Car restoration service near Startzville, TX

I took my horse trailer to them for sandblasting, prime and paint. I was quoted as to a turn around time of 3 weeks. It took over 14 weeks. I showed up twice after being told to come and get it and it was still not ready. When I did come pick it up, I was very disappointed. The owners even said that it did not come out the way they had hoped. They gave several excuses as for as the weather and the lighting in the shop. They did not prep the trailer and cover things that I thought they would have. I made a comment about the pads inside the trailer that are there for the horses to lean up against being uncovered when he painted and thus having the spray of the paint on them. The owner answered that he didn't think the horses would mind. I'm not painted the trailer for the horses??? The color did not go on consistently and thus I have patches of darker gray in some places than others. The few areas that he did cover where done so with half the effort. The sign that has the weight of the trailer and other info that I specially said I want covered was covered with one little piece of tape and thus the edges are painted on the sign. Overall a poor job. I cannot speak to his work for smaller items, but given that this was a big job for a high price, I would have expected a better outcome. I painted the trailer because I was embarrassed to drive it, well after 14 weeks of not having a trailer to ride the horses this summer and I am still embarrassed.

Very happy with result. The care looked brand new! Friendly and helped me out with an additional minor issue. Glad to support this small business and will recommend to friends and family!

I bought a VW from George's that was supposed to take two weeks to get ready while the "engine was rebuilt". It wound up taking almost two months. The engine died on the way home. After he supposedly fixed it, it still kept stalling and not idling. When I complained he told me that the car was sold with no guarantees and to fix it myself. I got less than 1000 miles on the engine before it blew. When I called George he told me that I could pay him to fix it. When I explained how he sold me a car with a new rebuilt engine he told me tough luck (in so many words). After paying a premium price for the car I wasn't about to take it back to George. I wound up taking it to another shop in San Antonio that has a much better reputation. He disassembled the motor and showed me how it had not been rebuilt and in fact was just a worn out motor that George tried to pass off as a rebuild. I have no idea how he has maintained a 5 Star rating. If you don't believe my review please call and talk to the folks in the VW club as well as various local VW auto parts stores. George's Buggy Shop is infamous. On the plus side his sons seem to be nice kids. I had to fix the repairs they made anyhow myself. At least they were well spoken and polite. So is George until you want him to back up his "work". I've owned over 70 air-cooled VWs, managed a large air-cooled VW parts warehouse, and have worked for VW of America. I've never run across, what I consider to be, a bigger crook than George's Buggy Shop.