Weird. Restoration encompasses mechanical as well. Top notch restoration involves a much greater skills set than pure mechanical. Russell employs true artisans. Too bad it's under-appreciated!
Here in MA good Indy MB shops get 80-90 per hour. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2013, at 10:34 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > restoration/body pays a lot less than mechanical. the going rate for MB in > atlanta is well over $100 an hour. tire shops get over $100 an hour here > in south florida > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:12 PM, <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> What is this $105 per hour bullshit? World renowned restoration shops >> like Paul Russell and Co. who work on 40 million dollar bugattis for Ralph >> Lauren charge $85/hr!! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 3, 2013, at 9:59 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> just tell him that juanita will be very angry that he stole this job from >>> jeb >>> >>> juanita is jeb's wife. she is the brains, brawn and bitch of the >>> operation. jeb just likes to turn a wrench. if you walked in and said >>> "jeb, can you put these brake pads on for me. i'll give you a can of >>> sardines" jeb would just say "oh, i rike sahdine. thank you!" whereas >>> juanita will scream "so sahdine, you asshoe! 50 dollah!" and then curses >>> would fly at you in some asian language >>> >>> despite being good friends with jono, i'd always use jeb for any sort of >>> work as either $50 or a can of sardines is a lot cheaper than that $105 >> an >>> hour jono charges for labor (and this makes him cheap by atlanta mercedes >>> standards. sheesh!) >>> >>> alternatively, whatever price he quotes you, exclaim "carlos is half of >>> that!!" and see how long it takes him to figure out you've been coached >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: >>> >>>> HaHa! I'll mention that tomorrow morning... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 3, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: >>>> >>>>> i told him that i sent you to jeb but jaime got you all confused on the >>>>> matter >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Gary and Jaime. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll keep you posted. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 3, 2013, at 8:38 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> he says he's got a 300CD with known good climate control and has some >>>>>> plan >>>>>>> regarding that. we didn't get into many details beyond that. i do >>>> like >>>>>>> that line filter idea, though, and mentioned he ought to look into >> that >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I spoke with Jonathan yesterday evening and we agreed to speak today >>>> to >>>>>>>> iron out details. As of 10 minutes ago, he had all of the required >>>>>> parts >>>>>>>> either in hand, or arriving tomorrow. 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