I am looking to hire a part time or possibly a full time helper depending on experience. Preferably for now I would like a young energetic guy that has common sense and wants to learn the trade. My shop is growing like crazy and I will be expanding in the near future. I will eventually be hiring 3 - 4 guys with experience so please send me your detailed resume and references. I really need somebody with past vintage car experience. Welding & fabricating, sheetmetal, electrical, general service work, suspension, and air conditioning is what I do. I am not looking for a body man or painter. Right now I need an all around guy that is willing to do all the little things like cleaning parts, disassembly and reassembly, glass beading and painting small parts, and running for parts and supplies. I am very willing to share my experience with somebody that will listen and wants to learn. A drivers license and your own car is preferable. If you fit the bill please send your info to : vintageautorepair@gmail.com
Just a little advice for you younger fella's, you can wish in one hand and shit in the other, then see which one gets full first..... or, you could be willing to take the plunge and move for a job that you really want. I know, it's scary, it's expensive, it's iffy, all that stuff. But, if I were an employer, I would like to take a chance on a youngster with the self confidence to drop everything and hit the road in search of their dream. Good luck to all involved.
Hi Terry! Same boat here, always looking for quality help. The Phoenix area is rocking with hot rod activity!
This is great opportunity to work for two great guys that have been in the business for along time. I work for Terry for a little over a year and learned alot and have been friends with Elpalcko for a very long time and have learned a great deal from him as well. C'mon guys this a chance in a life time. You only live once.
Im not super experienced but id move down there. Im up in idaho right now. I went to school to be an underwater welder. So i can weld. Im not experienced in fabrication though. Im 22 and really want to learn the trade. Dan
you're young with mechanical ability and a will to learn, i'd hire ya. if you can get something going and move down here do it. there's no snow and not really an offseason for hot rod related stuff. not to mention cheap projects with no rust. the heat kinda sucks but you dont have to shovel it out of the way to go to work.
Nothing wrong with living the dream. And I have, way more than once, some have worked out some have not. But all have been opportunitys to test what your made of. As Abomb said its all about you. Some advice, make sure you can live on the wages nothing fun about being broke in a strange area without family around. Been there done that, Ron
i live in florence AZ .. owned my own shop in the 70's .. custom bikes and cars .. machinist ,, built parts for space shuttle ,, tractor and heavy equipment mechanic for last 20 + years .. but i'm getting old and slow ... out of work for last 3 years ... can't work for just gas money ..
Well if anybody is looking to hire a hand and show him the ropes. I am game. Ill go anywhere. I would like to go someplace with year round nice weather but I wont complain either way. Im a good worker, always on time, and I never miss a day.
This is exceptionaly good advice. I have managed to do a lot of things in my life and the only reason is because I wasn't afraid to take the show on the road. Life's an adventure if you allow it to be. If I was a young man still I would be all over this. Hell I could still be convinced to do it in a pinch.
Good advise by all. I got some good pm's & emails out of this. Right now I am looking for the entry level position, which of course doesn't pay much for anyone trying to support a family or have to move to get it. It is so unfortunate with todays graduates how lazy most of them are, and how they expect things to be handed to them. I grew up in a car related family, and other than a few years as a machinist, all my jobs have been around vintage cars of one sort or another, and I have worked for everything I have. This morning I bought a Hemi from a local guy that has a major Mopar salvage yard. He is 73 and I asked him if he ever gets tired of all the crap he has and deals with. His response... never will I ever quit doing this! I guess the point I'm trying to make is I'm not sure kids today will ever be passionate about anything like we are with our old iron and the history it represents.
Very well said sir,most of the teenagers now days are so fcking lazy. I wish you were looking for someone 4 years ago when I didnt have a family.I live in a place hotter than AZ,always underpaid always overworked and I would've love tho learn the trade. If I had the chance Id take it.Whoever takes this opportunity I hope you do the best you can.
I hope it's good advice, but I just noticed it makes me sound alot older than I feel......Hell, considering the guys I hang out with, I'm still a younger fella....
Man, talk about the opportunity of a lifetime! I'd love to see one of our younger HAMBers jump on this.
Just a "heads up"... I have known Mr. McG for many years. I have some down and dirty build time with him. (still have the hearse sitting just like we left it in '88) And did quite a few miles with him in his '39 chevy. This guy is a hot rodder. He drove that '39 cross country several times. One time towing a Ford behind it. Terry is a talented guy that is a wealth of information. Very level headed and easy to work with. This is a sweet oppertunity for a young guy to learn from a sharp hands on builder. We now return you to our regular programing.....................
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