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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee
Not all, but often a chassis builder, painter, or engine builder is forced to "tell you what you want to hear" because if he were completely honest, everybody would say "thank you" and walk out the door never to be seen again.
And often times, if the customer did bring the job in the door, he gets frustrated and takes his work elsewhere because "the pasture is greener on the other side of the mountain." And then that job also ends up waiting on the back burner and in the end, it may have been best to stay at position #1.
Now we all now this is not good but I've learned to understand that few, very few, left-brain creative & very talented constructors are also right-brain solid business men who know how to schedule their time, energy and money on the same level as their craftsmanship in the shop deserve.
Face it, most of us can't afford the shops that are right & left brain operations.
I was going to pay a visit to my race car today as it's in chassis / engine prison. So I called before I made the 75 mile one-way trip. Glad I did. The owner is busy this week helping his son move from his home. Now I won't get into that soap opera, but the bottom line is work for me and everybody else got put back another week because of non-work issues. Excuses get really old but I know this guy is a genius and it's going to be worth the wait.
And I can't say I've had a burning desire to be on the track lately so I'm fine with it all. And it looks like my transition from Stock to SuperStock was well timed...!
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Jeff...you got your "Left Brain / Right Brain" backwards - Left brain is logical, right brain is creative. Just had to bust your balls on that!!
And Rob, I feel your pain! I dropped my Nova off on Labor day of '09 for body and paint.....picked it up Thanksgiving '10 with one quarterpanel roughed in. I have confidence in body shop #2, though...it's going to Dave Cech's place in January!