Oldxr Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Just started working at a shop that services older cars.After resealing a torque ball on a 32 Roadmaster some how I got elected to be the house Buick tech.Not a bad gig since there is no flat rate time standard. just do good work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 you might tell everyone where the shop is located..... owners are always looking for a good shop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailheadBob Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I also do not like flat rate time, as most cut to many corners on the job, to make up time and move on to the next job, lost is the quality of work being done. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Frankfort Ill is where Larry Claypool has a Corvair shop........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailheadBob Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I know of Larry Claypool, but have never met him. Larry's shop is about 1 mile from my house. A friend of mine had a 1966 Corvair and used to take it Larry to have repairs done, at that time he needed to make appointment for service. He was always very happy with Larry's service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 6/2/2020 at 9:46 AM, Barney Eaton said: Frankfort Ill is where Larry Claypool has a Corvair shop........ How long has he been in that location? I sold a Bear alignment rack to a Corvair club or shop back in the early 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Claypool has been in Frankfort forever...... don't know if always in the same location. He is a very clever mechanic and also works on a lot of odd-ball vehicles that no other mechanic will touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailheadBob Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Larry Claypool has been at same location since 1975 that I know of, he was into Yugo's for a good while, I also had a neighbor that had Studebaker car and pick-up that Larry serviced. I never heard anyone who had a negative experience. Frankfort car club had a drive night in town, and at one point did a TV show tape delay on a local TV channel, and Larry did the TV interviews with people with there old cars at the drive night, and he did a great job with the interviews, and offered a lot of old car knowledge at the same time. I am sure that he gained new customers for his shop from that alone, plus word of mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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