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61Bubbletop 05-16-2005 01:15 PM

Powertrain Engineer for GM at the Milford Proving Grounds...I do transmission calibration and development.

Ummgawa 05-16-2005 05:58 PM

pivot man

ryans67deuce 05-16-2005 06:12 PM

Mortgage Banker.






Anyone need a loan?? I need some new wheels!!.... :unibrow:

Ryan

Vince@Meanstreets 05-17-2005 12:27 AM

joby job
 
im a Dodge tech at a dealership in the SF bay area...soon to be a tech somewhere in the Sacramento area. ...TROLLING... I will hope to continue my business (side for now) building cars for others. Vince

67cam406 05-17-2005 06:56 AM

Architect and Volunteer EMT For the Local Fire Dept.
Also a Wannabe COP!!!!
Or Maybe a Something in The GM Plants in MI,
Since Everyone Else Works There.
(Can you Get a Fellow Car Guy a JOB!!!HAHAHA)

Kevin

Ricochet 05-17-2005 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nvawgn
i am my wifes love slave, it doesn't pay well but the perks are decent! ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Payton King
I wanted to be a male stripper in college, but my Mother said she would throw me out of the house. I applied for the "love slave" job, but it was taken. So I settled for being a State Farm Insurance agent and a spender of my kids college education money for a silly camaro project.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 69rs
Nobody tell my mom I'm a warehouse manager. She thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse! :unibrow:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ummgawa
pivot man

I see we also have a few stand ups in the crowd!! :yes:
I work for Pacific Gas & Electric. I am a System Operator. Think of it as a air traffic controller of the electric grid system. My job is to keep your lights on..Yours is to pay your electric bill to support my sickness!!! :D

almcbri 05-17-2005 07:07 AM

Soph. at the University of Arkansas, Marketing Promotional Coordinator for U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, also do a bit of retail work when needed. It is a good college job. However I am a finance major that honestly doesn't know if thats the direction I want to take! all I like to do is work on cars!

crazy3gz 09-24-2005 11:41 PM

I work on cars, sometimes I even fix them :)

ProdigyCustoms 09-25-2005 03:14 AM

I guess I might have what this particular group could consider the best job in here. I build Pro Touring cars with my son.

evilzee28 09-25-2005 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProdigyCustoms
I guess I might have what this particular group could consider the best job in here. I build Pro Touring cars with my son.

guess I must have the second best then, I get to build/paint classic cars & hot rods (not too many PT cars yet though). Also part time guest lecturer in Autobody repairs & paint at a local college.

JohnnyGMachine 09-25-2005 06:29 AM

I work as an elf for the Santa in the South Pole making toys! Well, actually I work in the product development group at GMP Diecast as a designer. I work with a great group of people developing and producing some of the highest quality diecast on the planet! Atleast that's how I feel! :-) We produce a lot of vintage racing and muscle car stuff including G-Machines!
I have an Industrial Design degree and many of my courses were geared heavily on automotive design from concept to prototype modeling. I miss school.

My next job (someday) will be designing and building custom cars and even one-off show cars.

John

old school 09-25-2005 08:12 AM

I ride on the big red truck with the flashing lights, Fire Fighter/EMT.

:thumbsup:

z11 09-25-2005 08:18 AM

I am a Sales Process Manager for Mazda USA. That means I fix broken dealerships (sales departments). If you have ever bought a new car than you know what I am up against. Someday I'll design/create/manufacturer some great part that will revolutionize the classic car industry and I'll get to buy whatever I want. Until then, I have to work for the man.

Steve

Steve1968LS2 09-25-2005 09:10 AM

I was a sales and marketing manager..

Now I write stuff down and snap pics of cars..

vanzuuk1 09-25-2005 12:24 PM

I install signs for a living.

It sucks.

