Ok, so I heard lots of good things about Vinny @ Pampered Corvettes for rebuilding my fan clutch. I called him and told him about my clutch. He agreed to do the work.
So, I packed it up with payment and a letter asking him to do a complete cosmetic and mechanical restoration on it.
I just got the box back and he wrote on there that he doesn't want to do business with people like me............
He instructed me not to call him, so.....I guess....I won't call?
He's reacting to the following directions I wrote in the letter:
"You'll note that this fan clutch has a date stamp on it. Please take care to not disturb or remove the date in any way. This is the one that came with my car from the factory."
He highlighted that section, and in all capitals wrote the following:
I DO NOT APPRECIATE WHAT YOU PUT IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA. I'M NOT SOME IDIOT THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING! I HAVE RESTORED OVER 300 OF THESE SO FAR. I KNOW MORE ABOUT FAN CLUTCHES THAN ANYONE OUT THERE! I WILL NOT DO ANYMORE FOR YOU! (editorial, this is the first clutch I have ever sent him) DON'T BOTHER CALLING ME. I DON'T NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
................................wow. I'm dumbfounded. I didn't figure that request I made about the date (with using "please") would cause such a dramatic response. Had I have known that, I wouldn't have put that in there, and just included the payment in the box with my contact info. I think had I done that, he'd be working on my fan clutch right now.
So now I'm stuck. I want to judge the car again at Joplin in April, and I hear that the only other source for fan clutches is Fred Oliva and he takes over a year. If there isn't another source for fan clutch rebuilding, I guess I'll have to give up this one point.
Thoughts?
Signed, a very puzzled North Central NCRS Chapter member.....

P.S. Vinny, if you're reading this, know this. All I wanted was for you to do (what it turns out) you do anyway. That is to say, take good care of an original part, restore it, and return it to the owner. Not all vendors do that by default. To convince yourself of that, read about any number of members who have had their engine blocks decked after specifically asking the vendor not to. I was ready to be another satisfied customer of yours, like you appear to have many of already. I guess I'll have to take my business elsewhere.
So, I packed it up with payment and a letter asking him to do a complete cosmetic and mechanical restoration on it.
I just got the box back and he wrote on there that he doesn't want to do business with people like me............

He instructed me not to call him, so.....I guess....I won't call?

He's reacting to the following directions I wrote in the letter:
"You'll note that this fan clutch has a date stamp on it. Please take care to not disturb or remove the date in any way. This is the one that came with my car from the factory."
He highlighted that section, and in all capitals wrote the following:
I DO NOT APPRECIATE WHAT YOU PUT IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA. I'M NOT SOME IDIOT THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING! I HAVE RESTORED OVER 300 OF THESE SO FAR. I KNOW MORE ABOUT FAN CLUTCHES THAN ANYONE OUT THERE! I WILL NOT DO ANYMORE FOR YOU! (editorial, this is the first clutch I have ever sent him) DON'T BOTHER CALLING ME. I DON'T NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
................................wow. I'm dumbfounded. I didn't figure that request I made about the date (with using "please") would cause such a dramatic response. Had I have known that, I wouldn't have put that in there, and just included the payment in the box with my contact info. I think had I done that, he'd be working on my fan clutch right now.
So now I'm stuck. I want to judge the car again at Joplin in April, and I hear that the only other source for fan clutches is Fred Oliva and he takes over a year. If there isn't another source for fan clutch rebuilding, I guess I'll have to give up this one point.
Thoughts?
Signed, a very puzzled North Central NCRS Chapter member.....


P.S. Vinny, if you're reading this, know this. All I wanted was for you to do (what it turns out) you do anyway. That is to say, take good care of an original part, restore it, and return it to the owner. Not all vendors do that by default. To convince yourself of that, read about any number of members who have had their engine blocks decked after specifically asking the vendor not to. I was ready to be another satisfied customer of yours, like you appear to have many of already. I guess I'll have to take my business elsewhere.
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