Well my son is on his 3rd job

[pittsburghracer]

Yeah well it sounds like real world reality hasn't set in yet......once he has to start paying all his bills and then a girlfriend who will eventually want more plus supporting a race car will decide how money motivated he is or isn't.

Maybe maybe not. Thank God we all don’t come out of the same mold. I never made over 58,000.00 a year in my life on my job. 120,000.00 plus was available if I wanted it. I’m comfortable

 

[Ottmundr]

When joe shutdown the gas line my son lost his 6-7 year job of doing on the road fork truck repair. He didn’t want laid off so he got a job at a friends shop building race car chassis (5 dollars less per hour)and any other work needed to build roller race cars (they didn’t do engine or transmission work). After four months roll bar tubing jumped 40% in price and then started getting hard to find. Just a small two man shop, him and the owner he got laid off again when guys started canceling job because of the increased costs. For the next month his help racing friends at their “Big Shot Bobs” chicken wing sandwich shop when they couldn’t find employees. Well living in Pa with me and his girlfriend in Ohio he was driving to Ohio every weekend as she and her father drag race too. Her Dad owns and operates a large automotive repair shop and he worked for them occasionally. I could see the writing on the wall and he made the move last weekend and is now a mechanic. Lol. Never going to school to be a mechanic her Dad liked what he saw in him as far as being mechanical and hired him, found him a temporary place to live, and bought him a Snap-on tool box and some tools. One full week in he likes it. Plans are already shaping up for him to finish his Duster and race it again, instead of racing friends car.

That's great!
All he has to do to get a raise is ask her how big of a diamond she wants.

 

[bballfan1]

When joe shutdown the gas line my son lost his 6-7 year job of doing on the road fork truck repair. He didn’t want laid off so he got a job at a friends shop building race car chassis (5 dollars less per hour)and any other work needed to build roller race cars (they didn’t do engine or transmission work). After four months roll bar tubing jumped 40% in price and then started getting hard to find. Just a small two man shop, him and the owner he got laid off again when guys started canceling job because of the increased costs. For the next month his help racing friends at their “Big Shot Bobs” chicken wing sandwich shop when they couldn’t find employees. Well living in Pa with me and his girlfriend in Ohio he was driving to Ohio every weekend as she and her father drag race too. Her Dad owns and operates a large automotive repair shop and he worked for them occasionally. I could see the writing on the wall and he made the move last weekend and is now a mechanic. Lol. Never going to school to be a mechanic her Dad liked what he saw in him as far as being mechanical and hired him, found him a temporary place to live, and bought him a Snap-on tool box and some tools. One full week in he likes it. Plans are already shaping up for him to finish his Duster and race it again, instead of racing friends car.

Good for him!

 

[Brooks James]

Yeah I have done this for myself for over 14 years now and have never grossed less than 6 digits and my best years were 3 plus and that is just me as a 1 man show. I am hoping to retire in a year or two so that I can just concentrate on buying, fixing up and selling old Mopars, growing my personal collection and also doing some more racing.

Dream retirement for a Mopar fanatic. !!!

 

['68cuda416]

Dream retirement for a Mopar fanatic. !!!

It's gonna happen and since I been there and already done it in the automotive field i'm just trying to steer young people away from a dead end, lousy paying career that doesn't have to be.