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sucked in is rightThat reminds me… Time to get caught up on a 55 wagon build I’ve been following for >10 years now!
Select that link at your own peril!
It’s a deep rabbit hole, and mesmerizing watching a true master craftsman ply his trade. You will get sucked in.
So cool to watch him build the tools needed to repair or fabricate parts. Hell, in some cases building the tools, to build the tools!
Looks like he’s finally getting close…
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VF -96 onboard the USS Constellation (CVA-64). WestPAC 1972
They wrote a song about her.
And the labor cost to pay someone who really knows what they’re doing as opposed to some monkey who can sort of make a fender straight and flat again. I spent a brief stint as the mechanic in a body shop but got to work with a few guys who were absolutely amazing. They could really work some magic on body panels but they certainly weren’t cheap
About 30 years ago, my Dad gave me one of many life lessons.
Cheap, right, fast. You can only have two of them.
Anyone that is very good at their trade is right and fast. You pay the man.
A buddy of mine owns a shop and has a little sign that says this on the front deskAbout 30 years ago, my Dad gave me one of many life lessons.
Cheap, right, fast. You can only have two of them.
Anyone that is very good at their trade is right and fast. You pay the man.
I made more than a few models of the f4VF -96 onboard the USS Constellation (CVA-64). WestPAC 1972
Two months ago, the water pump on my Cummins was going out. I figured it would take me 6 to 8 hours to swap it out. Instead, I hired a friend that is a mobile mechanic. He came to my shop and took care of it in 3 hours. He charged me $100 an hour. I often make $100 an hour doing what I do. So, the math was easy. I paid him and told him thank you.Yup. It's all about "time." And how much time (which = $$$) a person worth paying a lot can save you. Hopefully they save you more time/$$$ than you are paying them (and, thus, freeing you to have the time to make your own $$$), but...
Do I need to read the text to you, of course it's 3 females.And it’s probably 3 females lol
I will not have you talk that way about other Hide members. Just because they fuck each other, hold hands in the shower, rub each other's feet, wear fishnets on first dates, and make eye contact when eating bananas doesn't mean they are Democrats.Democrat dogs
"Things that are not surprising for $200, Alex."Okay, who is missing from the MPT? Let's have a roll call and see who doesn't show up. I know there's more than one chicken fucker in here.
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