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WARNING - DRAKE CUSTOMS!!!!!

Johnny M

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This was posted over on the Eleanor Forum.....Doesn't sound too good..... :hide

okay so i was one of the people who gave raymond carmody (DRAKE CUSTOMS) $13000 for a new coupe to fastback conversion and a eleanor kit.As we know drake customs burned alot of people for money and cars.. it all started jan 2009 they needed 9000 to start with the shell so i sent them a payment using my credit card company (capital one).the car was done they said june 2009 they needed 2000 to make the eleanor kit they called me about a few weeks later and said they need 2000 more to install the kit and then the car is getting shipped so i sent the payment..i called them about a month later and this is when everything started going wrong they kept telling me about they had a hard time getting a clean title for my car and to give them afew weeks so everyday for 6 months it was the same story about a title seach. so june 2010 i called and said i want my money back they cryed saying we have no money so i called my credit card company and asked for cash back from the 13000 and for 3 months my credit car company said they cant help me its past 90 days.so i called bobby morris from drake customs and he said we will sent up a payment plan after the new year. i called then on dec 20 and the number of drake customs is not in service. 928-855-3733. i dont know what to do im out of 13000 dollars and i just got engaged and can really use that money..i know the have a new company called recon classics 1877-647-1193 but no one is there to pickup the voice mail just says they dont have people to anwser the phone to leave a message and they will call me back. i think some how we should get everyone together who got burned from drake and set a time and day and fly to arizona and go to there 3 addresses i had found.i even found bobby morris home # and address we can go there too. if anyone knows what i can do please let me know or if anyone knows anyone with the same problem give them my email faraci1@hotmail.com. if anyone is in arizona i would pay you to get my money back. lets get these guys why should they have our hard earned money!!!!!!!!!!
 
They are all over the Nov 2010 Car Caft too... in those articles they are referred to as Recon Classic Car Bodies.

I never liked how they used the coupes "straight roof rail" as opposed to the curved roof rail on a real fastback roof.
 
I sympathize for the guys who lost money, but I was never impressed with Drake Customs to begin with. If you are spending that kind of money, go for the Dynacorn shell.
 
I'll admit to not following or knowing the full story but it sounds like they take money build a little then start another company leaving all the creditors and bills behind.
 
I would pretty much never pay someone that much $ unless they were local and I could check in from time to time.
 
"Fast68back" said:
Are these the same yahoos that did the conversion in the article they did in Mustang&Fords magazine?
Yes they are the same ones. It sounds like they have taken over 20 customers for a ride. Rich.
 
1. Find out where (in what state) the company is registered and establish what type of entity it is... limited liability company, corporation, etc.
2. Not that it matters now but see if they are current in their state filings- annual report etc. and get the name of the agent for service of process.
3. Get your contracts and written agreements together.
4. Call an attorney and proceed to file your claim against them ASAP so that ultimately the courts can get you a judgement.
5. And the hardest of the hardest parts!... Try and collect on the judgement.

At the same time see if there is enough in the group to go after them in a class action.

Overall, you're probably burned big time and even if they start another company your attorney can potentially explore how you might have them on criminal charges for potential misrepresentations and theft of your money.... Call the cops before filing with the courts if you have sufficient grounds either individually or as a group. Talk to your attorney. Police will be looking to arrest if they have sufficient probable cause. You may still not get anything but it's harder for felons (but in this day and age not impossible for them) to reestablish businesses only to appear like cockroaches somewhere else and defraud others.

More likely they started out well intentioned, did not manage the business well and were undercapitalized and that's when the stalling, potential lying and excuses started kicking in.
 
"Fast68back" said:
Are these the same yahoos that did the conversion in the article they did in Mustang&Fords magazine?

Yes, the 68 cpe that editor, Mark Houlahan, bought for his kid which became an expensive feature series re conversion at Drake. Mark Houlahan gave them heavy accolades as to their work and the project took a month. This, compared to the folks who got zip! Wonder if this series he wrote had anything to do with his demotion a peg from editor to tech editor.
 
Re: WARNING - DRAKE CUSTOMS!!!!! new info posted

[admin]I decided to remove the prior post. If you (the original poster) would like to discuss it, feel free to PM me.[/admin]
So, you took the time to register to become a member not because you have an interest in Mustangs but to promote your line of work?

Is this correct?
 
"Fast68back" said:
Sounds like he is putting together a group for a lawsuit

You guys are being too generous. Sounded to me like he needed to go back and repeat 3rd grade English.
 
