I took my classic car to Clint Turner, explained to him the situation and had him look at the car. He determined/confirmed it needed an engine rebuild, so we talked about the best option and he cut me a great deal on the rebuild. Actually we determined to put a new rebuilt engine he was saving for one of his cars into mine. The price and option sounded great, so I gave the go ahead. It took over 4 months for me to finally get the car back, but once I did the car ran fantastic and I was happy with it. Literally 1000 miles later, an internal part of the new engine broke, and took out all of the internals. The engine had to be rebuilt, again. I called Clint Turner, who did that work, and explained the situation, and he told me it was a worn out part and that basically it wasn't his fault. After going back and forth, it was determined that I would have to replace all the damaged parts, which I already paid for in the first rebuild, (about $500-$600), and he would do the labor for free. I wasn't happy with this arrangement, but I accepted just to get the car back. It took over 7 months of me going by there once a week for him to finally get around it.in those 7 months, the new paint job on the car was scratched and damaged, the windows were left with a slight crack in them and rain and water leaked into the car causing the brand new interior and top and carpet to mildew, and the floorboards to start rusting. When I finally was able to pick the car up, the car ran terribly (wouldn't go past 35mph) and would drink a whole tank of gas in less than 30 miles. This was about a year ago, and I am still experiencing costly repairs thanks to Clint Turner.in fact, I've have to rework almost everything he did, and now, I just found out he didn't properly set the CAM timing, so this will be another at least $300. I could have bought a new engine twice in what Clint has cost me.
Clint and his staff are nice people, but do not take your car there. This isn't an attack on the quality of people there, but it does illustrate the caliber of work they do.
In the first year I owned this car, Clint had it more than I did.
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