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04-13-2010, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Soon after I retired the first time from a corporate position, I quickly got bored. So I just started doing what was I had always done, tinker with motorcycles, mopeds, three wheel machines, Honolulu has all kinds of crazy transportation stuff. I didn't set out to actually making a living from it, maybe a little side income. It wasn't long before it turned full time, I made some decent money. Worked to dam hard, it was SUPPOSED to be a hobby!  |
04-13-2010, 07:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Originally Posted by Excaliber
... tinker with motorcycles, mopeds, three wheel machines, Honolulu has all kinds of crazy transportation stuff.
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That's what I wanted to do. I was in my second year of college, lost my job as a mechanic (not because of poor craftsmanship, Chas.  ) and the only job I could land was crawling under houses that were under construction and pumping out the water after it rained and then putting the plastic down over the dirt and mud so the plumbers could lay the pipes without getting dirty. One day a plumber's helper reamed my butt out for doing a lousy job putting the plastic down on the dirt. It was at that point that I thought "man, there's got to be a better way...." I remember that like it was yesterday.  |
04-13-2010, 08:10 PM
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Somebody get me more kleenex - please... 
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04-13-2010, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
Somebody get me more kleenex - please... |
Well, it's not like I fell on hard times.  |
04-13-2010, 08:16 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
Somebody get me more kleenex - please... |
Patrick, for some reason that I can't understand, feminine products come to mind right about now.
The old "walk through the snow to get school" story could be next. |
04-13-2010, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
Patrick, for some reason that I can't understand, feminine products come to mind right about now.
The old "walk through the snow to get school" story could be next. |
Well, the possibility of KC selling his business just put me in a retrospective mood for some reason.  |
04-14-2010, 07:11 AM
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Keith-all the best of luck however it shakes out. You've been a big factor in the FE resurgence and I doubt that Roush would have bothered if you didn't prove it was viable.
If you make a deal please stay as a 'consultant' or some such so that QC, R&D and machining techniques remain at a high standard. Your name is the gold that former and new customers will always seek.
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Well, the possibility of KC selling his business just put me in a retrospective mood for some reason. |
Too bad it wasn't an introspective mood...
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04-14-2010, 07:30 AM
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Keith, you are too young to retire. Why don't you give it a few more years, then see if one of your boys has the talent and interest to take some of the load off you and eventually carry on the business in the family name?
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04-14-2010, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Too bad it wasn't an introspective mood...
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Not much chance of that. |
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