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[b]MoCoke wrote:[/b]
[quote]we’ve been in business for 20 years and our telephone has never been published. all we had was a sign, and that got damaged during a hurricane years back. all of our customers arrive by word of mouth or they just see crashed cars along the lot. your work should be the only advertising you rely on that brings in business. the other stuff just gets the word around that your another bodyshop.[/quote] Just to give you all a idea of the market im in there are over 250 body shops with in 35 miles of my shops…..we have been open for over 15 years now and only have two drp accounts… most of our work is word of mouth but being on the radio helps keep your name fresh in there minds… I have had neigbors forget I have shop and its on the back of my damm truck that sits in the driveway lololololYa testunt show was before we did the remodle of that office… the wife would kill me if we tried that now with the new carpet and paint lolololo
Yep its not one for sure… I am also doing a 69 camero,its just a bare tub now all new qts and complete floors have been done… no money to keep going at this time it just sits.. I will get a thread and pics on that one later in the week… man you all are going to get sick of me fast lolololololo :exci
Yep a few hours of tear down towing and storage and let it go to the salvage yard…
[URL=http://img31.imageshack.us/i/shanepics208post11.jpg/][IMG]http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6217/shanepics208post11.jpg[/IMG][/URL] thank you for the comment on the bike it means alot.. this is like the tenth time I have painted it and this time I did a tribute to my dad who passed away almost six years ago now.. on the tank as you see is a picture of him at his 1st gas station than over that is the child that my wife and I have tried for the last 13 years to have than on the bottom is “KEEP THE FAITH” that was what my pops would always say in tuff times……Pete at Legacy colors did the airbrush work and we finished it off…
This is a funny thread but true… we always seem to get cars in threes and if we eve keep a part thinking we will use it someday we never get that car in.. we toss the part and in the next week that car comes in…
I will look at the shop on monday and get you the clear number we used on the last truck we did… PPG has a eggshell clear that works great… make sure the job turns out super clean as you can not cut and buff flatt clear.. there is also a hot rod black that works pretty well from ppg
Well im 38 now and have two of my own shops.. I also started this trade back in high school so you just never know where it will take you….this is a trade you can always fall back on..
Thanks guys its a day to day struggle… I just keep plugging alone,I could not do this with out my wife as my team mate..anything I can pass on I will be gladd to just ask away..
[URL=http://img687.imageshack.us/i/shanepics203post2.jpg/][IMG]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7110/shanepics203post2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]just to give you a idea at my shops for a job like this we would charge 3500-4000 that would include the airbrush work and pinstriping…. this one just happens to be mine..
what paint system will you be spaying… with the new clears that im shooting from ppg the new iwata works great…
Hey guys im new to the site and thought I would chime in here,I have two shops in Nor CAl that are doing very well,I always ask the parts drivers and adjusters what it is like out in our neck of the woods… they have been telling me for months now we are one of few still busy….I hope we can keep up this pace during these tuff times,I have some of the best guys working for me and do not want to send anybody home or lose them….