Updates on KY-Turbo Shop for those who have been asking about progress on customer's
03-26-2012, 04:38 PM
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Updates on KY-Turbo Shop for those who have been asking about progress on customer's Disclaimer: Without going into any specifics as to who owned the parts below due to privacy issues and ongoing investigation, here is what is going on.
On Tuesday March 13, 2012 at approximately 7:00 AM Central Standard Time, I was contacted by the gentlemen that I lease the shop from advising me that my shop had been burglarized and that the Bowling Green Police Department were on the scene investigating. When I arrived at the shop it was easy to see how entry was made. There was a brick thrown through a window into the office area and also into the side door as well. Once inside the shop I did a quick walk thru to see what items were taken. Needless to say that list grows EVERYDAY! There are several customer's cars that are inside the shop at this point and parts were taken from nearly every car.
The burglary occurred at approximately 8:19 PM Central Standard Time on Monday March 12, 2012. I had just left the shop at right around 7:00 PM. The video shows two subjects wearing hoodies that walk up and down the parking lot twice between KY-Turbo and the Storage Units. One subject walks up to the window in the front office and throws a brick through the window. Both subjects ran and hid near the business that has the surveillance video. After a short time the subject makes entry into the front office. Later a light colored four-door car with a driver can be seen across two fences sitting in the Catholic School Parking Lot. The video shows the two subjects going under the face, across the grass lot and under the next fence to load stolen items in the vehicle. All in all they spent just over an hour inside and out of the property. Eventually they started sitting items outside and the same vehicle drives up Nugent Street and loads the remaining items until there was no more room inside the vehicle. Luckily several blow off valves, wastegates, and one turbo were found in a pile outside that they did not have room to fit inside the car. The only blessing is they didn't have a bigger vehicle to haul anything bigger than what they took. There were very few LSX specific items taken. These people knew exactly what they were stealing!
Front Office:
1x Garrett G47/88 Ball Bearing Turbo
1x PT88 Turbo T6
(Personal) HP Laptop
(Personal) Nikon D90 Camera and Lens
Firearms: All Personal
Double Star AR15 with Custom Mods
Gun Bag with:
Custom Dan Wesson 1911 45ACP
Berretta 92FS 9mm Mil Spec
Various Rifle/Handgun Magazines
Various Ammo
Remington 700 .308 Rifle and Scope
Rear Bathroom Storage Area:
1x Precision Pro Mod 88mm Turbo
1x Precision Pro Mod 91mm Turbo
Pro Mod Turbo Flanges
1x Aerospace Dual Rear Brake Calipers
1x BS3 Engine Management System
Holley DIS Coils
Callies Ultra Billet 6.125" LSX rods
Bosch 160lb Injectors
AEM Injector Driver
Rear Shop area:
1x Turbonetics 101mm Turbo
3x Turbonetics TC78 Turbo's (Off Black Camaro)
2x Tial 46mm WG's (off Black Camaro)
2x Precision CEA Billet wheel 76mm Turbo's and Charge Pipes (off Red mock up Clip)
Various Craftsman Hand tools from Black Tool Box
Miller Dynasty TIG welder and controls
Motron 60lb Injectors
Obvious questions:
Bowling Green Police Department gathered fingerprints from various locations throughout the shop and video was retrieved from an adjacent business. All parts that had serial number have been entered into the National Crime Information Center, or NCIC. Fingerprints have also been sent off and we are awaiting that information as well. It is obvious that this has set KY-Turbo back, thus it has set each customer back as well.
Was there insurance?
KY-Turbo had just expanded the shop doubling the capacity and the insurance company had a lapse in writing the policy. They were to send an agent out within the next week to view the expanded space and to give an estimate on the new policy
What happens to builds and customer's cars at this point?
I have spoken personally to each and every person that had a car or part here at the shop. I have assured each customer that I will do what is necessary to make things right. That being said, obviously this will not be an overnight fix. I am out of pocket the damages to each vehicle, build, or part that was stolen or damaged unless the customer's insurance agrees to cover that. If one customer decides to not accept this fact in a sense it will "rock the boat" and possibly "sink the ship." I would like to tell past, current, and future KY-Turbo customers that I have been in business and have built a name for myself and this shop and will not let this hamper the years of work and dedication that I've given to be at the point KY-Turbo was at prior to the burglary. Many shops have went under in the LS Turbo Game prior to this for various reasons and just walked away. I want to reassure you that is not the case, but this will take time to recover from. Please be patient with emails, phone calls, and my availability at this point. This past Wednesday, my Wife and I had our second baby boy. Reed Monroe Jenkins and Mom are both doing fine.
We are looking to to build a Smaller 2400sqft Building on the property out house is one. This will drastically cut my over head expenses allowing me to recover from this quicker.
Things are still very much up in the air at this point.
On Tuesday March 13, 2012 at approximately 7:00 AM Central Standard Time, I was contacted by the gentlemen that I lease the shop from advising me that my shop had been burglarized and that the Bowling Green Police Department were on the scene investigating. When I arrived at the shop it was easy to see how entry was made. There was a brick thrown through a window into the office area and also into the side door as well. Once inside the shop I did a quick walk thru to see what items were taken. Needless to say that list grows EVERYDAY! There are several customer's cars that are inside the shop at this point and parts were taken from nearly every car.
