I'm giving him until Mid-February to make some sort of progress. If not, I've already decided to do just that. I'll either just take the car or tell him to stop when he reaches $10,000.00 of material and labor on it.
You are not the only one with one of those T shirts.
Just go pick up the car and parts before he sells parts.
Was involved in a court case in Calgary involving a rod shop. He had screwed a number of people. If nothing else came out of it, he shut down with his reputation in the basement of the outhouse.