Honestly, I owe it all to FABO...

I'm already three steps ahead on that.
I never borrow money for business..or really anything else for that matter.
The nice thing about a shop, is that it's flexible. If the hot rod work crashes, I can always transition to general repair/fabrication.
Taking the place of my parts business, I'll be flipping cheap late models..I have great roadside exposure, and good times or bad, people need wheels.
Good for you for taking that route and thinking ahead.... and, reading between the lines, I was thinking/hoping that was what you was say. (Sounds like you listen to Dave Ramsey...)
Awesome!