[tcb] Re: tcb emails???
- From: Jeff Bednar <coitspoon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:58:53 -0700 (PDT)
My good buddy (and mechanic) just opened a shop in Plano. It's on Plano Pkwy
and Coit. He knows quite a bit about Vintage VW's (as he works on all 4 of
mine). He is also Nissan, Honda, and Acura Certified.
He is currently looking for more work. His Labor rate is $65/hr. He's honest
and Knowelegable.
Brian Steelsmith
Steelsmith Automotive
775.292.0488 cell
Thanks,
Jeff Bednar
--- On Thu, 9/25/08, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: tcb emails???
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 9:53 AM
Denis: I have kept track of the time it takes, and it is awesome. That's why
it costs so much to have an old vehicle restored if you have someone else do it
and you pay them. It takes about 700+ man hours to do a reasonably decent
resto on a bus that was a fairly decent candidate to start with. I have had
people ask me what my restored Westy is worth. I tell them that I have
approximately $7,000 in actual cost in it including the purchase price, AND 700
hours of labor @ $75 per hour shop rate, you calculate the numbers. You just
do all of the little things one at a time and it eventually gets done. Go to
bed at night and put yourself to sleep thinking about the next project you will
do tomorrow. At some point you are finished.
And speaking of shop rates: I don't know what is reasonable anymore. My
friendly VW mechanical repair shop is now charging $80; my brand new Chevy PU
had to have the power door lock mechanism replaced the other day and the Chevy
dealer shop rate is $75; the closest VW dealer to me now gets $95. But I also
know a good paint and body guy who owns his own shop and will work on old car
restorations when the shop is slow and for this he tells me he tries to make
$35 per hour.
--- On Thu, 9/25/08, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: tcb emails???
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 9:39 AM
We're old and busy. At least, I am old and busy. There are plenty of
lurkers.
OK. Here's a subject:
I am still in the process of rehabbing this junkyard door to replace the
destroyed driver's side. I have taken it down to shiny metal and ground out
all the rust, inside and out, have sprayed primer, not liked the texture and
stripped it and sprayed it again, and like it. Today, I may put real paint
to all the parts. Then I can put all the rubber on and the glass in and have
a decent door, which I have to hang and adjust to fit in it's rebuilt hole.
I have had to rebuild all around the damaged area, bending, shaping and
painting metal so that it will look, somewhat, like new if I ever finish.
Oh, and I forgot that I still have to install all the mechanical door works.
Is this why these things go for $15K and up if they are decent looking? Does
everybody who really cleans and repairs every tiny corner go through all
this? Do most people clean every corner? Sammie, was the Bakery bus this
way? Ronnie, did Sparky and Crusty cause you this much grief?
If I ever had to figure out in man-hours, materials and blood what Murray is
worth, it would have to be in the $500K range and not a dollar less.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:03 AM
Subject: [tcb] tcb emails???
when i joined the tcb 3-4 years ago i used to get bombarded with emails all
the time and loved it, seems as though lately we just don't get the emails
we used to get. have we lost members or what? why is everyone so quiet now?
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