Post your address so we know where to bring our cars to get them repaired for free. Lol
On Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 5:47 PM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I rented a pretty large space in a commercial building. I had to get a > zoning variance, which took quite a bit of time and money (as Pierre > mentioned). > > The traditional gas station repair shop doesn't work for the classic > business. First, they're expensive because they have good visibility and > traffic, which doesn't do anything for me. And they offer no indoor > storage for cars, which is critical to do the work seriously. > > Jaime > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 5:25 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Are you renting a commercial shop or doing it out of your home shop? The > > shop here at the house is actually a commercial shop. In fact the PO ran > a > > body shop out of it. If I were to finish cleaning it up and organizing > it, > > I could run a business out of it. I’m about 45-1 hour north of Tulsa and > am > > not really sure if folks would make the drive to have their MB serviced. > > There are 1 or 2 shops in Tulsa that supposedly specialize in MB but they > > appear to be rip offs to me. When I say specialize I mean they work on > them > > but not necessarily in the business of restoring classic MBs to fully > > functioning. There is an old German dude in Tulsa that was just him and a > > helper. Dude is still going but he has to be well over 80 by now. He knew > > what he was doing. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, at 4:11 PM, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Kaleb, > > > Its been a secret up to now as I needed my day job until I had the shop > > > secured. I've reached the "no turning back point", so it was time to > > give > > > notice and work and get the word out to start advertising a bit. > > > > > > Heres our website: > > > https://classicworkshop.com > > > > > > Jaime > > > > > > > > >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 4:35 PM Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Apparently he has announced on Fakebook that he is leaving the > corporate > > >> world behind and going to work on cars full time. I can’t believe he > did > > >> not let us in on the secret early. I wish him the best. That has > always > > >> been my dream to do something similar but 2 major things hold me back. > > 1, > > >> health insurance. If my spouse had a job with insurance I might have > > tried > > >> it out long ago. 2, I’m afraid if I was to do it full time, It might > be > > too > > >> much like work and I may get tired of it. Currently, if I feel like > > working > > >> on cars, I do. It’s my escape. During my day job I have to deal with > > people > > >> and issues all day. When I go out to the shop, I can be alone and and > > not > > >> have to deal with people. > > >> > > >> If for some reason I found myself unemployed, I’m sure I could fall > back > > >> on it hopefully. Anyway, anyone who takes their classic MB to Jamie > > would > > >> be in good hands. > > >> > > >> > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Daveslist mailing list > > >> davesl...@okiebenz.com > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/daveslist_okiebenz.com > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jaime Kopchinski > > > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
