Watch out for Nick Acton!!

[ScratchBuilder]

last email thread from Nov 5, and note Nick didn't offer the replacement ladder until I posted on consumer watch:

Hey xxxx I'm looking at some numbers on it and will get back to you.

Sent from my mobile phone in an American V8
On Nov 4, 2014 10:18 PM, xxxxx wrote:

Nick,


If you are serious about sending a new ladder, please do so in the next thirty days and I will consider the matter resolved. It would be nice to have this resolved before the holiday season. I have not heard from you since I answered your email Saturday.


Thanks!


xxxx



From: Nick Acton
To: xxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 3:52 AM
Subject: Re: ACE3001

​As you know I have another complete ladder frame here and all the suspension sub assemblies tacked together. It has every bracket and part for the whole frame EXCEPT FOR the tubing to hold the body up. It is a heck of a nice jig saw puzzle to put a car together and I was hoping you, or I, could replace your frame​ with it.
When I saw your car advertised I wanted to talk to you about it but you seem pretty hell bent on bridge burning.
This whole fiasco is based on a 3 yr project (actually 10 for me) having to ship on a date you had arranged.
It's pretty easy to change a schedule if it is communicated and agreed on.
In a one man shop I can't finish all 10 projects right now but I do what I can.
FWIW I don't know if they even make a .150" wall tube, if that's an indication of your measuring like I said "put the calipers back in the tool box" and note there are no tolerances on any of the drawings I've ever seen, and go back to a tape measure built functional chassis.


Cheers,

Nick Acton

Acton Custom Enterprises, LLC
33 Wildwood Drive
Holderness, NH 03245
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[ScratchBuilder]

And for the record, Nick did agree the roller was ready and had it in storage off site as a roller. . . Blame the customer. . . And from talking to several other frame builders its going to take more than a tape measure to get a frame right . . .

[ScratchBuilder]

As far as burning bridges go, I asked Nick to replace the frame before anything was posted online and when he refused. I asked him to buy it back at around 1/2 of what I paid him for it and got radio silence. I posted an add to try to recover some costs but was honest and listed the known issues. I could not find a buyer and started this thread which did get him to at least offer a new ladder, but again no evidence I will actually get it after weeks have gone by.

And I didn't know he had a complete ladder ready to go, it's not something we talked about before.

Since most of the content in his email is BS, how can I even start to believe he's going to make this right?

SB

[ScratchBuilder]

I even got an independent quote to repair the frame and based on the amount of labor the quote was $18K to take it all apart and put it back together.

[601HP]

I've followed the thread from the beginning because I hope resolution is reached. Until it is, I'll keep reading each response/reply.

If I was annoyed by this drama, I'd ignore the thread instead of complain about it.

David