Watch out for Arizona Shelby Cobra's

[marcocsx3121]

Not a Cobra-specific comment, but NEVER, EVER pay for a specialized product before it has been completed to your satisfaction. Once a thief has his/her hands on your money, the incentive to deliver a good product is largely gone.

[rodneym]

Their 'Grand Opening' post was exactly a year ago today.

Shelby Cobra of Arizona open in Scottsdale

[Al G]

I'm another victim of Christal James and Tom Blessin. I'll leave out the long history and provide the condensed version. I ordered CSX6045 from Arizona Shelby Cobra (Christal James). The drivetrain installation was to be done by West Desert Racing (Tom Blessin). Tom took delivery of the roller in Las Vegas in September. He gave me status updates on the completion through the middle of October when I learned that the dealership had been locked by the landlord and my car wasn't even in their possession. Some good members of this forum found me and told me where my car was. I sent it back to Las Vegas without Christal or Tom even knowing. They continued to lie about the status until I told them I knew where the car was and it was already on its way to Las Vegas.

My financial loss thus far:
I paid them $25000 for a Carroll Shelby Engine Company engine. They paid the deposit but not the final balance. I had to pay $11000 to get the engine released.

Transmission and other drivetrain parts paid for but not delivered: $13500.00

Headers and sidepipes paid for but not deliverd: $3742.50

Other dealer installed options paid for but not delivered: $3545.00

Detachable steering wheel paid for with original order but not on order they submitted to SAI: $1012.50

Shipping back to Las Vegas: $700.00

My total loss to date: $33500.00

Fortunately, the car is in good hands with Tom Barnard at Speedway Classic Cars. I'm getting on a plane tomorrow morning to see it for the first time!