Places that cater to foreign cars often times mean...." I think people that
own foreign cars are too ignorant to realize that I can bodge up their car
and charge them out the wazoo for the privilege."
I took my original tonneau cover to an auto upholstery shop to get the
zipper replaced. He said he was afraid he would mess up the whole tonneau
by removing the zipper. I'm glad he told me he wasn't up to the task, but
it didn't seem like this was something highly out of the ordinary for his
line of work.
Terry Banbury
Mk III
> ----------
> From: Laura.G@141.com[SMTP:Laura.G@141.com]
> Reply To: Laura.G@141.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:27 PM
> To: Patrick Bowen; Jeff McNeal
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: LBC prejuduce sure stings... (long)
>
>
> > Jeff, what you have run into is what I call the production shop
> mentality.
> > These shops are production, by that they mean they are basically a get
> em
> > fixed and get em out place so the insurance (guaranteed paycheck) can
> pay
> > them. The fact that your car is over 30 years old means that almost no
> > insurance agency would ever repair a car that old, so they are not used
> to
> > doing them. It is easier to replace crunched and dented panels than it
> is
> > to fix rust and do a proper complete repaint. Truth be told, insurance
> is
> > their bread and butter.
>
> Isn't this what I've been talking about? ;-)
> And it's the vast majority of mechanics (even the ones who advertise
> "Foreign Cars") and shops nowadays.
>
> > There is another type of shop that does this type of work, I forget the
> > proper name, lets just say restoration shop. They tend to be very
> > expensive.
>
> They are called restoration shops-and they are expensive. They are people
> who are usually masters at what they do. (Most 'production shop' guys
> wouldn't
> be able to get work in these places-and if they do-they don't last long!)
> And they are
> very devoted to what they do.
>
> >A proper show quality paint job on one of our cars would
> > probably cost in the $2500 to $5000 range
>
> Yep!
>
> > Will you win concourse with it, probably
> > only at really small shows, but it will look really nice to you and your
> > friends. And you will be happy.
>
> And you be able to ENJOY your car more, I think. I have a beautiful
> and VERY expensive paint job on Nigel-and I don't always sleep at night
> because of it! Not to mention when I go to the grocery store...I could go
> on!
>
> > Patrick Bowen
> > Square Tail Spit Owner and PROUD of it!!!
>
> All Right Patrick!!!!!
>
> Laura G.-another Square Tail Spit Owner and PROUD of it!!!!
>
> (Would that be St. Sop? )
>
> Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
>
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