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November 2025 by Robert
Terrible,was given an appointment for a Tues showed up at the shop at 8:35 am in order to have new coil spring installed in my classic car,Chuck was not yet at the shop and his workers were surprised I was there they had no idea I had this appointment, one of the workers called Chuck at this home ,was told he was in the shower and did not know I was coming in -this was BS as I had spoken to his twice on Thurs and again on Friday the week before and he even told me to order spring Insulators as they would be needed to complete the instulation, Chuck would not get on the phone with me -the guy has no regard for other peoples time -I drove my car from Commack to Shirley for this appointment wasted my morning and my gas, but with all that said maybe it was best they never worked on my car as who knows what the outcome would have been.
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June 2024 by Katherine Kramer
They work with older cars and do a great iob!
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January 2024 by Jose Pagan
My experience with this car restoration service was a total letdown. Chuck, the so-called expert, turned out to be a real disappointment. I handed over two classic cars and got back a load of problems. One car sat there collecting dust for ages, only to be rushed through when Chuck felt like it. And surprise, it came back with a bunch of promised fixes left undone. The other car? Well, it came back with more issues than when I dropped it off. Chuck kept promising to fix things but never bothered. Excuses about "making room" in the shop became old fast. Communication dropped, and now I'm stuck with regrets. Save yourself the headache and steer clear of this place.
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January 2024 by Albert Milite
BEWARE! This guy Chuck is a liar and a con man. I brought TWO of my classic cars to him for repairs and restoration. He charged me tens of thousands of dollars. One of my cars he had for a year and a half and for most of that time it sat there untouched and then he did a rush job when he decided he wanted the car out of there. He delivered it back to me without having done a huge list of things he promised to do. The other car was delivered back to me with more problems than when I first brought it to him. He promised he would get the cars back into the shop and make good on the items that were not done/not done properly but he never did. He strung me along for over a year saying he had to “make room” in the shop by getting other cars out. Eventually he stopped answering my calls and texts. See you in court, Chuck!
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October 2023 by Titus Speight
I bought my 1970 Oldsmobile 98 to Auto Restoration of Long Island. Chuck and his son did some work on my car. He did an excellent job replacing the intake manifold gasket, He also replaced the rear brakes shoes. They replaced the muffler. The muffler pipes had a few leaks, which was a very minor issue. Tate rebuild my carburetor,but it wouldn't idle correctly at all. Chuck and his son Tate ordered me another carburetor from Jats Carburetor Co. Chuck and his son gave me the new carburetor from jats . The new carburetor they gave me had a few issues that not Chuck fault. My friend was able to make repairs to the new carburetor. Now the engine runs and idle very smoothly .? Even though Chuck charged me a huge deposit up front. He also doesn't have a great amount of patience. But I give him some credit because he will stand by his work. Tate, on the other hand ✋️ have a lot of patience and is very professional and pleasant.
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September 2023 by RTClass
Really cool guys
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July 2023 by Maurice Iudicone
Chuck and his team were trustworthy, excellent in the work they did and mad my 64 Corvette an amazing car.I would not use another restorer with my cars.Services: Exhaust
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July 2023 by carmel heberer
Zero stars as this has been one of the worst if not the worst experiences we’ve had with any business. We brought in our 1966 mustang to have a few updates in January. Unfortunately paid a large sum upfront. It was promised to be completed by summer. Over 2 years later we still did not have our car back. As you can imagine our patience all but ran out especially when Chuck (the owner) went mia for several weeks. Not returning calls or texts. When we finally got our car back. One by one it started breaking down. Each time we took it to our local shop who told us, and sent pictures, of everything that was done incorrectly. From missing parts to loose bolts and screws. Since we’ve had it back we haven’t been able to drive it at all. We learned a very costly lesson. So please run fast away from this company.
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December 2022 by Candice M
Very clean work.Highly recommended. Thank you!!!
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November 2022 by Cherie Ujvari
My Corvette restoration was a complete success! Looking forward to the many car shows…Service: Painting
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November 2022 by Gracie Ujvari
My Corvette restoration was a complete success! Looking forward to the many car shows…Service: Painting
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November 2022 by Dave Scott
Great body work! Awesome shop! Thank you.Service: Painting
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September 2022 by liam keaney
Outstanding service
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September 2022 by Alex Netro
AWSOME JOB! Thanks guys!
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June 2022 by Jonathan M.
I brought my 1971 Dodge Challenger to Chuck at AR of LI. In September of 2018. He told me the restoration would take about 1 year. We are now approaching four years and only the body work has been completed. Is the quality good? Maybe but I need an expert to judge. In the beginning Chuck kept demanding payment to proceed and I stupidly paid him. Once he got most of the money he stopped working on the car. It has been years of me begging and pleading for him to finish the job and he promises to do so. He then does a little work to placate me and stops. If you go to his shop you can see that he has many more cars than he can handle. Some of the cars belong to him and those take priority. This hasn't been a bad experience it has been a nightmare. Under no circumstances do business with Auto Restoration of Long Island. It has been almost four years and at the rate he is going he probably won't finish until 2024 if ever. We will no doubt end up in a lawsuit.