Ummgawa 09-25-2005 01:17 PM

I toil non stop at a job that pays equally proportionate to the numerous factors beyond my control that determine outcomes beyond my control,all the while having three offspring asking for "more gruuel sir" non stop night and day. I sell money to finance shopping malls, strip malls and other large developments that require a million dollars plus to build or finance.


Other than that I just buy Car parts.

race-rodz 09-25-2005 03:22 PM

freeway offramp... holding up a cardboard sign.... good clean tax free income.

my taxable income comes from putting pretty colors and designs on 2 wheeled penile extensions, and my over taxed income (job) i build dump trucks and repair other heavy equipment.... part time...on call.... only when they need me...call it what ya want... as long i get med/dental insurance.

one of these days im gonna get a show on the discovery channel and become a bazillionaire

vintageracer 09-25-2005 05:09 PM

Bum! I retired almost three years ago at 44 and have not gone and looked for a job since. At least "retired" is what my wife tells everybody. As long as "she" says I'm retired to everyone I'm in good shape. It's when "she" starts telling everyone I'm unemployed that I have a problem!!!!

Now I take care of my 4 and 9 year old girls while Momma runs her business. I get the do the school bit, soccer, dance, girl scouts and all! I also still get to play with a few cars every now and then!

67rsconvert 09-25-2005 05:50 PM

I am an importer.
 
I import various wood products for the building industry from China,Russia, South America, Latvia, Lithuania.....etc. Pretty much my own boss and work from a home office. The wood market is rather like the stock market so I can get pinched when market drops and I am holding inventory. Wood market has been dropping for about a year now so haven't been able to spend as much money on the camaro as I would like!

MaxHarvard 09-26-2005 05:47 AM

Dagnabbit!!! I want so many of your guys' jobs!! hehe... i guess helping people with their mental problems is a good thing though :)

~Eric

markss28 09-26-2005 07:13 AM

I am a Program Director for a Home Health agency and also a TV Producer. I have been producing Local TV programs for 10 Years. I used to work in Charlotte
N.C. at the Speed Channel Studios. I didnt actually work for them they were renting the studios from a Cable Network called INSP.

I am currently in the process of producing a Car show. I will be doing most of my work in TX. If any of you wouldn't mind an interview with your car contact me at [email protected]

MarkM66 09-26-2005 10:34 AM

ES&H (Environtmental, Safety and Health). Mostly I deal with Hazardous Waste, and getting rid of it without being put in jail while doing so, :D .

Wear your PPE! But don't worry about it when you're at home, I don't. ;)

Lesrace82 09-26-2005 07:30 PM

Im just a lowly carpenter.

MODO Innovations 09-26-2005 07:50 PM

I am a machinist/fabricator for an aerospace company. The shop is more of a prototype shop so I get to do some really neat stuff sometimes. The funniest thing that I have done in the shop is..I cut a toilet seat in half (long ways) as a gag gift for some big-wig that was leaving the company, they said "this is for a man that is only half an A*S". We thought that was pretty creative.

USAZR1 09-26-2005 08:22 PM

I work for PPG Industries at Works #4,the largest flat glass plant in the world,in the Maintenance Dept. Been with them for almost 32 years.
Also started my side business,H&H Custom,in 1979. We have built award-winning custom motorcycles,cars & trucks,and experimental aircraft.

venom 09-27-2005 08:50 AM

I'm new here. My job title is "Sales Engineer". What I do is design and configure networks for credit companies. I make sure that your transactions get from the terminal to the host and back. There's more to it than that, but that's about the jist of it.

bulldogchevy 09-27-2005 06:40 PM

I Own A Body Shop In The Boston Area

z11 09-28-2005 04:56 PM

I know one thing, Venom will always have a job as long as I keep buying all these parts on my credit card.

And Lesrace82, there surely is nothing wrong with being a carpenter. If it were not for guys like you, we wouldn't have garages! Keep up the good work man!!!

