There are lots of unanswered questions. The answers may well not be good.
If Becker initiated a lawsuit saying cars are not being delivered to him, what do you think that does to his sales to people who he would like to place a deposit down?
I suspect that Shelby International is doing sigificant business with Ford, that undelivered cars would not be a Ponzi deal. Shelby International should have enough $ to build new cars that have been ordered.
So why would Shelby not deliver to Becker. Hard to figure. Any of the reputable builders (Kirkham, ERA, Superformance, Factory Five, others I am forgetting) would be delighted to take your money and build you great product. So why is this different? Beats me.
My concern over customers being hung out to dry with outstanding deposits wasn't so much over a suspect Ponzi scheme. It was/is if you put two and two together---- First, Becker says cars he ordered from Shelby have not been delivered. Second given the nature of this business, he may have taken deposits from customers for cars in good faith. So IF these two things are true (don't know), there may be customers who placed deposits who are left out to dry.
Anyone have any ideas how this could happen?
Jack