Avoid Holliday Motorsports

[Rich Lihou]

Be advised Holliday Motor Sports (Daryl Holliday) of Huntsville, Texas should be avoided at all costs. I purchased a Cobra Replica from them with delivery promised in 6-7 months. To date some 29 months later I have received nothing and the car has been paid in full. Countless delivery dates have passed and no vehicle delivered. Promised completion dates, four to be exact, through Holliday's attorney have passed as well. Most recently was informed he would deliver the vehicle when he feels like it and I am not welcome on his property. Obviously I will take necessary legal steps to remove the vehicle.
Please caution all members and potential buyers accordingly.

Rich Lihou

[tpiini]

Twentynine Months?????

[elgecko]

Rich, Are you sure you're not dealing with Shelby in Las Vegas?
Holliday is probably using your $$$$$$$'s to complete other promised cars and so on and so forth. Once they get behind, you end up with a long wait:.
Just not fair. Hope you have receipts. Go kick some ass.
Dave

[Rich Lihou]

Thank for the response. Myself and another guy in the same boat with Holliday. Ass kicking in progress. Certainly takes the fun out of the project. Told my attorney is like finally getting a date with Heather Locklear after two years and she shows up at the door and has VD. Take care

[turnpike boy]

Originally Posted by Rich Lihou

....is like finally getting a date with Heather Locklear after two years and she shows up at the door and has VD.

And that would stop you????

[Tony Radford]

Heather Locklear is my dream babe. She is super hot. What were we talking about?

[ATexasSnake]

I am still amassing evidence of Daryl Hollidays incompetence re: the car he was supposed to have built for me, (It was never finished), and what was done was; well, stay tuned for more info!!!

[Michael P. Wole]

The dieing and toy thing.....he still dies

[Woodz428]

Originally Posted by Michael P. Wole

The dieing and toy thing.....he still dies

and someone else gets his toys

[4RE KLR]

Didn't we go through this already once with him????

[ATexasSnake]

Well, Daryl always said he wanted to be famous and well known in the "Cobra replica" community, so just trying to help out.

[sigx97]

so did you ever get anything back?

[aks801]

Huntsville, TX huh? Any coincidence that is where the state prison is located? I'd double check the address...

[Seagull81]

Is Holliday using any certain brand of Cobra? Maybe you should contact the company or companies and ask them not to sell to him any more. I would think any reputable company would not want their product represented by a person like that.
Steve

[cobradude]

I live in Huntsville,TX just right down the road from Holliday Motorsports. He makes his own frames, bodies etc. If you've ever had an opportunity to visit his shop you would not be too impressed. Particularly once you've compared it to other Cobra builders. I'm not sure how he manages to "stay" in business as he does not openly advertise nor does he maintain any type of store front. All I can say without being to offensive is he's different. Probably best to stay away.

[AK1234]

I dont mean to be critical ... but who in their right mind pays for car in ful before ever seening it first. Why I say this is I;m in the HVAC business and we dont get a cent until after we are 30 days into a project and only paid for the labor and materials used LESS 10% .... I would rather by a completed car and there are many and see the product ... I dont know ..between this guy and Unique I dont know who is worse ..not delivering cars after taking paid in full. I;m in the worng business.

Ron

[496fe]

I just hope that this and other threads like it are read by as many people as possible. These guys stay in business because too many people are willing to put down deposits with just a picture in a book. As I write this, there are still people who ask for deposts for "reserving your place in line" or "starting your build".

I was one of those wishful thinkers about 16 years ago (Advanced Chassis). It took me 14 years ro build it - it was virtually a build from scratch. This time around, I bought the car with a credit card - no car, get your money back. I got my car and all the pieces in about two weeks.

Brian

[Road-N-Air]

Well it appears to be true "God does work in mysterious ways". On a recent visit to a friends Automotive repair shop I saw a replica of a Shelby Cobra in his drive. After inquiring about it he said it was for sale and if he didn't have so many irons in the fire he would buy it himself. (It was infact a great deal) The car in reference is Mr Lihou's Holliday Motorsports Cobra. The car wasn't running and would not crank, and after installing a new MSD 6A box and pick up coil in the distributor she fired right up. I contacted Mr. Daryl Holliday in regards to gathering info on the car, ie.. engine build, body and frame and the man was and has been arwesome and expidious in getting me info. The next day after bringing the car home Daryl had his son Daryl Jr. contact me about picking the car up and fixing any and all the problems that were connected to the car and was somewhat insistant in a professional way, I told Mr. Holliday that I owned the car now and he certainly didn't owe me a thing, his response was "that even though my name was on the title that his was on the car and would like to make his portion of the car right" and assured me that he would see that I was a happy camper and it wouldn't cost me a thing. So with that I gave them the car. His son Daryl Jr. is an awesome young man with a head for cars, he took the car and made all the repairs, replaced the water pump, added another coolant fan system, replaced a couple gaskets that were resulting in a couple minor oil leaks, extended the brake and gas pedals forward to give my long legs some manuvering room (which by the way I didn't expect at all, I simply mentioned that would be something for me to consider at some point), rejeted the carb and dialed it in perfectly, interior minor repairs made, and returned a "STREET SCREEMING MACHINE". The car runs like a dream and handles like it's driveing on a rail. The construction is by far of excellent quality, I have had the chief mechanic next to Alamo Performance in San Antonio look at and drive this car (he also made some adjustments) and he said he's probably driven at least 100 Cobras both original and replicas and this one is by far the best he'd driven and was impressed with Mr. Holliday's frame design. The engine is set back a few inches and aligned with the Jag final drive which is one reason it handles so darn well and with better weight distribution. One thing that people with hot rods of any kind should not forget is that there not Caddys and do require attention. I have read a few messages written in this forum in regards to Mr. Holliday and Holliday Motorsports (most of which are a year or so old) and I'm not running to the man's defense nor was I there when a couple buyers had there "problems", but for what ever it is worth my relationship has been nothing but positive. Can't everything be on a bad note after all Mr. Holliday raised his children and put them through school building Cobra's and restoring them for folks like us. By the way I happen to know that he is restoreing an original right now worth over $300K, so obviously he's doing something right. I don't know I could be crazy but when I do the math and you haved figured over 30 years of building and restoring these cars and to have only a couple people unhappy I guess ain't to bad. The funny thing thats makes me smirk a little is that if every builder of every car was 100% perfect we would be living in a perfect world... Not Happening!! LOL... Oh well My thanks to Mr. Lihou for the car, Both Mr. Hollidays for making it right, and God for sending them all my way... By the way my business is buying and selling, in which most of my efforts are directed to aircraft and aero-space related business. I treat all purchases from a business standpoint and with $30,000 and a crowbar to pry the Cobra keys from my hands takes it.. Take Care and give thanks for the miles we can drive and the sky we fly..

[496fe]

Hmmm. If I was trying to double my money (bought for $15,000 and selling for $30,000), I would tell the world how awesome it was too!

[CHANMADD]

I have built many Cobra's for guys and it has never taken more than 6 months including paintshop and custom header fab.Some people are born crooked!