Buyer Beware - Rick Ehrenberg

HEMI-ITIS said

1st I'll say I always tell buyers NOT to buy a crate engine or if it's used it must be at least partially disassembled for inspection.Now,,,,even if every cylinder were not looked at,rust and pitting would have been evident.So,,,,,IMO this rust occurred after the purchase.
I am surprised the buyer did not even "go through" the used engine before installation!
Rick has been around this hobby a long time and so have I:realcrazy:
Have NEVER heard a bad word about Rick and was surprised to read the beginning of this thread.

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This is the reply from the supposed "'engine builder" that was mentioned by the op..........

QUOTE"Let me clarify some things,

My father is gone 9 years , he could barely walk or see since 2007 so we are talking about 11 years at a minimum since an engine was built by him. I can count on one hand the 340 engines I have built since then. Most of those engines are being built right now in my shop.

Rick claims my father built the engine which is fine by me if he did , but I’d like some proof. Every engine that had any type of service other then a hot tank job has a job identification number on it. We started doing this in the mid 1980’s to keep track of this very thing, possible fraud. Back then there was 6-8 machine shops in a 20 mile radius and everyone had a muscle car. We constantly caught people selling parts off that “LOU MACHINED” that never entered our facility. Even some complete engines and car builds. So if someone sold an engine to Rick and told him my father built it it wouldn’t be earth shattering to me that it may be “FAKE NEWS”.

I think this is [censored] all these years later that my father who’s is not here to set it straight gets pulled into something that has IMO nothing to do with him.

I would like some clarity as to where the engine came from (people) and how it got to Rick."
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