BEWARE OF RAY CARMODY

AND R3 PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS

502 / 602 / 604 N. Redbud Avenue

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-957-5090




Raymond Brian Carmody II

AKA Ray Carmody

AKA Brian Carmody

COO, R3 Performance Products

Tulsa Home (Sold in May 2022)

11963 S 274th E Avenue

Coweta, OK 74429

714-679-5506 CELL

562-448-3115 CELL

714-785-7934 CELL

760-364-3001 Work CA

ray@r3pp.com

CA Home (Original Home)

1240 Birch Tree Court

La Habra, CA 90631

AZ Home (Current Home)

1715 Onyx Lane,

Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403



SEX: M HAIR: BROWN EYES: GREEN HEIGHT: 5’ 11” WEIGHT: 218 DOB: XX/XX/1978



Raymond Brian Carmody II is a convicted criminal con man and felon with a long history of cheating people out of their money and sometimes their automobiles. Carmody is currently on probation in the State of Arizona for 3 counts of felony theft from customers from his previous and now defunct company Drake Customs LLC of 3979 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86404, phone number 928-855-3733. His Probation Officer is Terra Sears of the Mohave County Probation Department of 515 E. Beale Street, Kingman, Arizona, 86401, phone number 928-753-0741, extension 5405, tsears@courts.az.gov. His company R3 Performance Products is currently paying Carmody’s $1,300 per month restitution to the State of Arizona to clear his $216,962.60 debt to six Drake Customs victims; Frank Gok, Eddie Diaz, Robert Delord, Brian Schultz, Randy Formby, and Robert Moehring. He plead guilty under Arizona case number S-8015-CR-201200166 on August 9th, 2013. Carmody was given 5 years probation, violated it, and then given another 5 years probation on February 1st, 2019.



Carmody had been previously sued by customer Luke Walters under Arizona case number CV-201002314 on October 18th, 2010 for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and fraud related to restoration of his 1968 Chevrolet Camaro and damages of $80,689.29. Carmody was also sued by Raymond Alabama under California case number CIVDS1607125 for negligence and fraud related to personal injury and falsifying an automobile title and paperwork on May 6th, 2016. Carmody and R3 Performance Products were sued by customer Joshua Reis of 1611 12th Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90019, phone number 323-893-5480, mail@joshuareis.com, under California case number SCVA2000647 on June 11th, 2020 for poor workmanship, fit and finish issues, and damages of $10,000 to his body shell and parts during “reconditioning” of his 1966 Mustang convertible.



Carmody has operated in the automotive restoration and body shell business under the names Drake Customs LLC, Recon Classic Car Bodies, Recon Performance Products, West Coast Commercial Services and now R3 Performance Products. Ray currently has a side shop at 20211 E. 83rd St. So. in Broken Arrow, OK for off-the-books projects.



According to former R3 General Manager, Bill Schaffhouser, Carmody and R3 were (and still are) under investigation by Christopher Jones of the San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Office, phone number 760-366-4175, cajones@sbcsd.org, related to multiple customer complaints of VIN tampering and fraud when they decided to abruptly move from California to Oklahoma in 2019. Covid and the move to Oklahoma helped delay these ongoing investigations. Mr. Schaffhouser was told by the Sheriff’s office that they considered R3 a “chop shop.” Mr. Schaffhouser can be reached for addition background information at 951-553-0292. Mr. Schaffhouser has also spoken to Ray’s Probation Officer, Terra Sears, Johannes Van Den Hoogen of the FBI, 949-933-6564, and Joseph Perea of the California DMV Investigations, 951-697-6779, joseph.perea@dmv.ca.gov about Ray and R3.



