The one thing I hate about these "lazy shops" is when you go to pick up your car, the owner starts talking about how much you owe him on your bill, when in all actuality he never did much of any work on the car to begin with which is the reason you're pulling your car from his shop. Then, he tries to back you in a corner by making you feel that if you don't square up with him on the so-called bill or money that he feels you owe him, you're not getting your car.

Oh you should have heard the whining.... $7,700 to get it out of jail. I can assure you no work was done to earn that..... I was happy to write the check - load the truck up and split. LOL.

"I have to feed my family"..... Hey! Apparently I've been feeding them for a few years now.... Maybe a little less eating and a lot more work??? LOL

That has to be the worst of it, as long as they have your vehicle hostage, there is no negotiating. They are mad because the golden goose is leaving and you are mad about being robbed. I've read a dozen of these since joining Lat-G and none have turned out well....

GW,
I'm sure you still have the basic plan you always had, a solid driver with some simple creature comforts. Any new build thoughts since it changed hands?
Anyone doing a render for you? (I love seeing renders, my kind of wall art)


Jeff-

Jeff --- the end -- only matters to me about how they handle THEMSELVES --- I don't care about the money part (lucky me)... to me - it's all the attitude. Eric was very friendly - was professional - whined some - but also understood the reasons for me pulling it.... a lack of progress.... But the attitude did go south - as expected - and not unreasonable.... BUT <always the big butt> -- I'm not the only guy to pull out of there as of late.... and the whining about having to get me some roller wheels/tires was unlike anything I've ever witnessed... on that account alone I wouldn't recommend the shop. Dude.... it's just business - end it well and live to fight another day... end it poorly and you just get bagged on.





Update ---- No changes. Still going to be a tan/grey color - artillery wheels - simple street rod with some rake... to the unknowing - it'll be "a nice old pickup" - to the guy that drops a knee and looks underneath - he'll go - "oh hell yeah".... The underhood will be a combo of gloss and satin.... and just about ZERO billet or chrome anything. We'll do more with "color" and texture.

A glimpse of the interior direction ---- gauges just arrived:







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Greg, I love the gauges. Youv'e already got over a mile on your truck, and it's not even finished yet. :welcome3:
Glad to hear everything is well. Throw some progress pics up, when you get some from the shop.

I'm in Austin now -- will be at the shop Friday....


I don't expect "progress" at this point - they will have had to disassemble and inspect - and check everything they're going to have to do to move forward from here. They already found areas in the cab that need to be patched....

We'll have a great discussion about overall "direction". So far - I've loved the phone calls I've gotten with ideas from Mike Kaiser (the shop foreman). He seems to grasp exactly what I want.

Under the hood still going to be bone stock LS crate just like its shipped? ... or maybe just maybe you'll let them do a little de-clutter with some period disguise... :beathorse

Oh yeah --- I think LS motors are FUGLY to begin with --- so we'll manage to give it a little pizzaz.... And I don't like seeing wiring etc - so it'll get all the usual hot roddy stuff done like that.

I like the gauges, they'll fit right in.

How's this for a guy hiding the fact he has an LS motor in his 59 Belair 2 door wagon

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Yep, all shops not equal.

:P

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