The burglary occurred at approximately 8:19 PM Central Standard Time on Monday March 12, 2012. I had just left the shop at right around 7:00 PM. The video shows two subjects wearing hoodies that walk up and down the parking lot twice between KY-Turbo and the Storage Units. One subject walks up to the window in the front office and throws a brick through the window. Both subjects ran and hid near the business that has the surveillance video. After a short time the subject makes entry into the front office. Later a light colored four-door car with a driver can be seen across two fences sitting in the Catholic School Parking Lot. The video shows the two subjects going under the face, across the grass lot and under the next fence to load stolen items in the vehicle. All in all they spent just over an hour inside and out of the property. Eventually they started sitting items outside and the same vehicle drives up Nugent Street and loads the remaining items until there was no more room inside the vehicle. Luckily several blow off valves, wastegates, and one turbo were found in a pile outside that they did not have room to fit inside the car. The only blessing is they didn't have a bigger vehicle to haul anything bigger than what they took. There were very few LSX specific items taken. These people knew exactly what they were stealing!
Front Office:
1x Garrett G47/88 Ball Bearing Turbo
1x PT88 Turbo T6
(Personal) HP Laptop
(Personal) Nikon D90 Camera and Lens
Firearms: All Personal
Double Star AR15 with Custom Mods
Gun Bag with:
Custom Dan Wesson 1911 45ACP
Berretta 92FS 9mm Mil Spec
Various Rifle/Handgun Magazines
Various Ammo
Remington 700 .308 Rifle and Scope
Rear Bathroom Storage Area:
1x Precision Pro Mod 88mm Turbo
1x Precision Pro Mod 91mm Turbo
Pro Mod Turbo Flanges
1x Aerospace Dual Rear Brake Calipers
1x BS3 Engine Management System
Holley DIS Coils
Callies Ultra Billet 6.125" LSX rods
Bosch 160lb Injectors
AEM Injector Driver
Rear Shop area:
1x Turbonetics 101mm Turbo
3x Turbonetics TC78 Turbo's (Off Black Camaro)
2x Tial 46mm WG's (off Black Camaro)
2x Precision CEA Billet wheel 76mm Turbo's and Charge Pipes (off Red mock up Clip)
Various Craftsman Hand tools from Black Tool Box
Miller Dynasty TIG welder and controls
Motron 60lb Injectors
Obvious questions:
Bowling Green Police Department gathered fingerprints from various locations throughout the shop and video was retrieved from an adjacent business. All parts that had serial number have been entered into the National Crime Information Center, or NCIC. Fingerprints have also been sent off and we are awaiting that information as well. It is obvious that this has set KY-Turbo back, thus it has set each customer back as well.
Was there insurance?
KY-Turbo had just expanded the shop doubling the capacity and the insurance company had a lapse in writing the policy. They were to send an agent out within the next week to view the expanded space and to give an estimate on the new policy
What happens to builds and customer's cars at this point?
I have spoken personally to each and every person that had a car or part here at the shop. I have assured each customer that I will do what is necessary to make things right. That being said, obviously this will not be an overnight fix. I am out of pocket the damages to each vehicle, build, or part that was stolen or damaged unless the customer's insurance agrees to cover that. If one customer decides to not accept this fact in a sense it will "rock the boat" and possibly "sink the ship." I would like to tell past, current, and future KY-Turbo customers that I have been in business and have built a name for myself and this shop and will not let this hamper the years of work and dedication that I've given to be at the point KY-Turbo was at prior to the burglary. Many shops have went under in the LS Turbo Game prior to this for various reasons and just walked away. I want to reassure you that is not the case, but this will take time to recover from. Please be patient with emails, phone calls, and my availability at this point. This past Wednesday, my Wife and I had our second baby boy. Reed Monroe Jenkins and Mom are both doing fine.
We are looking to to build a Smaller 2400sqft Building on the property out house is one. This will drastically cut my over head expenses allowing me to recover from this quicker.
Things are still very much up in the air at this point.
03-26-2012, 04:57 PM
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Wow that really sucks, especially with the whole insurance thing. Timing could not have been any worse. I really hope/think everything will turn out just fine, youve been a huge player in the lsx game and im sure support of your business will not suffer. I know if i had the money, my build would be in your hands.
best of luck in getting through this.
best of luck in getting through this.
03-26-2012, 05:09 PM
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Words can not describe how bad I feel for you Josh. you are a stand up vendor and I can't think of a better guy that I've done business with on this forum than you. I hope your customers see how much of a straight shooter you are and I know you will make things right and as you said. it will take time. I read this and I absolutely am heart broken that this happened to such a good guy in the LSx world.
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I've got some fresh 60lb injectors that I'm to donate only if the person they were intended to go to would like them. They will be coming off of the car this week and only have about 2k miles on them.
03-26-2012, 08:08 PM
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I went through this back when I had my repair shop in Nashvile, hang in there and don't back down from the insurance company they will try and get out as cheap as possible! I had to hire a lawyer to get mine to pay up but hey did finally cough up the cash to cover everything.
03-26-2012, 08:08 PM
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A buddy of mine had his shop hit. Took tool boxes, newly build engine, heads, anything not bolted down. They figured out who it was. Turns out it was some **** head who had been in asking about having a motor built about 2 weeks earlier.
Josh if you have no clue about the culprits, look at the video tapes if possible when you may have had some guy or guys seeming interested in a build or whatever. Maybe you can put a face with the car in the video.
Josh if you have no clue about the culprits, look at the video tapes if possible when you may have had some guy or guys seeming interested in a build or whatever. Maybe you can put a face with the car in the video.
03-26-2012, 08:44 PM
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I can only hope it works out as Josh says. In the end, I just want to be able to put some miles on my car.
Certainly a tutorial is to come, covering how to properly insure your car.