[Ron Earp]

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I do know that a customer served notice on him for failure to meet a deliver date and that was the 'con rod' that let go. It would appear that Robert just walked away at this point. It was now common knowledge that he was having difficulties and it quickly crashed down around him.

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Hi Bernie,

I'll not be long winded but it is only natural that those affected by RF will investigate various avenues available to them in order to understand the situation. I think you would too if affected similarly, and I'm sure Hershal or Rick would follow along those lines if they were a customer as well. I don't feel that this is malicious, but it is a simple reaction and necessary one for many people.

I found the quote above curious, and not in a negative way. Once I made some posts regarding RF on the forum and the news "broke", I organized the affected owners to retain an attorney. One of the things we did was serve Roaring Forties with a "test case" to deliver a car, however, the case was mote because before it could be served Roaring Forties was in voluntary administration to my knowledge of events. Therefore, I wonder who else served notice on him?

Regardless, it appears the notices did nothing except bring Roaring Forties to the realization that the business is/was/had failing/failed. And failure of the business had been reached a long time ago apparently, from what the administrators have determined, although nobody but Robert and maybe some people close to him in Australia knew that.

I don't think the agents knew the business was in trouble. In fact, when I would email Robert or Hershal about my car the answer received about it was essentially the same. Robert was in control of all the information flow about the South Africa situation and told the agents whatever he saw fit. I increased the frequency of emails and calls to RF around December/January. But again, Robert told me things were delayed but were coming along, don't worry, we'll get the cars finished up. The agents said the same, but they were working with Robert's information and I think they were also perplexed by late February. Rick and UK customers might have been more optimistic since they actually got some cars in the UK, but that is speculation on my part.

Truly a sad case for all involved and there is much left undetermined at this point with respect to the Roaring Forties business, liquidation, and further lawsuits. I recently received an in-depth Creditors Report for the administrators looking into the RF saga and it does have a lot of interesting pieces of information. However, I have not yet found out if this report is for the public domain, although I am trying to do so. If it is for the public domain or can be circulated I will post it on the forum for all to read. It would answer a good many questions, but still leaves the largest one unanswered - why?

Ron