More recently an R3 customer in Oklahoma, Mr. Thomas Christopher Hall of 4210 Woodmark Drive, Harrah, Oklahoma 73045, phone number 405-249-0280, tchris.hall72@yahoo.com, has filed a complaint with the Broken Arrow Police Department, case number 22-49905, under Detective Mikka Mooney, phone number 918-829-1296, mmooney@brokenarrowok.gov, because his 1968 Ford Mustang, VIN 8F02X17674 was to be “restored” by R3 under the direction of Ray Carmody but the car he received from R3 didn’t have its Ford factory stamped VIN number. Carmody and R3 didn’t restore his car. They built him a car with a new unlicensed and unofficial R3 Mustang body shell and illegally moved his dash VIN tag from his original body shell to this new car. Which is VIN TAMPERING. His original factory stamped VIN number remains on his original body shell, which he has demanded be returned, but has disappeared within the Ray Carmody off-the-books operation somewhere between Oklahoma, Arizona and California. This is THEFT. His original 1968 Ford Mustang fastback body shell, rust and all, is worth about $25,000 as is. Ray Carmody misrepresented that Mr. Hall’s Mustang would retain its value due to R3PP’s Official Mustang and Bronco Body Shell and Reconditioning License from The Ford Motor Company. Ray Carmody knew full well that Mr. Hall’s Mustang wasn’t reconditioned, which simply means restoring his original body shell, and that new body Mustang builds are not as valuable as all-original vehicles. And the R3PP Ford body shell license had expired on September 30th, 2020 BEFORE Mr. Hall’s Mustang was completed and delivered in January 2021. Mr. Hall’s project was not submitted to Ford as a reconditioning nor a new body shell and no licensing fee was paid to Ford. The final invoice given to Mr. Hall at that time says Official Licensed Ford Body Shell Reconditioning, which it was not reconditioned or licensed by Ford. R3 gave Mr. Hall a car, which he has over $200,000 invested in, that he CANNOT legally drive and CANNOT legally sell. This is obviously major FRAUD. BAPD is currently investigating. Mr. Hall filed suit against R3 and Ray Carmody for fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, breach of contract, etc. under Oklahoma case #CJ-2022-3350 on 11/4/2022.



Additional Legal Cases in Ray Carmody’s Home County of Orange, California:

Carmody Raymond B Respondent 93D08235 Aug 24, 1993

Carmody Ray Defendant 93FL9004 Dec 17, 1993

Carmody Raymond Brian Defendant 97NT2839 Nov 5, 1997

Carmody Ray Brian Defendant 558293 Apr 6, 1999

Carmody Raymond Brian Defendant KR2413 Aug 10, 1999

Carmody Raymond B Petitioner 01D001591 Feb 21, 2001

Carmody Raymond Brian Defendant 646330 Feb 26, 2001

Carmody II Raymond Brian Defendant 02CC11090 Jun 25, 2002

Carmody Ray Brian Defendant LH370939 Jan 18, 2005

Carmody Ray Brian Defendant IRM240299 Sep 24, 2005

Carmody Ray Brian Defendant FL806604 Jan 3, 2008

Carmody Ray B Respondent 08D004391 May 14, 2008

Carmody Ray Brian Defendant PL287521 Jan 6, 2009



Additional R3 Persons of Interest

Bradley “Brad” Don Goodin (Ray’s hand-picked General Manager for R3 in Broken Arrow / Tulsa)

11908 S. 227th W. Avenue, Sapulpa, OK 74066 – 918-406-2292 CELL / 918-957-5090 Work

Oklahoma Case 420-CR-00181-GKF – Plead Guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact with 3 Minors under 12 on April 28th, 2021. This former Bristow Police Officer was arrested November 14th, 2019 prior to being hired at R3 with Ray’s full knowledge. He is currently serving 15 years in Federal prison. Also charged with Felony possession of 21 firearms.



Kristin Hughes (Carmody) For More Info:

Original R3 Office Manager, Ray’s Common Law Wife Google “Ray Carmody Scam” or “Ray Carmody Fraud”

909-460-5544 / 760-909-0846 CELL (Keeper of Ray’s Secrets) https://www.stangfix.com/threads/r3pp.24573/

Kristin@r3pp.com / kmhrbc@yahoo.com https://www.ripoffreport.com/report...ormance-classic-mustang-fraud-internet-643707

https://www.allfordmustangs.com/threads/1967-mustang-coupe-to-fastback-conversion.101863/page-2

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/eleanorinspired1967mustangfastback/drake-customs-t2378.html



Bill Schaffhouser *BE ADVISED – Despite their continued claims

Previous General Manager, R3 Performance Products otherwise, to be clear, R3 IS NOT FORD LICENSED

531 Old Woman Springs Rd., Yucca Valley, CA 92284 in any way, shape, or form. R3 lost their Official

760-364-3001 Work Ford licensing on 9/30/2020. The Ford contacts

760-818-2897 CELL are Kevin Powell at licparts@ford.com and

951-533-0292 CELL David Rudd at drudd13@ford.com. BEWARE OF R3!

bills@r3pp.com / bschaff1@aol.com

(Past R3 GM. Contact him for more on R3 and Ray’s criminal history. He is more than happy to fill in the details.)
 