Richz68 10-02-2005 01:04 PM

I've been selling parts to guys & gals for their cars since '89. I spent nine years at few local auto parts store chains and moved on to Summit Racingin 1998. I spent eight years there from '98-'05. I used my time at Summit as a "learning experience" to one day move on. I paid special attention to what people liked and especially what people disliked in hopes to use it one day.

That time came to me this year and I accepeted the role of General Manager of an established, well respected internet-based aftermarket parts business called "Streetrod Stuff". The name lends itself to be a Street Rod specific parts supplier, but that is not the case. We are a one stop shop to get any and all parts for just about any project you throw at us.

It has been a blast so far and I fully intend to make this company a first choice for buying any parts that guys like us need for our projects.

Rich

protour 10-02-2005 01:35 PM

Just a High School student waiting to finish up his gr.12 year. After that I'm taking a year off me thinks and working a bit. Then I'll be doing my first 2 years of Mechanical or Chemical engineering locally then going 1.5hours north(or south depending on which university I want to go to or get accepted at) for my last 2 years.

That or heavy duty mechanical. But idealy....I'd love to get my schooling done, do some post secondary and get on with GM or some well known performance parts company doing design/ R&D. I'm the type of person that wants to build it then thrash it to see how well it works and how/where to improve it. :yes:

-Matt

CarlC 10-02-2005 07:23 PM

Manager - Field Services for a large bearing manufacturing company. Basically, our group is in charge of everything after the sale: Training, installation, maintenance, and failure analysis.

Sometimes, they get pretty big. This one weighs in at six tons.

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2...01673me.th.jpg

jamesg602 10-02-2005 09:23 PM

I am 23 yrs old live in Chandler,AZ and I work as a production associate in a clean room for Medtronic. We build the highest quality medical devices in the world: Pacemakers, defibilators, stents and so on and so forth. Currently I attend school at Itt Technical Institue and am pursuing a degree in Computers and Electronic engineering. I share the same addiction to cars as a lot of others on this site as have, and own a 68 camaro that I am currently building/restoring.
:lateral:

partsman 10-02-2005 10:03 PM

Parts counterman for service technicians at a VOLVO dealer, lots of time to find and adapt cool euro stuff on to my newly aquired 1969 camaro daily driver.Even if VOLVO is owned by FORD, it pays the bills!

Diognes56 10-04-2005 04:31 PM

Full time college student (for autobody) and full time employee in the warehouse of a furniture store :( . It doesn't leave much or any (at times) time to work on "The Pariah", but working pays for school and hopefully school will allow me to work at a hotrod shop for a living :D , so it is worth it :yes: .

David

JayR 10-17-2005 03:51 PM

I design hot rods in Tacoma, WA for customers all over the country.

ProStreet R/T 10-17-2005 04:10 PM

Project Manager for a realestate development firm, I spend all day on the phone trying to figure out why people aren't/can't do what they are supposed to be doing, and making sure it gets done. So much for that BSME degree letting me play with cars all day :mad:

-Johnny- You ever see a black dakota CC on 19's running around petaluma? Couple of my friends live up there, nice place :thumbsup:

roddr1968 10-18-2005 12:50 AM

25, So-Cal, Warehouse manager for a major retail chain but looking for somethingin the automotive ind..

kennyd 10-18-2005 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayR
I design hot rods in Tacoma, WA for customers all over the country.


i use a highscool kid in tacoma wa for my renderings he is real good with crayons. do you know him ?

Mecom Racer 10-18-2005 10:24 AM

All I can tell you is that I'm the "import & export" industry... :_paranoid

j/k Actually, I'm a senior project manager for Heritage Exhibits www.heritageexhibits.com

Plus, I have a sideline making some of the appearance items at www.afterthoughtsauto.com i.e. the dashplates, caliper decals, fender stripes, airlid decals...

JayR 10-18-2005 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyd
i use a highscool kid in tacoma wa for my renderings he is real good with crayons. do you know him ?

Kenny, You dirty dog. Do You know anyone who can build a nice hot rod for me? I'll keep the crayolas sharpened for your next project!


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