Let me tell you, those tubs are the best I’ve seen, they look like they came from the assembly line with a few extra goodies. I was fortunate to visit Teseven, Fabien even made one of brass for himself. Master craftsman.
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Curtice
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They had a year backlog...I ordered last summer. I feel terrible for them, they had great service and was looking forward to the tub. As for me, I’m worried because I put half the money down payment. This will likely set them waaaay back, even with insurance coverage. I hope they are and back on their feet soon. I will let you know when I hear anything from them.
scoobiedubes
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Is that a FJ45LV in the bulding?
More aftermath pictures here:
It does look like an LV back there
I hope they were well insured, but as many of us know insurance / money can't replace irreplaceable pieces. Whether you liked their work or not they were certainly cruiser fans just like the rest of us, maybe with different tastes. I guess I hope it was an accident, hate to believe the worst in humanity! I hope any customers of theirs whose projects were affected will still be taken care of somehow, but there are a lot of broken cruiser hearts out there right now...
1MOA
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The French pages are explaining that the shop has 3 different vendors and at some point one of the other vendors had a fire that spread to the entire business building. It will be an insurance cluster that is universal unless there is something extraordinary about the French insurance and legal system that I am not aware of.
Fabien has posted some photos of the aftermath on their FB page, pretty sad.
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Vulcan
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Brutal. I put down a deposit in July 2018 for an early FJ40 full tub that was a "custom" build at the time since they weren't making pre '74 tubs at the time. Been waiting 22 months for a tub on a frame off resto.
Anyone else that ordered... what are you doing now? Waiting to see if they reopen, asking for refund, other? I'm trying to get refunded so I can order something else and move on with my project. It's not clear when, or if, that will happen.
Anyone else that ordered... what are you doing now? Waiting to see if they reopen, asking for refund, other? I'm trying to get refunded so I can order something else and move on with my project. It's not clear when, or if, that will happen.
I'm pretty sure Fabien will re-open, that's his passion and his tubs are like no other, simply the best!! I was fortunate to visit his shop in 2014.
Curtice
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They told me the other day that they would get back to me with my options, after they get through insurance. I’m hoping for a refund too. I want to support them, but have to imagine my half tub won’t be a priority for them and will take forever to get completed, given thy they lost multiple full vehicles. I’m hoping they just offer a refund.
Curtice
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A few photos that teseven texted.
JohnnyC
Long ago TLCA# 2231
Having survived a house fire... those are painful to look at ... had nice collection of cruiser stuff turn to dust as well... those poor matchbox cars ... poor 45
Such a shame ... my heart goes out to them
Such a shame ... my heart goes out to them
Hi, Any new news? Mike
Any news? Mike
1MOA
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I have emailed her several times over the last few months and have never received any replies.
Curtice
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I received a full refund from them about 3 months ago. They were very responsive and gave me no problems at all. Not sure what their future is. Hopefully everyone like me did or will get taken care of.
I just saw this thread through a link from another post. Wow, this is an unbelievable loss. Another great tragedy in 2020.
Sigh....
Hi, Anyone have an update ? Mike
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