Weld's 40 Ford pickup

[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

[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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[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!

[Ketzer]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Crafty B makes a variety of gas caps that look a ton better than that Moal unit....

https://crafty-b.com/collections/all-gas-caps

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by formula88

Next year might be Mach 2!

LOL ---- No kidding Gordon!!! Actually -- I thought this year was much "tamer" than last or even the year before when I drove my '33......

Was super fun to hang with you and Liz for the week. I love doing these kinds of "car" things.

Originally Posted by Ketzer

Crafty B makes a variety of gas caps that look a ton better than that Moal unit....

https://crafty-b.com/collections/all-gas-caps

Thanks!!! I sent the link to the shop...... I like the "gashole" version but without that logo.

[Ketzer]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Thanks!!! I sent the link to the shop...... I like the "gashole" version but without that logo.

He can definitely do no logo, or even custom logos... I'm eventually going to find a place for one of his caps, I want mine to read "Stripper Glitter only"...

[waynieZ]

I just checked them out, Nice!