The problem (for others) is that he will
stay in business. I think he has a PHD in
B.S. so the next sucker is waiting maybe
even next week. Now the worst thing is
that he was recommended by one of my
best friends. I'm told the situation has
become more difficult over the last year.
I just spoke to a guy with a few 60's Alfa
"Bertone" Coupe's and he said his first car
went okay but the second, same story as
for me.
Thomas
Vicki Burrows wrote:
> And here is an example for business owners about the power of not doing the
>right
> thing. That guy will not be in business much longer...
> Greg Burrows
>
> Thomas - Sweden wrote:
>
> > On the subject of metalworking. I had my '65 Silvia
> > at a bodyshop to get the bodypanels copied for
> > my other car, or so I thought. He asked for a $1K
> > deposit and the work should have been finished
> > a month later. After a month and half I went there
> > to take a look but the only thing I found there was
> > 6 small pieces that I could have done in a couple
> > of hours myself. Okay, so then he say's "I promise
> > the work will be done by early June". June comes
> > but now he say's I can not visit because of (put
> > all excuse's you can think of here) so I say if the
> > car is not done by August 1:st I will pick it up and
> > the money must be returned. Today I took my trailer
> > and went to take the car home. We are going to
> > discuss the money next week but if I dont get at
> > least half of the money back I will send a couple of
> > Yugoslavian bodybuilders on steroids to visit him. I
> > have to find another metal fabricator but this time
> > if I see as much as one beer can in their shop, empty
> > or not, I will look elsewhere as I wont ask another one
> > that just might be another useless beer belching slacker.
> >
> > I also went by a fibreglass supply warehouse and
> > bought 150 lbs of polyester, 50 lbs gelcoat and a
> > 125 foot roll of 3/16" thick coremat. I will at least
> > make fibreglass moulds of the body and I will consider
> > using fibreglass to make body panels. One thing I have
> > seen recently was a German restoration shop that
> > did a full body mould of a 300 SL Gullwing. I dont
> > know what they used to make body jig from but
> > the fibreglass was strong enough to use as backing
> > to hammer out the sheetmetal to the correct shape.
> > It looked like some dark clay they had put inside the
> > body to make it stiff and solid as heavy steel. Polyester
> > and portland cement perhaps? Does anyone have a clue?
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > PS. I do drink beer sometime, but never at work.
> >
> > aaron atkins wrote:
> >
> > > I just picked up a book that every car person should have. "Ultimate
>Sheet
> > > Metal Fabrication". It talks about English wheels and hammerforming, and
> > > all this cool stuff that will take me a week to digest. I never realized
> > > how easy it is to do the stuff the pro's do (at least they make it sound
> > > easy". If you get a chance check it out. Very informative book on the
> > > basics of working in sheet metal relating to cars.
> > >
> > > Roadster content.
> > > Hand-hammered fender flares here I come.
> > >
> > > Aaron A.
> > >
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