This was posted over on the Eleanor Forum.....Doesn't sound too good..... :hide

okay so i was one of the people who gave raymond carmody (DRAKE CUSTOMS) $13000 for a new coupe to fastback conversion and a eleanor kit.As we know drake customs burned alot of people for money and cars.. it all started jan 2009 they needed 9000 to start with the shell so i sent them a payment using my credit card company (capital one).the car was done they said june 2009 they needed 2000 to make the eleanor kit they called me about a few weeks later and said they need 2000 more to install the kit and then the car is getting shipped so i sent the payment..i called them about a month later and this is when everything started going wrong they kept telling me about they had a hard time getting a clean title for my car and to give them afew weeks so everyday for 6 months it was the same story about a title seach. so june 2010 i called and said i want my money back they cryed saying we have no money so i called my credit card company and asked for cash back from the 13000 and for 3 months my credit car company said they cant help me its past 90 days.so i called bobby morris from drake customs and he said we will sent up a payment plan after the new year. i called then on dec 20 and the number of drake customs is not in service. 928-855-3733. i dont know what to do im out of 13000 dollars and i just got engaged and can really use that money..i know the have a new company called recon classics 1877-647-1193 but no one is there to pickup the voice mail just says they dont have people to anwser the phone to leave a message and they will call me back. i think some how we should get everyone together who got burned from drake and set a time and day and fly to arizona and go to there 3 addresses i had found.i even found bobby morris home # and address we can go there too. if anyone knows what i can do please let me know or if anyone knows anyone with the same problem give them my email faraci1@hotmail.com. if anyone is in arizona i would pay you to get my money back. lets get these guys why should they have our hard earned money!!!!!!!!!!
BEWARE OF RAY CARMODY

AND R3 PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS

502 / 602 / 604 N. Redbud Avenue

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

918-957-5090




Raymond Brian Carmody II

AKA Ray Carmody

AKA Brian Carmody

COO, R3 Performance Products

Tulsa Home (Sold in May 2022)

11963 S 274th E Avenue

Coweta, OK 74429

714-679-5506 CELL

562-448-3115 CELL

714-785-7934 CELL

760-364-3001 Work CA

ray@r3pp.com

CA Home (Original Home)

1240 Birch Tree Court

La Habra, CA 90631

AZ Home (Current Home)

1715 Onyx Lane,

Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403



SEX: M HAIR: BROWN EYES: GREEN HEIGHT: 5’ 11” WEIGHT: 218 DOB: XX/XX/1978



Raymond Brian Carmody II is a convicted criminal con man and felon with a long history of cheating people out of their money and sometimes their automobiles. Carmody is currently on probation in the State of Arizona for 3 counts of felony theft from customers from his previous and now defunct company Drake Customs LLC of 3979 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86404, phone number 928-855-3733. His Probation Officer is Terra Sears of the Mohave County Probation Department of 515 E. Beale Street, Kingman, Arizona, 86401, phone number 928-753-0741, extension 5405, tsears@courts.az.gov. His company R3 Performance Products is currently paying Carmody’s $1,300 per month restitution to the State of Arizona to clear his $216,962.60 debt to six Drake Customs victims; Frank Gok, Eddie Diaz, Robert Delord, Brian Schultz, Randy Formby, and Robert Moehring. He plead guilty under Arizona case number S-8015-CR-201200166 on August 9th, 2013. Carmody was given 5 years probation, violated it, and then given another 5 years probation on February 1st, 2019.



Carmody had been previously sued by customer Luke Walters under Arizona case number CV-201002314 on October 18th, 2010 for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and fraud related to restoration of his 1968 Chevrolet Camaro and damages of $80,689.29. Carmody was also sued by Raymond Alabama under California case number CIVDS1607125 for negligence and fraud related to personal injury and falsifying an automobile title and paperwork on May 6th, 2016. Carmody and R3 Performance Products were sued by customer Joshua Reis of 1611 12th Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90019, phone number 323-893-5480, mail@joshuareis.com, under California case number SCVA2000647 on June 11th, 2020 for poor workmanship, fit and finish issues, and damages of $10,000 to his body shell and parts during “reconditioning” of his 1966 Mustang convertible.



Carmody has operated in the automotive restoration and body shell business under the names Drake Customs LLC, Recon Classic Car Bodies, Recon Performance Products, West Coast Commercial Services and now R3 Performance Products. Ray currently has a side shop at 20211 E. 83rd St. So. in Broken Arrow, OK for off-the-books projects.



