Ugh! Trying to unscrew what the owner screwed up

Posted by Garrett Meadows On 2016/9/12 7:37:17

A cousin of mine works for an auto-restoration shop in Northern California that unofficially specializes in unscrewing bodywork that was screwed up by car-owners who thought they knew what they were doing and/or were too cheap to allow a professional to work on their cars.

My cousin said he had the opportunity to work on a Packard about ten years ago that the front doors wouldn't close properly after the owner tried to replace a portion of the front floorboard. (Don't ask what the relationship is between the two.)

He said the "repair" was a colossal disaster. Evidently, when the owner realized the problem he had created, he kept tinkering with his repair job by rewelding, adding all kinds of supports, joints, and make-shift fixes, but to no avail.

My cousin said he had to take the owner's repair job back to the original starting point and completely start over again--at a premium price.

Perhaps it's a matter of pride that some owners simply won't admit that he doesn't know what the heck he's doing. However, my cousin said it's those types owners that keeps his business flourishing.

as always
Garrett Meadows