I HAVE A DREAM. (pics in technicolor)

Thanks guys. Django will be a great addition to the crew here. Nothing like another hot rod addict working with you.

 

Congratulations fellers! I'm glad to hear ya livin the dream.

 

Best of luck on your new venture. My the business gods smile down upon you.
John

 

Here's a traditional Chinese good luck money Buddha for you guys - fortune and abundance!

 

Congrats!!!

Good luck with everything.

 

Congrats! Now go out there and kick some ****. And, we'll expect pictures to back up any claims.

Frank

 

Congratulations! I hope you are close to O'hare which is where my daughter lives.....Now I'll have some place to go when I'm bored of the family ****.
Panhead Guy

 

That is Killer MAn , , Great!!! this is perfect for you. You are very very talented in this work. . You have a great eye for it!~~~

Is wish you the best

Aaron Von Minden

 

Congratulations, and best wishes! You've obviously got the right at***ude, and are surrounded by supportive people! Great to see someone head out and live their dream!

 

Congrats...Kevin and the guys up at HRCC have extraordinary talent and p***ion for hot rods...you'll be a fine compliment to the shop. I wish I could get up there more often, especially for the Thursday nights, but it's a lengthy haul for me. But the Czars are a cool bunch...good luck with the business. I look forward to what the new polished and perfected HRCC has to offer.

 

Good Luck !

 

Congrats...make it happen!

 

No luck required, you'll do great as you have the skills and p***ion to make it happen.

Look forward to future as you won't look back...

Cheers,

Drewfus

 

i'm 16, and we have/had the same dream. my dad does some fab. work for a living, but when i'm older i kinda wanna turn it into pretty much exactly like what you're doing. i wanna know is it really that hard to get you own shop started, and is it really something you can make a good living doing since there are so many hot rod shops out there these days??? any input/advice/use info, would greatly be appreciated.

and a big congrats on fullfilling your dream, it makes me wanna go out and start something of my own right now.

 

Best of luck Django and RayGun.



I will regularly come by and drink your beer, flip your hacksaw blades around and generally muck about.

 

Way to go guys!!!

I've been meaning to stop in on a Thursday night for some time now, now I have 2 guys to meet!!!

Best of luck to the both of you.

Matt

 

awesome! if it wasn't so far i'd stop by for a drink! best of luck!

 

WOW! Thanks everybody. That means alot.

The shop is about 20 minutes southwest of Ohare.

 

Com'on now. Texas isn't REALLY that far away, is it?

Thanks for the encouraging comments everyone.

 

Chad & Kevin, That's fantastic news!! Your both very talented people. Should be a great fit.

Love the logo!

Joel

 

Thanks Joel.

 

Cheers to ya!!!!!!!!!

 

Nice, Looks cool.It's nice to see someone else is living the dream. I feel the same way when I look around my shop. Scott

 

This sounds really cool, congrats. I hope you have devised a business plan. And if so, be sure to sit down and review it after your first year and see if you are actually doing what you wanted to be doing in a year. I know, I know.....it's the banker in me. But planning pays off more than anyone would ever think. So far all looks great!!

 

Everything the banker said and here is a dirt cheap recommendation for any business, up and running or just in the thought process.... this if from the accountant in me.

I'm not familiar with your area of IL, but if you have a "good" 4 year college nearby, I'm sure they offer this service to local businesses.

The local 4 year here, charges $100 and has a team put together a formal business proposal and plan, this is the real **** not some student paper looking ****. We had teams of 4-6 students all with diff majors... marketing, accounting, finance etc, the plans have to p*** a review by local lenders and investors, and we had a roundtable presentation to do for the owners, their accountants and attorneys. Hell I think the printing cost us $185 out of pocket, and I know I spent 320 hours on my accounting portion of the plan, and I bet we had over 1200 hours total. The client ran us ragged with ideas, we did a market ****ysis, compe***ion survey and ran cost profiles till I could scream, all of which had to p*** the review mentioned above. Well worth the $100.

As I said the colleges typically offer this for any/all businesses. Those not yet off the ground, those thinking of expanding or just an evaluation on market strength and demographics.

s.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I'll look around.

 

hey man, good luck on the new venture!!
nothing but the best to the both of you.

 

How could I have let this slip by?
Good luck to both of you!
Just remember...there's always music to fall back on .

 

very very cool! Good luck with your dreams!

 

Oh man, do you ****! Hot rod shop, plays in a cool band and owns a few cool cars. Lucky ****. Congrats and Good Luck I have to stop in some time.