According to former R3 General Manager, Bill Schaffhouser, Carmody and R3 were (and still are) under investigation by Christopher Jones of the San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Office, phone number 760-366-4175, cajones@sbcsd.org, related to multiple customer complaints of VIN tampering and fraud when they decided to abruptly move from California to Oklahoma in 2019. Covid and the move to Oklahoma helped delay these ongoing investigations. Mr. Schaffhouser was told by the Sheriff’s office that they considered R3 a “chop shop.” Mr. Schaffhouser can be reached for addition background information at 951-553-0292. Mr. Schaffhouser has also spoken to Ray’s Probation Officer, Terra Sears, Johannes Van Den Hoogen of the FBI, 949-933-6564, and Joseph Perea of the California DMV Investigations, 951-697-6779, joseph.perea@dmv.ca.gov about Ray and R3.



More recently an R3 customer in Oklahoma, Mr. Thomas Christopher Hall of 4210 Woodmark Drive, Harrah, Oklahoma 73045, phone number 405-249-0280, tchris.hall72@yahoo.com, has filed a complaint with the Broken Arrow Police Department, case number 22-49905, under Detective Mikka Mooney, phone number 918-829-1296, mmooney@brokenarrowok.gov, because his 1968 Ford Mustang, VIN 8F02X17674 was to be “restored” by R3 under the direction of Ray Carmody but the car he received from R3 didn’t have its Ford factory stamped VIN number. Carmody and R3 didn’t restore his car. They built him a car with a new unlicensed and unofficial R3 Mustang body shell and illegally moved his dash VIN tag from his original body shell to this new car. Which is VIN TAMPERING. His original factory stamped VIN number remains on his original body shell, which he has demanded be returned, but has disappeared within the Ray Carmody off-the-books operation somewhere between Oklahoma, Arizona and California. This is THEFT. His original 1968 Ford Mustang fastback body shell, rust and all, is worth about $25,000 as is. Ray Carmody misrepresented that Mr. Hall’s Mustang would retain its value due to R3PP’s Official Mustang and Bronco Body Shell and Reconditioning License from The Ford Motor Company. Ray Carmody knew full well that Mr. Hall’s Mustang wasn’t reconditioned, which simply means restoring his original body shell, and that new body Mustang builds are not as valuable as all-original vehicles. And the R3PP Ford body shell license had expired on September 30th, 2020 BEFORE Mr. Hall’s Mustang was completed and delivered in January 2021. Mr. Hall’s project was not submitted to Ford as a reconditioning nor a new body shell and no licensing fee was paid to Ford. The final invoice given to Mr. Hall at that time says Official Licensed Ford Body Shell Reconditioning, which it was not reconditioned or licensed by Ford. R3 gave Mr. Hall a car, which he has over $200,000 invested in, that he CANNOT legally drive and CANNOT legally sell. This is obviously major FRAUD. BAPD is currently investigating. Mr. Hall filed suit against R3 and Ray Carmody for fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, breach of contract, etc. under Oklahoma case #CJ-2022-3350 on 11/4/2022.



Additional R3 Persons of Interest

Bradley “Brad” Don Goodin (Ray’s hand-picked General Manager for R3 in Broken Arrow / Tulsa)

11908 S. 227th W. Avenue, Sapulpa, OK 74066 – 918-406-2292 CELL / 918-957-5090 Work

Oklahoma Case 420-CR-00181-GKF – Plead Guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact with 3 Minors under 12 on April 28th, 2021. This former Bristow Police Officer was arrested November 14th, 2019 prior to being hired at R3 with Ray’s full knowledge. He is currently serving 15 years in Federal prison. Also charged with Felony possession of 21 firearms.



Bill Schaffhouser *BE ADVISED – Despite their continued claims

Previous General Manager, R3 Performance Products otherwise, to be clear, R3 IS NOT FORD LICENSED

531 Old Woman Springs Rd., Yucca Valley, CA 92284 in any way, shape, or form. R3 lost their Official

760-364-3001 Work Ford licensing on 9/30/2020. The Ford contacts

760-818-2897 CELL are Kevin Powell at licparts@ford.com and

951-533-0292 CELL David Rudd at drudd13@ford.com. BEWARE OF R3!

bills@r3pp.com / bschaff1@aol.com

(Past R3 GM. Contact him for more on R3 and Ray’s criminal history. He is more than happy to fill in the details.)
 
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