" Idiot driver" "dead beat trucking company" .... sounds like your future has alot of phone hangups in it LOL

Try a civil approach and pratice patience and you will probably get your needs met with as little pain as possible.

The truck driver contacted the trucking co. as soon as the car was pulled off the truck.
The paperwork that he gave me that night had several views of a car on it, he drew all over the one that had the roof view. He also wrote that the damage was done in shipping and signed it. I bought the car from a classic dealer in Cali. I have been in contact with them and they said they have all sorts of pics to proove there was no damage when the car was picked up, and they will turn them over to a lawyer if it goes that far. I will find out if payment was made by tomorrow morning, if it was then my car can begin being fixed, if not, I call a lawyer.
It's so crazy that it has to come to this ,
I guess no one can man up to their mistakes any more.

Just because I'm talking like this on a forum doesn't mean that's how I speak with them on the phone.

Rharp, was the shipper one of the major carriers like Passport, Intercity, etc?

As soon as everything is fixed,payed for, and in my garage I will say the name of the shipper. I will say that the shop got a partial payment yesterday, so we are moving in the right direction now...

Glad things are moving in the right direction. It still sucks but if they pay for the repairs without lawyers, that's good.

Thanks Hank... And I agree 100%

Im sure they will treat you right as they dont want a negative feedback on their business and accidents do happen .

It was so nice to hear that even partial payment was made to the shop. We all wish you the best on getting this resolved quickly.

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