where are all of the mechanics to repair these cars?, there are even more being finished at the body shop Options

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

Would be be a great career for someone who loves Porsches!

[Dr Evil]

Man, I have heard this from friends in the business for years. Independent shops want to hire fresh blood, but every kid wants to start out making bank when they dont really know anything, or if they went to UTI, WYOTECH or some such, they are told that they are worth $36/hr and have loan debt that needs fed.
I still often dream about putting it all into EvilWerks and making the biz what it could be. As people age out, my tranz skills will only be more in demand, and Im early 40s so hope to have a few decades left. This doctoring gig is not all that bad, though, so my stuff remains a side gig for now. If I lived closer to Eric Shea and PMB, I think my trajectory would change. But I am not moving to UT (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I would cite Eric's company as a success in the current setting, or any setting really. But, I bet he has hiring issues due to talent pool as well. Mater of fact, I dont know a single shop that isnt in need when I think about it. Every one of them has had folks with poor work ethic, no skills, lazy, want way too much money for what they bring to the table. Total bummer as I love seeing new people learning these classics and making their rent payments with their hands and learned skills. Something very visceral about that.

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

then there are such guys who would have made a superb Porsche mechanic who use that skill and become a medical doctor instead!!!!

Man, I have heard this from friends in the business for years. Independent shops want to hire fresh blood, but every kid wants to start out making bank when they dont really know anything, or if they went to UTI, WYOTECH or some such, they are told that they are worth $36/hr and have loan debt that needs fed.
I still often dream about putting it all into EvilWerks and making the biz what it could be. As people age out, my tranz skills will only be more in demand, and Im early 40s so hope to have a few decades left. This doctoring gig is not all that bad, though, so my stuff remains a side gig for now. If I lived closer to Eric Shea and PMB, I think my trajectory would change. But I am not moving to UT (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I would cite Eric's company as a success in the current setting, or any setting really. But, I bet he has hiring issues due to talent pool as well. Mater of fact, I dont know a single shop that isnt in need when I think about it. Every one of them has had folks with poor work ethic, no skills, lazy, want way too much money for what they bring to the table. Total bummer as I love seeing new people learning these classics and making their rent payments with their hands and learned skills. Something very visceral about that.

[fiacra]

[quote name='dr914@autoatlanta.com' date='Apr 10 2019, 02:17 PM' post='2704119']
then there are such guys who would have made a superb Porsche mechanic who use that skill and become a medical doctor instead!!!!

Funny you should say that George...as I sit here in my clinic waiting on my next patient and spending a few minutes recharging by spending some time on 914World. Not a doc, but a PA in my 13th year of practice in orthopedic surgery. It was my love of air cooled VWs that got me interested in medicine. I figured if I can learn how to fix a car, I can learn how to fix a person. I was advised not to bring that up in my admission interviews, but when I talk about that with my colleagues they all seem to get it. At work I use tools to fix bones, and when I go home I use some of the same (albeit less sterile) tools to work on my VWs and my 914. The newest "toy" is a 63K mile 1975 914-4, as rust free as one can expect a 914 to be as it has lived its whole life in a California garage. I'm new to the forum, and have appreciated all the great advice and experience I see as I have spent the last month browsing through all of your posts. My thanks to all of you.

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

you are certainly lucky to get THAT car.

The best mechanic in the world is the mechanic who works on the human body


[quote name='fiacra' date='Apr 10 2019, 04:48 PM' post='2704161']
[quote name='dr914@autoatlanta.com' date='Apr 10 2019, 02:17 PM' post='2704119']
then there are such guys who would have made a superb Porsche mechanic who use that skill and become a medical doctor instead!!!!

Funny you should say that George...as I sit here in my clinic waiting on my next patient and spending a few minutes recharging by spending some time on 914World. Not a doc, but a PA in my 13th year of practice in orthopedic surgery. It was my love of air cooled VWs that got me interested in medicine. I figured if I can learn how to fix a car, I can learn how to fix a person. I was advised not to bring that up in my admission interviews, but when I talk about that with my colleagues they all seem to get it. At work I use tools to fix bones, and when I go home I use some of the same (albeit less sterile) tools to work on my VWs and my 914. The newest "toy" is a 63K mile 1975 914-4, as rust free as one can expect a 914 to be as it has lived its whole life in a California garage. I'm new to the forum, and have appreciated all the great advice and experience I see as I have spent the last month browsing through all of your posts. My thanks to all of you.
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