TheSamba.com :: View topic - Squareonair

Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:01 am

Dude is an excellant builder and excellant seller. just looking at his cars he can build you just about anything you want. He recently built me a 4" narrowed beam for my bay with king pin spindles flipped. He did all the work him self...all superb work. He has a notch that proves he knows what he's doing in type 3's and has pics of beetles he's worked on before.

I strongly recommend him for your next beam build

the proof is in the pics:

Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:09 am

i have one of patricks cup holders in each of my single cabs and they are amazing. no more hot spilled coffee on my crotch lol

great guy and great fabrication skills

Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:24 pm

Great buyer that I highly recommend. Pays fast with excellent communication. I hope to do business with Patrick again in the near future.

Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:12 am

We just completed a very smooth transaction! Great customer, knows what he wants, pays fast with paypal! Recommended to all.
Drive your VW's daily! :wink:
~gabvwkey~

Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:56 pm

patrick is a A+ guy...he is very helpful...i know i bug him a lot with my questions but he always gets back to me very fast... now his beams are top notch...all his parts are hand made and are well worth the money..

thank you for all your help...it saved me headaches shearching for stuff

buy patricks beams you will be very happy with them..great prices too
great guy to talk to and deal with...

Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:42 pm

Received my custom built 2" narrowed/adjustable beam from Squareonair today. The beam is top notch. What a fantastic welder he is. I feel confident that this beam is safe and ready to take on the open road.

Great shipping, great turnaround, great fabricator, and great price. I would defiantly buy from him again and would recommend him and his beams!

Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:31 am

One of the best VW guys I have ever meet. Has been so helpful with all my dumb questions. The Beam he made me bolted right up and fits great. Thanks again for all the help.

Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:52 pm

Great transaction, easy, qucik, and informative. It was well packaged and the material was of great quality. I strongly recommend doing business with him. Thanks Patrick :D

Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:07 pm

Got a great deal on an original matching numbers 1960 from Patrick. Very knowledgeable and honest. His team was very helpful in getting the old girl loaded and strapped down.

I would definitely do business with him again.

Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:15 pm

patrick & i did some swapping for parts. transaction was very smooth. he was honest and fair in our dealings. i would recommend patrick and would gladly do business with him again. cup holder looks great in my bus! thanks.

Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:33 pm

I was looking via my WTB Samba.com ad for an odd piece of engine compartment metal that some dumb PO cut out of my old '59 Double-Cab, kinda hard to find. Well, Patrick not only responded, he came to my rescue and cut the exact section I needed off a correct parts Bus he had, and shipped it to me without payment up front (which I offered!). He packed it up and it arrived very fast! Don't worry, he's been paid, and has earned great karma for helping out other VW enthusiasts!

Now I gotta go check his ads to see these cup holders everyone is raving about!

Thanks again Patrick, i really appreciate your help with my DC!

Bill Bowman

Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:54 am

Got a great deal on some original interior panels from Patrick...Perfect transaction I wish all sellers were this good. Great communication, shipped right away and packaged very well. Will definitely do business with Patrick again. Thank you!

Brandon

Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:56 am

This guy totally saved my bacon with a cut panel from a donor car.

I need the lower B pillar for my bug and I couldn't find one anywhere, so I posted a wanted.

Patrick took the time to respond, carefully confirm exactly what I needed and that he had it. He cut it out of the car and lovingly packaged it up and shipped it to me and all for a very reasonable price.

In short it was a perfect transaction and I'm extremely happy!

Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:47 pm

Just having bought this 1959 bus from Patrick, I can highly recommend him as a seller.

After an initial email to express my interest in his bus, all communication with Patrick has been excellent and he took a lot of time to answer all my questions.

He was very accomodating in terms of supporting the pick-up of the bus by a transport company and had even offered to help with finding the right auto-shipper.

The bus is exactly as he described it and dealing with Partick has made this purchase a very pleasent and trusting experience.

Thank you very much for everything, Patrick!

Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:04 pm

not recommended !

I was not sure if I should post this or not. I think Patrick is a nice guy and I don't want him or his business "harmed". For two reasons though, I decided to post:
- his response to my comment on his product
- my friends reaction to his product.

I bought his hand bent drink cup holders:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=604966

I was surprised how poor the finishing was; welds are bad and weld pimples all over. I used my grinder a little on the weld, but couldn't reach into all the little areas. For the most expensive cup holder on the market, I expected better work.
When I informed him, he responded right away and said that he was sorry I felt this way and that he never had any complaints. Well, here is one I guess.
Without pointing it out, a friend commented on the poor finish on the holder. This confirmed my impression and I decided to post here, so other may know.

Here it is painted after I worked on it with the grinder - you can still the the bad welds:

… in addition only really large cups will fit well. A regular coffee (starbucks or McDonald's) or coke will move around a lot and spill. So it is really not very useful for at least my purpose.