66340SEDAN
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i know, ugly color for an engine, but @CudaChick1968 gave me a good deal on em
Your wife is going to cut your last name off when she finds out you used her fancy table cloth for the pic.
Your wife is going to cut your last name off when she finds out you used her fancy table cloth for the pic.
Stripping?talk to Red, those are her parts
(thats why this is funny, she "made" those parts custom for a member here, who stiffed her on the bill, and since it was such a oddball color, she wasnt able to recoup it. i think she mentioned she ended up stripping to make up for it)
Stripping?
It's hard to remember a no good lying POS while I'm laughing Rob but you know my memory too well.
@66fyssh, David aka @grumpuscreature retained me to restore a large dress up package in International Harvester Gold -- basically baby $hit yellow -- and black and then disappeared so well for months that I actually believed he died.
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Per my Company Policy I put his stuff up for sale when he failed to follow through with his monthly payment agreement ... but it was such an odd and undesirable color nobody wanted it.
On a job already $800 in the red, I eventually stripped it all and redid it in Hemi Orange and gloss black. Everything in the package sold (at a dramatic loss -- basically the cost of bare parts) except for the Offy Port-O-Sonic. A few months later I gave up and put it on my beloved Slimer, a replacement for a wallered-out leaking Strip Dominator.
I try to be easy to work with and can usually "make it happen" with everyone and their budget -- even monthly payments like he offered if that's how it has to be. Despite being born on a Tuesday, it wasn't LAST Tuesday and I don't take kindly to getting screwed over. His was the fourth time since opening in 2006.
I have offered labor discounts on ALL of Joey's forums for over a decade now from 5% to 12% (military/law enforcement). The only change to that policy was as a direct result of FABO members burning me on finished work too often. The last straw was a set of acorn center caps with TONS of tedious pot metal reconstruction work and a $350 invoice that garnered a postal money order for $125. They're still here a few years later.
Now ONLY Gold FABO members and military/law enforcement enjoy a labor discount.
The whole point of an enthusiast group is to learn, support and inspire each other. I learned ... the hard way.
Wasn’t quite sure. But I myself do a lot of side work to support my toys. Been screwed over a few times. So I have a policy now money for materials up front wages as follows pay day is Friday you square with me on Friday or I’ll be there Saturday to pick up my equipment and show me the queenhere, this is what im referring to
what did you think i meant when i said she stripped ?
Ya don’t take no **** from customers get materials up front and progress in between. It’s a lot harder to get your money after the fact. My brick work is on people’s house’s so it’s a little difficult to strip and sell. But have pulled into driveway with 4 guys dead beat customer came out. I said ok boys take er down, I know legally I can’t do that but by the time anyone gets there to stop me 80% will be on ground. Easier to ask forgiveness than permission. And if customer won’t agree to those terms he was probably going to stiff you anyway.{ kick }
I adore you.