A shame... alcohol perhaps? Maybe someone needs to talk to the guy... people
do burn
out for lots of reasons. However, it does not excuse his behavior, and he may
need a
wake up call... might change his life...
Greg
Thomas - Sweden wrote:
> 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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