Bob and Melissa: 9/27/10 Update

Monday, September 27, 2010

9/27/10 Update

We (M&B Autobody) have been located in Schaumburg, IL for ten years now, our lease has come to a end. The Schaumburg location has been good to us, but with the economy and the fact that there are over 30 shops in a 4 mile radius I felt it was time to shift directions and make a change and focuss on what I enjoy doing.

I'll let you in on something, dealer referral and work is not what its cracked up to be, don't get me wrong, if I was a Jerry Watron, Jerry owns Americas Autobody, a dealer referral driven business and he thrives on that stuff, not me. I have always been a tech, not so great on the business end of things and being a tech and not a business man I just don't like to many hands in my pocket and to do dealer work you have to give discounts, rebates, free work, doughnuts, etc etc.

So with that being said,

We have officially MOVED

A good freind lent me his trailer, I loaded and unloaded it a total of 8 times!

Rick from AkzoNobel moved our second paint system, that was a great help.

Chris from Fair Towing helped with the frame rack and lift. Even our Nikki pitched in for a night of dusty box moving. I wont do it again, maybe one more time to the back of our property when that comes along.

Now for the fun stuff, I helped Larry from VooDoo Larry Customs move his shop, for two days I got to know Larry and we talked a lot about business, cars and our love to work with our hands.

He then asked if I could pick up his car (VooDoo Idol) from the bodyshop he has been using so he could get it ready for a show in Long Beach California, I did. When we arrived at the shop the car wasn’t ready and we were asked to come back in the morning. This car was scheduled to go to the trim shop and then ship to California, but the bodyshop had run behind schedule putting Larry in a bad spot. So were arrived on the next morning to pick it up and it was ready but I could see the disappointment in Larry’s face, the car wasn’t close to what he had vision. I offered to fix it and we moved it to my shop. So the work started and I ended up painting everything except the hood and roof with only four days till it shipped.