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A young man with a body shop came to me for advice. In the early eighties he had performed $3500 worth of repairs on a family friend's car. Meantime they had spent the insurance money. Now the car was ready, they wanted it, they couldn't pay for it. I told him to take something off of the car. I had in mind a door or front fender, something that would unbolt and bolt back together, no major work or painting involved.
A few days later I was visiting his neighbor and the young man came over and led me to the car. He had taken an air chisel to it and cut off a quarter panel! That required welding back, body work, and paint. Hundreds of dollars of extra work, not what I had in mind at all. I did have to admit the car wasn't going to be driven away!
Hu
Rusty in Montana
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I owned a water well service company here in Montana for many years working on two different Indian reservations for both tribal and non tribal customers .
One customer in particular gave me a bad feeling about the outcome of any work I could do for them , the asked if 1/2 down then the balance owed in 60 days , I agreed with them and wrote it out on a receipt they got a copy so did I .
The elapsed time came and went and after numerous calls I went out there with my service rig and pulled the pump . All of a sudden their phone worked , but the money wasn't there and they had no intention of paying the balance due .
One customer in particular gave me a bad feeling about the outcome of any work I could do for them , the asked if 1/2 down then the balance owed in 60 days , I agreed with them and wrote it out on a receipt they got a copy so did I .
The elapsed time came and went and after numerous calls I went out there with my service rig and pulled the pump . All of a sudden their phone worked , but the money wasn't there and they had no intention of paying the balance due .
I had body shops and the auto insurance companies were always taking me over the hurdles. Then I bought an auto salvage and wrecker service. Now I often had high dollar salvage against fairly small bills. The insurance companies sometimes asked for some slack. Not even in their wildest dreams! I never cheated them or over charged, I never discounted one red cent either!
When I thought I was going to be overextended with a customer I always tried to get enough upfront to cover much of my money. A couple wanted me to restore the body and paint a '64 Rambler. He had been parking it outside his bar for a few years. It had been his wife's first car in high school. She couldn't understand why a '64 four door Rambler didn't have the same value as a '64 Mustang. I explained to them they were spending $3500 on a car that might be worth eight hundred when I was done. I got half down, and I got paid in full.
Hu
You have the best stories lol.
Would love to buy you drinks for a week and just listen while we're driving balls into the rail or just sitting there
Been there and done that. Plan on doing it again soon!
Mr Machine
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Traffic, the great equalizer.
Tranny patrol
Speaking of pursuit, a purse could severely injure the occupants.
The funniest part of this photo is the cop in the background mugging me down for taking a picture of his buddy on the scooter. I’d like to know what was going through his mind. He looked more annoyed after I snapped the picture and gave him a peace sign.
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The last I knew there were scooters being sold 600CC or bigger. That makes it a pretty respectable machine especially on city streets.
Hu
The parking enforcement scooter pictured above has 30 some HP with a top speed of 80 MPH, that takes a week to achieve. More like two weeks with that jelly sucking donut eater straddling it.
