Xander Wildeisen

I hope this can give every one a good general over view of the parts Jim has out there. There is a lot more that I did not take pictures of. If you are looking for some parts, please give Jim a call. 1-208-587-3743

I went out to a local salvage yard to get some parts, and took a bunch of pictures that I will post for you guys/gals to see. The yard is called Vintage Automotive, The owners name is Jim Hines. The yard is full of 1930-1960 cars and trucks, lots of great parts, rust is not a problem around here. If you are looking for any thing give him a call. He has a ton of N.O.S. parts in the buildings. And he is very knowledgeable and knows what is out there. 1-208-587-3743 http://www.jimsvintageautomotive.com/

You have a great looking truck, drive and enjoy it. They get a lot of looks by people.

I agree Matt, I have had to deal with people and customers causing problems. And I have never passed any charge over to the customer. There are a lot people that use other means to deal with competition, rather then buckle down and get the job done. It hurts us all. The people who are willing to work hard and do a good job, can be shut down by other people, and it is wrong. The people who work hard and do a good job, should rise to the top. I have said it before on this forum, and I will say it again. If the biggest problem this "hobby/industry" faces. Is the young people not wanting to get involved. May be some of the things that are done should be looked at, and talked about. Honesty can only help, if honesty is wanted.

I am going to throw some thing out there. And I am not saying that it might be in play here, just some thing to think about. There are a lot of shady things that small shops have to deal with. (69 GTO read the topic restoring cars for a living) If you have a shop that does a good job, and other people/shops want to cause them problems. One way that they can do it, is to cause problems from inside the shop. If you have a bad apple in your company, that person can cause a lot of problems. Delays in getting stuff done and cost over runs. And then that spills over on to the shop/owner. He or she gets hit with a bad rap, over charges customers,long time frame to finish the job, and so on. Again, I am not saying that this is going on. Just saying that some things like that go on. And a customer can get wrapped up in the middle of it. We all like to think that it is a fair playing field out there, but it is not. I think that this post is a good one, and others like it should be posted as well. A real honest conversation must be had from time to time about things, in order to keep the bad from getting to far out in front of the good. This is a wonderful job to have, restoring/building cars. You get to create, build,restore, improve,show and drive your finished product. A lot of pride goes into fixing up cars, so self policing and helping people out who do the same thing helps us all. Competition is a good thing, but dirty tricks behind the scene hurts us all. Maybe the shop is dealing with other factors we do not know about.

Worst paint job I have ever seen on a factory car, was a black H3. If you talk to guys that work in body shops, they will tell you the hardest part in the re-painting is matching the OEM finish on some of these cars. If you are a good painter, and want to do a good job/repair. It is hard to have to lay down a bad paint job just to match what is there.

I do not like to throw out a opinion on what some thing should cost, just way to many things play a part in the total at the end. But the numbers you keep throwing around are very high for paint work on a solid/straight GTO.

Here is where I am at. Cab and doors are sanded and buffed out. Will start putting stuff together on the cab, and keep sanding,and sanding,and sanding,and sanding,and sanding on the other parts.Truck will have the shop name on the door. turning out a pretty good for a shop truck. I think the Packard colors look good.

Very nice car.

What about this one?

well that did not last long.

I went out to a local salvage yard to get some parts, and took a bunch of pictures that I will post for you guys/gals to see. I thought I would put up a few shots of this car, and see if any one can guess the year and make. If you have been out there and know what it is, please sit tight. Wondering if any one can point out any distinctive things that will tell what it is?