Weld's 40 Ford pickup

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by WSSix

X2 great picture.

Truck looks fantastic, Greg. I really like the direction you're going with it. Thanks for sharing the journey with us.

Thanks Trey!

This shop has just been excellent to work with. They contact me with any question.... they bill - in detail - every 2 weeks - there are no surprises - and they have great ideas and totally seem to get the direction. So refreshing!

Pinkee's never asked me anything - mostly because - you'd actually have to be working on it once in awhile to have any questions! Only time I ever heard from them was when he wanted more money. LOL Took me asking several times to get a billing statement - and then it was just some phoney made up BS.

There's been more work done on the truck since JUNE than was done in the last 2 years! Mike told me it's only a couple months away from going to paint.

[Ketzer]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Mike told me it's only a couple months away from going to paint.

Oh man that must be a great feeling! I'd be lucky if I'm a couple years from paint...

[clill]

The shop was a stop on our Good-Guys tour and they fed us as well as gave us a tour. Amazing shop. Well equipped and well run. Harold and Tracy the owners are friends of mine. Harold said he opened the shop because he was tired of getting ripped off by other shops. It looks like he has hired a good crew. Harold isn't gong to bill you because he needs the money. He doesn't need the money. He has plenty of his own projects. If there is a lull in customer projects he has the crew work on his to keep them busy. One of the nicer shops and car collections I have seen. Try not to screw this up Greg...........

[gofastwclass]

Excellent vision turned reality. The truck is looking fantastic. I'm glad you found the right shop to build it for you. This looks like it will be a lot of fun.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Ketzer

Oh man that must be a great feeling! I'd be lucky if I'm a couple years from paint...

One of the things that drives me crazy is the shops that think they have years to finish something. When you get my build - you better jump on it immediately and it best be finished in 2 years or less. A shop is not going to have to wait for money, or for me to make decisions.... If I have to wait on them - or they try to play cute - or feed me some BS about how long "X" takes to do (I've personally done just about everything on a car many times!). The other no no - try to build something I don't want. I'm very clear with what direction I'm going. If you have cool ideas - I'm the first guy to listen.... but if a shop wants to go their direction and not listen to me. Bye bye. LOL Remember that I was trying to die during this project -- so there was a year or so there when projects weren't important. So this one has taken longer because of that - but mostly it's taken longer because I should have pulled it after the first year....

Originally Posted by gofastwclass

Excellent vision turned reality. The truck is looking fantastic. I'm glad you found the right shop to build it for you. This looks like it will be a lot of fun.

Thank you! The vision is pretty simple - a nice daily driver that appears to be pretty stock while running down the road. However - running down the road with Lillard, Steilow, and Capen.... that kind of "running", is running Mach 1 !! So the "guts" of the build have to be solidly capable!! LOL

[formula88]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

One of the things that drives me crazy is the shops that think they have years to finish something. When you get my build - you better jump on it immediately and it best be finished in 2 years or less. A shop is not going to have to wait for money, or for me to make decisions.... If I have to wait on them - or they try to play cute - or feed me some BS about how long "X" takes to do (I've personally done just about everything on a car many times!). The other no no - try to build something I don't want. I'm very clear with what direction I'm going. If you have cool ideas - I'm the first guy to listen.... but if a shop wants to go their direction and not listen to me. Bye bye. LOL Remember that I was trying to die during this project -- so there was a year or so there when projects weren't important. So this one has taken longer because of that - but mostly it's taken longer because I should have pulled it after the first year....








Thank you! The vision is pretty simple - a nice daily driver that appears to be pretty stock while running down the road. However - running down the road with Lillard, Steilow, and Capen.... that kind of "running", is running Mach 1 !! So the "guts" of the build have to be solidly capable!! LOL

Next year might be Mach 2!

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by clill

The shop was a stop on our Good-Guys tour and they fed us as well as gave us a tour. Amazing shop. Well equipped and well run. Harold and Tracy the owners are friends of mine. Harold said he opened the shop because he was tired of getting ripped off by other shops. It looks like he has hired a good crew. Harold isn't gong to bill you because he needs the money. He doesn't need the money. He has plenty of his own projects. If there is a lull in customer projects he has the crew work on his to keep them busy. One of the nicer shops and car collections I have seen. Try not to screw this up Greg...........

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