Streetbeasts doesn't play well with others...

Boy those Streetbeast guys are nice fellows. Hopefully that's enough to keep me from getting sued too.

http://techdirt.com/articles/20081031/0309292699.shtml

http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/streetbeasts-attacks-our-free-speech-frivolous-lawsuit-against-me-147173.html

PLEASE.... let these b*stards show up at any one of the many Carlisle events that I attend annually.

A couple of them dropped by when Chris and I were working on Lane's car a couple of years back (I remember seeing them over in their booth that year).

One of them commented that "their" kit was much easier in whatever we were working on at that particular time. I shot back, "Yeah? Does that include the 400 hours of custom fabricating needed on your kit and then STILL nothing fits?? THIS one's going together slick and everything fits!"

Guess I'll figure out how to do a Paypal transaction again - this is worth it.

I've known Jon Rubenstein from hotrodders.com for a little while - he's a stand-up guy who deserves our help.

Gordon

They should change their name from 'StreetBeasts' to 'StreetDicks'! Bwaaaaa Haaaaaaaa Haaaaaa

....... had I been there for that volley of works, you would have had to quell my outbursts via an adjustable wrench over my head.

When Street Beasts was known as Classic Motor Carriages (?), about 20 or so years ago, they took issue with an editor of a kit car industry newsletter for his exposee of their shoddy business practices (incomplete kits, back orders that were never filled, etc.). Back then, CMC was the largest kit car manufacturer in the industry. CMC nearly bankrupted the editor with their lawsuits over a three year period. To his credit, the editor never gave up and continued his expose to anyone who would listen. Car and Driver magazine even had onging updates on the proceedings for many years. Finally the Florida Attorney General got off his dead ass and indicted CMC. CMC declared bankruptcy, re-organized and reappeared as StreetBeasts with many of the same priciples still owning the business.

Sad part was, their product really was pretty darn good - if you could get your parts. Fiberfab was mixed up in the affair somehow also, and they made good stuff too. Sounds like the tiger has not changed it's stripes.