Complaint Review: Drake Customs Recon Classics - lake havasu Arizona
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- Drake Customs Recon Classics 905 port st lake havasu, Arizona United States of America
- Phone: 9288553733,18776471193
- Web: drakecustoms.com
- Category: Auto Dealers
Drake Customs Recon Classics Bobby morris drake customs took 13000 for a car to be made and never give me a car or my money back lake havasu, Arizona
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Beware Ray Carmody and R3PP
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My name is David and I am writing to you in hopes that you can help me resolve a major problem I have encountered with a company located in Lake Havasu City, AZ. The company name is Drake Customs and they specialize in building custom mustangs, most notably, the 1967 GT 500 Eleanor from the movie Gone in 60 Seconds. Drake customs goes by the new name of Recon Classic, likely because of the scams they have been involved in.
I am a car builder myself, and have always been interested in owning a 1967 GT 500 Fastback for my collection. I discovered this company through a mustang magazine, and after doing my research, found the company to have great reviews, and even working closely with many major celebrities. With no doubt in my mind that I would receive a quality car from this company, I contacted them. I spoke several times to the owner of Drake Customs, named Raymond Carmody, and the manager, named Bobby Morris. They were very friendly and helpful and ensured a finished car that would be shipped to me in October of 2009. I was told by them, that they would not be able to finish the car without proper payment up front. Being excited, and having trust in the company, I paid Drake Customs the $13,004.60 balance for my car. This balance was divided over a nine month period. The first payment was made on January 26th, 2009, to purchase and to start the car. This bill came out to $4,000.00. The second bill was paid on February 23rd, 2009 for the completion of the car, for $5,000.00. The final bill was for the Eleanor kit to be purchased and installed. This was paid on September 11th, 2009, totaling $4,004.60. This makes my total $13,004.60. After October of 2009 came and went, Bobby Morris and Raymond Carmody continued to speak to me on the phone stating the car is almost finished. This went on for weeks, until I finally lost faith in the company and told them I wanted my money back, or the car as is. Neither has been received.
Over a year later, and I have spent countless hours fighting with my credit card company, my bank, and Drake customs, only to still be without a car and $13,004.60 less in my bank account. The Credit Card Company and bank will not help me due to the fact that 90 days have passed since the incident. Drake Customs does not answer any phone calls from a 516 area code any longer. They have even changed their company name and number.
I have researched drake customs over and over again, and have found that there are many more victims like me. Some people have even sent their own car to drake customs to be worked on, paid them $20,000.00 for parts, and now have no car and lost their money.
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#1 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Beware Ray Carmody and R3PP
AUTHOR: David - (United States)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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
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/reports/drake-customs/internet/drake-customs-recon-classic-car-bodies-and-performance-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.)
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