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Old 09-05-2013, 10:10 AM
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I agree with Greg. Dave at Comp Fab did all of the initial fab work on Syborg for about 25 grand. I a matter of days (not weeks) he completed the entire back half and had the truck back on the ground. So paying Dave a few more bucks an hour was well worth it. Because he is much more efficient them most guys out there.


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Originally Posted by GregWeld View Post
$105 an hour - is he "efficient"? Can he do in an hour what the $35 an hour guy takes 3 hours to do? My guess is he is. Why? Because he sticks to what he knows and his shop is set up for. The total of my "custom" touches are frenched tail lights and license plate - custom grill (done a zillion times) and fancy wheels (also done before so they're really 2nd off instead of one off).

Here's what's even more important to me. I knew exactly what I wanted - and I'm building exactly that. The shop can order parts and just keep on truckin'
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