A couple of days ago, some flamer objected (violently, I might add) to a
request for someone as either an apprentice or mechanic in an LBC garage... and
eventually take over the business. The requester (Bob Wanta) made the mistake
of being a smart businessman, and added that an apprentice would have to post a
$5,000 education bond... principally so said apprentice wouldn't suck all he
could out of Bob's business and then bolt. The flamer (obviously NOT a business
owner or any type of entreprenuer) thought the idea of the bond a sort of
indentured servitude. I guess the flamer thinks that eduacation in private
colleges shoud be FREE, too. In my opinion, that's the kind of thinking that
only come from a breast-fed, corporate no-body, who never had an original
thought in his life.
The bottom line is this: I know Bob... and have worked for him. His knowledge
of British cars is boundless. He's raced them, wrecked them, and fixed them.
His father raced a TR3, Bob favored GT6's, and later Spitfires. There are
racing records around the country that he set years ago that have yet to be
broken. He's a graduate mechanical engineer and he currently owns a S II E-Type
Roadster and the fastest, streetable, Spitfire in the Northeast.
I have watched him meticulously assemble several engines... 4.2L Jags, 2.5L
TR's, Spits, MGB's, etc. He is never without his micrometer, dial caliper and
assorted other custom gauges. His workspace is virtually sanitized before
assembly work begins. AND, he is NOT so vain as to NOT have the assembly
manual within easy reach. His machine shop's tools have been calibrated to his,
so there is no mistaking a measurement, ever. Typical assembly time for a
6-cylinder TR... two days. There's no rushing a good job. His engines are
leak-free, tight, sound like well-oiled clocks, and can be built as fast a you
want.
So, a young kid could learn from Larry Lug-Wrench, or he could learn from a
real artist... which would YOU have work on your car.
"And to think, it all started with a tractor!"
Don Sforza dsforza@megahits.com KA1WV
1963 TR4 Connecticut Triumph Register CT16707L
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> From: npenney@erols.com
> To: Dsforza
> Subject: RE: Employment Opportunity
> Date: May 16, 1997 1:27 PM
>
> Wow, I must have really missed something, judging by the screamings
> others are making about this. Wonder what it was.
>
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