Y2KSVT
Hard-core CEG'er
As some of you may know, I've decided to put my SVT up for sale in the classifieds. Shortly after, I received a PM by a gentleman who calls himself "Bret." His username on CEG is Bloostd. He expressed interest in purchasing the car, and asked for some more pictures. I sent him quite a few interior shots, and told him a little more about the car. He seemed happy with my honesty, when he sent me this PM:
"i really appreciate your honesty.
i am seriously interested. i usually dont say this much but there isnt any point in buying a new car IMO- the price is reasonable... but i understand hard work into a car. reason being ive done all those things and then some to my SHO... including paint-
www.shophoenixproject.com/feature/shongo
if you could please send me some more pictures via email. and if you have any videos of it... it would be welcomed... thanks a bunch
-Bret Jamison
USAF"
I thought I'd bait him, so I replied with:
"Bret,
Basically, all of the pictures you see is what I have on my computer. I might be able to find a few more. I do have some small video of the car, both on the street and on the dyno. I'll see if I can't get those to you through email. What's your email address?
And nice SHO! Did you do all of the painting and powdercoating yourself? And a 13.3 is a pretty quick time. I've had 2 SHO's, both red 93's. One ATX and one MTX. Do you still have the SHO?
Mark"
Here was his response:
"Sho is blown up sitting in michigan, i ended up pulling the block again putting in 8.5:1 weisco in it... putting a t55- turbonetics ball bearing turbo FMIC all that stuff, putting out 402 @ the wheels with 8 psi and 436 FWTQ. i got ballsy racing a new z06 and squirted aswell... so spun a main rod. damaged the crank- sheared itl.
Yes i did the paint work. i had my buddy do the powdercoat for me. but i powdercoated everything... subframe... literally almost everything i could.
email is- ***************
Thanks alot,
I'm still interested in the car
-Bret"
Now, this is where it gets good. Here is the PM I just sent him. Not even our friend Bret knows that I'm onto him. Read on, and enjoy:
"Bret,
I was just curious if you realized that I am from Indiana. And not just Indiana, but Fort Wayne, Indiana. Now I'm sure you thought I'd fall for your scam, but it's not working. That SHO belongs to Chuck Curtis, a good friend of mine. That is an Indiana license plate, and a plate that I am very familiar with, as I've attended several car shows with Chuck. Now, I'm sure he's not going to be very happy when he hears that some guy from California is posing as the owner of his car. As a matter of fact, that is Chuck in one of the pictures in that link. That picture of the SHO, fully stripped down and ready for paint, was taken in the old Dimension Ford West building here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. How would I know? Because I used to work there, and again, I am good friends with Chuck. The car was painted in the Dimension Ford West paint booth. Chuck also had all of his powdercoating done by a gentleman here in Fort Wayne. Again, how would I know? Because I was with Chuck when he received quite a few of those parts, and was installing them. Another funny thing, is that I was at the track the night Chuck ran that 13.3 pass. Now Bret, I'm sure you wouldn't be asking me for tons of pictures of my car, so you can pass it off as your own, would you? Trust me, I know a lot more about that particular SHO that you'll ever know. Now please, remove yourself from this website, as this kind of behavior is not welcome here. If you've read this far Bret, you probably feel like a real idiot, and I hope you do. Good luck with your pathetic attempts of internet scamming. Next time, you might want to do a little bit of research.
Mark"
Now hopefully this sends a message out to all of you internet scamming idiots, who try to take credit for other people's hard work. "Bret" better hope I don't find out, that he's using my pictures to create another internet scam. It won't take me long to find a lot of information on our friend "Bret Jamison," especially if that's his real name, and if he really is in the USAF like one of his PM signatures states. Just thought I would share what I've encountered on this site, and hopefully nobody else falls for it.
Mark
"i really appreciate your honesty.
i am seriously interested. i usually dont say this much but there isnt any point in buying a new car IMO- the price is reasonable... but i understand hard work into a car. reason being ive done all those things and then some to my SHO... including paint-
www.shophoenixproject.com/feature/shongo
if you could please send me some more pictures via email. and if you have any videos of it... it would be welcomed... thanks a bunch
-Bret Jamison
USAF"
I thought I'd bait him, so I replied with:
"Bret,
Basically, all of the pictures you see is what I have on my computer. I might be able to find a few more. I do have some small video of the car, both on the street and on the dyno. I'll see if I can't get those to you through email. What's your email address?
And nice SHO! Did you do all of the painting and powdercoating yourself? And a 13.3 is a pretty quick time. I've had 2 SHO's, both red 93's. One ATX and one MTX. Do you still have the SHO?
Mark"
Here was his response:
"Sho is blown up sitting in michigan, i ended up pulling the block again putting in 8.5:1 weisco in it... putting a t55- turbonetics ball bearing turbo FMIC all that stuff, putting out 402 @ the wheels with 8 psi and 436 FWTQ. i got ballsy racing a new z06 and squirted aswell... so spun a main rod. damaged the crank- sheared itl.
Yes i did the paint work. i had my buddy do the powdercoat for me. but i powdercoated everything... subframe... literally almost everything i could.
email is- ***************
Thanks alot,
I'm still interested in the car
-Bret"
Now, this is where it gets good. Here is the PM I just sent him. Not even our friend Bret knows that I'm onto him. Read on, and enjoy:
"Bret,
I was just curious if you realized that I am from Indiana. And not just Indiana, but Fort Wayne, Indiana. Now I'm sure you thought I'd fall for your scam, but it's not working. That SHO belongs to Chuck Curtis, a good friend of mine. That is an Indiana license plate, and a plate that I am very familiar with, as I've attended several car shows with Chuck. Now, I'm sure he's not going to be very happy when he hears that some guy from California is posing as the owner of his car. As a matter of fact, that is Chuck in one of the pictures in that link. That picture of the SHO, fully stripped down and ready for paint, was taken in the old Dimension Ford West building here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. How would I know? Because I used to work there, and again, I am good friends with Chuck. The car was painted in the Dimension Ford West paint booth. Chuck also had all of his powdercoating done by a gentleman here in Fort Wayne. Again, how would I know? Because I was with Chuck when he received quite a few of those parts, and was installing them. Another funny thing, is that I was at the track the night Chuck ran that 13.3 pass. Now Bret, I'm sure you wouldn't be asking me for tons of pictures of my car, so you can pass it off as your own, would you? Trust me, I know a lot more about that particular SHO that you'll ever know. Now please, remove yourself from this website, as this kind of behavior is not welcome here. If you've read this far Bret, you probably feel like a real idiot, and I hope you do. Good luck with your pathetic attempts of internet scamming. Next time, you might want to do a little bit of research.
Mark"
Now hopefully this sends a message out to all of you internet scamming idiots, who try to take credit for other people's hard work. "Bret" better hope I don't find out, that he's using my pictures to create another internet scam. It won't take me long to find a lot of information on our friend "Bret Jamison," especially if that's his real name, and if he really is in the USAF like one of his PM signatures states. Just thought I would share what I've encountered on this site, and hopefully nobody else falls for it.
Mark
On the other hand, I can't believe you are selling your car. I have thought of doing the same, but I just can't. I'm afraid the Contour will haunt me at night if I do.