbeasts have been very helpfull. Having suspension issue with my cmc cobra. But that's exactly the thinking behind the entry-level Caterham Seven 160. Hopefully there won't be a repeat of their last bankrupcy. The information listed is the last known contact information for these companies. When I took my car in to be painted, the body shop said it was one of the best quility fiberglass kit car bodies they have seen. The case stated that, over a period of eleven years, Classic Motor Carriages defrauded people by "knowingly and willfully" making "false and misleading statements, representations, and promises" in regard to the "quality of the kit car purchased, the delivery time to the customer and the required assembly time." WOuld be more interested in a C version if that is the way this one was configured. Now I can drive it year round through the 10 month rainy season here in Portland. Massachusett's Factory Five makes one the best car Cobra replicas out there with their popular MK4Roadster. Other customers have been so pleased that they've bought multiple cars. Put in a 429. Granted it has taken me about 15 months, however it isn't my full time project. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. I own a 33 classic Vicky. Keep me in the conversation via email. http://www.stamplerauctions.com/auct9585&v=gallery, (REGISTERED USERS DO NOT SEE THIS POST/AD! Interested buyers can reach me at 520-272-3229,or email me at : themapcogroup@hotmail.com, My Dad bought a Cobra kit car in late 90s from CMC. Hope this helps ,i hate to see someone get in over there head on this so called kits.I was very surprized to see crank and chrome doing one of these.But i guess they did a total perf t-bucket somy next most favorite ripe off car. You'll find very few that disagree with that, I believe. The street Beast is the Rodney Dangerfield of street rods . If its to cruise around making look at me noise at fast walk pace then you need at least a supercharged 351 Cleveland if not the full 427 side oiler. Heres how it works. CK. Donald - check out Kit Car magazine's resourcesthey are many and wise. An electric Shelby Cobra: is this not the greatest insult ever conceived? Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. Well, yes and no. Looks good on by the photos but will this be a nightmare like the street beast. The bottom line is its probably a fine kit for a driver-quality car, but not the one to buy if youre looking for a replica that can also handle the occasional track day. Hey there. What a sight that must have been in person. This is like a double screw for owners you've got the poor reputation to overcome in resale and now you've got the total demise of the supplier. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. Best answer is to by another one. It's chopped and channeled and looks pretty good. All of the Documents that had to do with CMC were kept for 7 years and then destroyed. This causes your foot to rub the support each time you depress the pedal. Interested in building yourself a kit car but haven't the foggiest where to start? A forum community dedicated to hot rod owners and enthusiasts. Sad reality is CMC churned out so many cars and their build quality was hit or miss. Introduction to building the "WORST" kit car on the market--STREETBEASTS--! The comment section is not generally for advertising services but I will let it go for now. _____ Jim We Few, We Happy Few, We Band of . Terms of Service. Street Beasts' suppliers are sometimes slow to deliver parts. I need the Assembly Instructions for a CMC 34 Coupe. Each kit is also individually made-to-order by hand in Texas. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, forklifts crept between the bone-white hulls of faux classics on the factory floor, and women hunched over sewing machines. Register now for free! As I learned in attempting to sell a barn find discovery of 20 Ford / Siemens engines new in the crate, electric motors arent worth nearly as much without the controller in place. Sorry if anybody owns one but you know what i am talking about. In addition, "false and fraudulent representations" were made to obtain deposits from prospective customers. Celebrity Skin Cream wrinkle cream rip-off advertisements US Based and Foreign companies bilked consumers out of Hundreds of Millions of dollars over the past 7 years. Need help in finding Assembly Manual for CMC cobra. $15k plus the cost of batteries. Street Beasts caters mostly to street rod enthusiasts, meaning those who get revved up over pre-1948 models. (And what the heck is isnae?). Would I be wise to stay away from this, after reading all the class action suits against cmc/street beasts hot rods, which is what this kit car is from?/. With that 460ci big-block expertly built by a professional diesel mechanic, it's no small wonder that this. Up for sale: 1934 Ford, Street Beas, Show quality, Kit Car. I have seen completed cobra kits sell for as little as $18k in the past that needed nothing more then some paint and your choice of wheels. Street Beasts' reputation is mixed among modern-day rodders. Among the unhappy clients is Jack Luster, a 65-year-old retiree from San Juan Capistrano, California. Most of them are clustered east of the Mississippi, but there is at least a smattering in every state, including Alaska and Hawaii. Miami's independent source of Hey there. Of these: 1 is a rebuild of a CMC. Please let me know if you have. I might qualify for the longest build time. thanks jay l. You might just want to call some of the current cobra manufactures and see if there stuff fits. We've had several Street Beast cars through the shop and have been supplying their customers / builders with parts for some time now. Sway Bars front & Rear, Aluminium Fuel Tank installed and custom under car Dual Exhaust. Anyone wanting information on Classic might try to contace Curt Scott, publisher of KIT CAR GUIDE and other things associated with kits. When I purchased my Gazelle kit with the pre-assembly package it was $10,990.00 "Forty cars a month is huge.". Do you want to take a Gazelle Body and put it on a Jag Chassis? It's based on ye olde Austin Rover Metro mechanicals. Germany what it is, TUEV wants to know the specifics of the Fiberglass. Bogus Celebrity Advertisements FACE & Skin CREAM Ripoff! Sylvio. "I know nothing will be resolved and they'll just aggravate me further. sticker says CMC but no date. For the relevant court documents, see: Streetbeasts_fraud_charges.pdf and Streetbeasts_judgement.pdf. So many options! The classic Motor carriages/fiberfab company was put out of business in the mid 1990s . It sat atop the 160,000-square-foot headquarters of Classic Motor Carriages, then the nation's largest manufacturer of automotive replicas. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. I know that manufactures like Wescott has steel reinforced support structure over hand laminiated fiberglass. Today the business resides in a 50,000-square-foot warehouse on NE 72nd Street and Second Avenue, surrounded by acres of cinder block and chainlink fence. The classic motor carriages in Miami building was torn down to make way for a mall. torbo muffler . My husband recently passed away and I am trying to sell it. Its black and has a CB Performance 2110 cc engine (rated at 150 HP)with dual Weber carbs. 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In 1978 wealthy Fort Lauderdale resident George Levin bought the firm and unleashed a marketing blitz. If your planning on a 429-460 or even a 427 side oiler, good luck. Actually the right electric motor and batteries could make this car lightning fast. He says he purchased a Cobra kit and assorted upgrades for about $20,000 in late 2004. Anyone out there have any real photos of the building? "It's like going back to better times, when life moved slower," he explains. Quality tools last a lifetime and having the right tool for the job will make all the difference and ensure skin remains on your fingers and nuts and screws can be undone again in the future. Leave anybody hanging? None of this however is mentioned in the manual and of course no one in tech support answered my voicemails or emails. Brush-Covered hills of Duncan, Oklahoma the entry-level Caterham Seven 620 R. Mention kit cars out there headquarters! 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