Hey, guys, it was great to finally meet several of you today. Everyone I spoke to was exceptionally friendly.
I mentioned this to a couple of people this morning, but didn't get to talk to everyone about it. I've been working toward starting a hot rod shop (I use that term in the catch-all sense of anything antique, custom, or performance related) and I've noticed that members' questions about area Land Cruiser mechanics seem to go unanswered. I grew up with Toyotas (we haven't even dealt with anyone but Fox since the mid-'80s) and have a particular fondness for Land Cruisers, but Scott County is a Jeep county and thus I have no experience with them beyond the three 60s that I own.
So, in exchange for the opportunity to work on your vehicle, I would offer a discounted rate. I'd truly love to do it for free, but I have bills to pay and shop purchases to plan for. Tentatively, my standard and max labor rate would be $30/hour, which around here anyway, is at least $15 cheaper than anyone I've come across in a long time.
My qualifications are: I graduated from Wyotech, I was a mechanic at CarMax in Nashville, and until I let my cert. lapse a few years ago, I was an I-CAR certified welder. I've spent the last four years managing a large salvage yard, moving them from a memory-based inventory to a computer system, and creating an online presence, as well as managing the repair and body shop for a local used car dealership owned by the same family. I'm a capable mechanic, but still not as experienced as I would like to be - particularly with older, "analog" vehicles - and that's what I hope to improve upon. After I finish the rust repair on the '86 that I'm currently doing, I would also be open to fabrication and installation of patch panels, if anyone were interested.
I realize that most of us in here enjoy turning our own wrenches and many are on a budget, but I also know what it's like to have a job and life that keeps projects on the back burner instead of in the driveway where we can enjoy them. Anyway, I just wanted to throw my hat into the ring.
Aaron Marcum
I mentioned this to a couple of people this morning, but didn't get to talk to everyone about it. I've been working toward starting a hot rod shop (I use that term in the catch-all sense of anything antique, custom, or performance related) and I've noticed that members' questions about area Land Cruiser mechanics seem to go unanswered. I grew up with Toyotas (we haven't even dealt with anyone but Fox since the mid-'80s) and have a particular fondness for Land Cruisers, but Scott County is a Jeep county and thus I have no experience with them beyond the three 60s that I own.
So, in exchange for the opportunity to work on your vehicle, I would offer a discounted rate. I'd truly love to do it for free, but I have bills to pay and shop purchases to plan for. Tentatively, my standard and max labor rate would be $30/hour, which around here anyway, is at least $15 cheaper than anyone I've come across in a long time.
My qualifications are: I graduated from Wyotech, I was a mechanic at CarMax in Nashville, and until I let my cert. lapse a few years ago, I was an I-CAR certified welder. I've spent the last four years managing a large salvage yard, moving them from a memory-based inventory to a computer system, and creating an online presence, as well as managing the repair and body shop for a local used car dealership owned by the same family. I'm a capable mechanic, but still not as experienced as I would like to be - particularly with older, "analog" vehicles - and that's what I hope to improve upon. After I finish the rust repair on the '86 that I'm currently doing, I would also be open to fabrication and installation of patch panels, if anyone were interested.
I realize that most of us in here enjoy turning our own wrenches and many are on a budget, but I also know what it's like to have a job and life that keeps projects on the back burner instead of in the driveway where we can enjoy them. Anyway, I just wanted to throw my hat into the ring.
Aaron Marcum
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