Steve, I know exactly what you are talking about. Carguys are the absolute best. I am so grateful for everyone that I work and deal with. They have offered up their time, their homes, and their garages to my family and I.
Me, my brother, and my dad were on a family trip out to the west coast in the 65 Parisienne when we spun a rod bearing west of Calgary. We got towed back in to town at 4:30 on a Friday and were dropped off at a local shop. The shop wanted $2400 and 7-10 days to fix it, but couldn't start until monday. That would have wrecked our holiday and put a serious dent in our wallets. A guy (Les) at the shop came up to us and started talking to us about the car and asked how everything was going. Well, when we told him the story of us being from out of town and not having a whole lot of options other than having it flatbedded home, he got on the phone, located a 283 to drop in, and told us of a U-Wrench-it nearby. At 8 in the morning the next day, we started unhooking everything and by 10 Les showed up to help us out. By 12, the 283 arrived which was lent to us for free by another guy. Long story short, by 6 pm Sunday, the Pontiac had a new motor, we had 2 new friends, and we went on to finish our trip. Also, Les dropped us off at a hotel saturday night, picked us up sunday morning, and worked with us that whole second day. We all couldn't believe how they went out of their way to help us out. They saved our trip and gave us a terrific story to tell.
Along those same lines, we're now working on a69 Charger R/T turning it into a mild pro-tourer. This is my first project near this magnitude and it's even tougher because I am a student living in a 2nd floor condo. My parts are in a friends attic and basement, and the car body occupies another friends garage in the summer where we work on it. These guys continue to amaze me and make me so grateful for the friends I have. I couldn't do it otherwise. Means even more to me because the car started as a father son project but dad passed in 2005, so we're finishing it to honour him, as well as have something fun to tool around in.
Car guys really are the absolute best. Bless you all
long post, but I've seen amazing things in my life....meant a lot to me
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Red Ryder
1969 Charger R/T pro-touring. 440, 4-Speed (In Progress)
1965 Pontiac Parisienne Custom Sport Convertible 327, 2-speed powerglide
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