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    Sounds like another excuse--blaming something else for his own failures. It may be necessary to wait on the interior so you can accrue the funds to take it to a respectable shop. I would question the quality of his finished work given his work ethic. My two cents worth . . .


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    Did you ever compare the equipment you need to fish to the equipment you need for a body/ paint shop?

    Stick with a piece of string and a hook-----worms or bugs----probably a $2 license

    Body/paint shop needs sandpaper( 10 sheets will cost more than that whole fishing set up), files, grinders, hammers, pry bars, frame straighteners, fans, filters, brooms,welders, drills, lights (lots of lights, air compressors/filters/driers,etc,etc,etc

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    Uncle Bob nailed it (again )....

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
    I get the "living within a budget" thing, but too often a "business" offers a lower price when compared to reputable shops because that's the only way they can attract customers who make that their primary decision point. Of course money only represents value in a transaction, time and aggravation are other cost factors even if we don't equate a monetary amount to them. Reminiscent of the old filter commercial tag line............."pay me now or pay me later". Like I said, small solace, but we've all done it to ourselves at some point or other.
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    Tomorrow will be six weeks in on a 2 week interior job. So I just got back from his shop and as I pull up he is installing a headliner IN ANOTHER CAR! Then when asked why he isn't working on my car he cranks up the excuse machine his Dad who was working for him had to quit to take care of his elderly parents and now I have all these commitments that he was handling. I told him that's not my concern..(pointing at my car) THAT'S MY CONCERN! He does have one seat done, the kick panels, the headliner is back in, the backup camera is mounted, one of the three back panels are done and the other two look almost done. Tells me it will be done Sunday...not holding my breath though.

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    Patience... it's so close now that to start over may be pointless.
    I'm certain we've all been there / done that. I know I have. That's why this time I just did it myself. And I am pleased with the outcome and surprised at how easy some of it us.

    Stay the path, you're almost there now. Keep up the pressure tho'.. visits in person are alot more meaningful than a phone call as I am sure your aware! 8-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerry clayton View Post
    Did you ever compare the equipment you need to fish to the equipment you need for a body/ paint shop?

    Stick with a piece of string and a hook-----worms or bugs----probably a $2 license

    Body/paint shop needs sandpaper( 10 sheets will cost more than that whole fishing set up), files, grinders, hammers, pry bars, frame straighteners, fans, filters, brooms,welders, drills, lights (lots of lights, air compressors/filters/driers,etc,etc,etc
    As always Jerry your comment perplexes me more than anything else. And I haven't fished since I caught my wife. Just sayin...

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    Good luck with it Jim. Hopefully your interior is done Sunday!
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    I payed him a surprise visit again today (Wednesday) and low and behold he is working on another car (installing a headliner). Really? So I ask him whats up with this? He tells me his Dad quit and went to take care of his sick parents so now he has all these commitments that his Dad was suppose to take care of. I told him that wasn't my concern but that (pointing to my car) is my concern. He probably figured I wasn't coming down again till Thursday like I always do so he could sneak in a quick job while I wasn't looking. He does have one seat done and it looks good but he left the plastic pieces where the headrests slid in. They are under the new covers but you can feel them if you run your hand over the top of the seat! Then I wanted the blue pipping in between the black and grey and that's not there. Tells me he couldn't get it to look right and it looks better without it. So now he's cutting corners to get it done. Man this kid is a piece of work. I would not recommend him if he was the last guy on earth and he wanted to do it for free!! So I told him I want a date when it will be done. He tells me Sunday it will be finished. Again..I'm not holding my breath.




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    Quote Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe View Post
    Good luck with it Jim. Hopefully your interior is done Sunday!
    Thanks Ryan but it seems highly unlikely.

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    On the bright side, it looks like he's doing good work! Slow, but good.
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    Jim--------I was being a smart ass about your comment about body/paint work being $100/150 hour-------and then Shine posted about fishing

    A lot of your posts are middle of night ----when do you sleep?????

    But-------I have 2 33 roadster chassis and bodies here as family projects-one to be a 392 hemi , one a flathead-with paint/interior costs so high I am now building just one of them and am setting it up for a 30 minute swap between the hemi and flathead --will save thousands of dollars

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerry clayton View Post
    A lot of your posts are middle of night ----when do you sleep?????
    Jerry I work all kinds of crazy hours. When ever they need me to work I work. Kinda sux but I am grateful to have a job. I'll do enough sleeping when I die. Besides I hear sleep is over rated.

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    Okay went to go see the 32 yesterday and was excited that it was all together (finally) but was disappointed to find some things wrong. The first and most important is the brake lights are on all the time! He tried telling me it was that way and I told him it was that way. No what I said was that the brakes would leak down during winter storage causing the brake lights to come on. This is why it needed a new battery. Everything on this car worked perfectly before he got his hands on it. The second and also very important is the driver side window doesn't work. He asked me did the windows work on this car? I can't get them to go up or down. I told him there are contacts in the doors and they wont go up or down unless the doors are closed. So he hops in and turns the key and the passenger side works fine. Then he says something about loose wires in the door and he knows whats wrong there. Loose wires? Really? The dome light and the backup camera work fine. Just wondering what he messed up in the process. The third thing: The doors on this car have a slight curve or bow if you will. The door panels butt up to the base of the garnish molding. Now typically this panel would be held in place by the garnish molding sitting on top of it. BUT..this car has the garnish moldings molded into the door so you can't remove them. That's why the panel butts up to it. Now he tells me eventually the center top edge of this panel is gonna sag in and there will be a gap there because the panel is straight and the door is curved. Um...maybe put a couple upholstery clips there to hold it in place? Yeah I could do that. (Ya think??) Then I had him put in an access door for the master cylinder. It came complete with a magnetic popper like the kind found on glass doors on entertainment centers. You push the glass and it pops out at you so you can get your fingers behind it. The popper is long gone and he says you can use your key or finger nail to open it...LOL For $3 at lowes I can get another one but that's not the point here. Lastly; I gave him all the stuff I wanted to "HIDE" in the trunk. A small tool box, bottle jack, tire repair kit, first aid kit, small air compressor, and my car duster. The way he set the battery in there I'm not getting all my stuff in there. I suppose you get what you pay for. I didn't pay for a $6000 interior so I shouldn't expect it. Maybe I'm being too picky? Oh! I almost forgot. No door handles on the inside. He says the door panels are too think and they don't fit so I don't know what you want to do there. Seriously? What I'm gonna do? I told him to call me when it's all fixed. It does look nice though. Maybe I should sell it quick before it all falls apart. Sorry for the long read/rant.







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    It does look very nice. Great color combo.
    Sorry for all the headaches tho'.... 8-(
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    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    It does look very nice. Great color combo.
    Sorry for all the headaches tho'.... 8-(
    Thanks man. I think some of it is self inflicted though. It still kinda sux though.

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