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Man, I love these threads.
The work you do blows my mind, ND.
Totally amazing and something I could never do, ever.
Cool chit!
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Couple of thoughts. 1)damn you know your stuff! 2)Kind of reminds me of why I dread any kind of work on my 100 year old home. It's never easy or nice after peeling off a layer. 3)Have you considered having a bunch of teenage thugs taking hammers to it, maybe put a spite S*&t on the windshield and lighting it on fire? Don't know why but I think that might actually aid in the overall longevity of the resto. I think I saw that in some kind of documentary I watched some time ago about a car like that.
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Dave keep this up and before you know it more folks will be knocking at your door. Looking good.
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that's some crazy good work!
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big girl up on the body cart to work on the rockers and lower quarters. I wonder how many really appreciate Northern Dave's skills to their full potential.....unless they are familiar with Minnesota Rust.... especially on those old old rigs... Dave, you're an Automotive Magician's, Magician...
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lower quarter is tacked on, the fit is nice. I ran out of shielding gas for the welder so I'm going to have to skip over to some body work. I'll get shielding gas on our lunch break.
Something clever here.
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big girl up on the body cart to work on the rockers and lower quarters. I wonder how many really appreciate Northern Dave's skills to their full potential... And the fact that, that is all self taught is freaking AMAZING!
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big girl up on the body cart to work on the rockers and lower quarters. I wonder how many really appreciate Northern Dave's skills to their full potential... And the fact that, that is all self taught is freaking AMAZING! "oh i need this body panel. I think I'll just make it." lol. Freakin amazing!
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Everything in this box has been cut out and replaced in Christine, none of it was available as reproduction items. Old girl has been testing me, so far we are still friends, thank god.
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I'd guess you enjoy the work, although it is clearly work. At least you get to see what you've accomplished.
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Ever since you've been posting your work on here I've been wondering where you learned to do that.
You taught yourself?
That's very impressive,...no kiddin'.
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What I enjoy is working with people on projects that they are passionate about. Cars happen to be my thing, performing restorations for people is how I get that fun involvement in peoples hopes and dreams.
Nobody is excited to work with a collision shop on a fender bender or a deer hit. They didn't plan that chit, they didn't want it to happen and they are burdened by at least a deductible amount, plus you have their daily driver, they want it back. Same with general auto repair, nobody is excited about going to see the mechanic for a slipping transmission or a check engine light.
But people do like to talk to me about "Tri power or EFI? What do you think?" or "Should I do the disc brake conversion now or should we focus on the body and paint, basic mechanicals and maybe do disc brakes next year?"
I'm like a fugging wedding planner, for gear heads!
That's the fun part.
Gutting these cars, cutting, welding, grinding, blocking.... That stuff isn't necessarily fun but it's appreciated by the customers.
It's not a bad gig.
But I need to get a couple long term gear head employees to train to do the more technical side of these jobs. The metal work, body work, the paint and finishing.
I'd like to be freed up to hunt for projects, plan builds, orchestrate the work within the shop.
That's what I'm working towards.
Something clever here.
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Something clever here.
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Well, they'll have a good teacher......
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just to cold up there lol.
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just to cold up there lol. Not in the shop Roger. I bet Dave would even donate a back seat out of a parts car for you to sleep on. You would never have to go outside!
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Is Eener still kicking, hope so. We haven't had any Eener updates in a while..
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What I enjoy is working with people on projects that they are passionate about. Cars happen to be my thing, performing restorations for people is how I get that fun involvement in peoples hopes and dreams.
Nobody is excited to work with a collision shop on a fender bender or a deer hit. They didn't plan that chit, they didn't want it to happen and they are burdened by at least a deductible amount, plus you have their daily driver, they want it back. Same with general auto repair, nobody is excited about going to see the mechanic for a slipping transmission or a check engine light.
But people do like to talk to me about "Tri power or EFI? What do you think?" or "Should I do the disc brake conversion now or should we focus on the body and paint, basic mechanicals and maybe do disc brakes next year?"
I'm like a fugging wedding planner, for gear heads!
That's the fun part.
Gutting these cars, cutting, welding, grinding, blocking.... That stuff isn't necessarily fun but it's appreciated by the customers.
It's not a bad gig.
But I need to get a couple long term gear head employees to train to do the more technical side of these jobs. The metal work, body work, the paint and finishing.
I'd like to be freed up to hunt for projects, plan builds, orchestrate the work within the shop.
That's what I'm working towards.
It will be a very lucky man that receives your teaching. That kind of skill set is learned through the school of hard knocks. You will greatly shorten the learning curve for a lucky young man. These skills will always be in high demand at your extremely high level. Kudos sir, you are one talented individual.
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I'm like a fugging wedding planner, for gear heads!
This should be on your company sign!
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What a beautiful engine. I had a '57 Dodge Coronet 2-door with the 325 V-8, a slightly stroked 318. With the push button TorqueFlite and dual exhausts, it was a runnin' machine. If I had known you'd be along with your many talents, I'd have held on to it for another 45yrs, just to have you refurbish it. Of course, all that would have been left was the engine, tranny, and rear end. The body was dissolving then. Would have been hard put to separate it from dirt by now.
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