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With everything going on right now small businesses are under even more stress than ever before, with that said PLEASE give this video a watch, thumbs up, and comment. Getting ourselves and our content in front of as many people as possible is what will keep business coming in... which keeps our doors open and our lights on!

Wrapped up the 451 Mopar build FINALLY! Now time to get this damn thing in the car!

I purchased a copy of Adobe Premiere Elements and it's done pretty well for what we are doing, definitely doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the big editing suites but it's helped improve the production and speed of our videos pretty well I think. The last 6 months or so have all been with upgraded camera and software, hopefully the production quality is something people notice and appreciate. Honestly as odd as it may sound we really don't want to make it look TOO polished and professional or it loses some of the small town shop feel and turns more into a "show". At least, in my opinion. BTW, anyone who hasn't noticed or looked lately we are turning out content at least a video or two a week. Feel free to take a peek

Good luck out there on the track today guys, have fun and stay safe!

Final video of the 2500 Mile $2500 Road Trip just went live, if anyone cares

For the giggle factor, I can totally agree with you there having a "Matchbox Car" is a blast and all the kids point when you drive by Well, at least the ones who look up from their phones to wonder what's making so much noise #getoffmylawn

Not a HUGE fan of the blowers you can't see over but.... that's sexy AF

Would love to try to get the IS300 down a track that's not dog shit to see what it can actually do ... unfortunately it's only been at Trails and ALWAYS spins out of the hole badly

Pot Still is getting rather difficult to get your hands on for a "non rare" bottle they aren't distributing much. As a drinker and collector this all gets challenging, I don't want to open a bottle until I have a backup bottle ready!

Well technically currently its FWD

Sounds like you're having some reasonably inexpensive fun, might I suggest you and I throw down in a Daily Volvo Beaters drag race sometime soon?

Anymore a lot of the more specialty bottles are extremely hard to find without a Kentucky road trip. Also TIMING is everything. Find out when their allocation comes in and goes for sale, for most Liquor Barns they come in Friday and go on sale first thing Saturday morning. If you are there more than an hour after open most places will be sold out of the "good stuff" Managed to snag 2 bottles of Eagle Rare this weekend while I was doing a quick down and back to the lake but they were the last 2 in the store and I got them by pure luck. My bar at home is... disgustingly well stocked especially for someone who seldom drinks at home. But hey, the collecting and huntin is part of the fun!

Feedback from you guys on these road trip videos, something worth doing more of or no? I realize they are considerably longer format and this was the first attempt at it but is it something people would watch? Need to get more film from the others as well so there's not so much Austin and more of the whole group but aside from that...?

Hey some of us still race! Between running down the track and supporting cars we have built/support I'm still active! And Buck, I'll challenge that Pontiac with my old black stealth for your spot!

Hmmm not sure how much I want to weigh on in this but some high level conversation about this... Charge a fair price for your skill set, tool/equipment set, and customer base and make sure to clear your Labor costs and Rent/Equipment costs. If you are set up and skilled to do basic maintenance and repairs, great be that and be fair with pricing. If you are set up and skilled to do more intensive or specialty work, great be that and be fair with pricing. As many have mentioned also, the $80 rate is definitely cheap for the Columbus market IF you are churning out quality work. Your average shop rate in the area is $105-$125 per hour so you may be selling yourselves short. As in retail, when cutting prices to get people in the door you often times find yourself serving a customer base that's only looking for cheap deals and scab fixes. It's like running $10 oil change coupons... you'll do a whole lot of oil changes and NOTHING else, and few if any of those people will become customers looking for more services. As Cordell points out... there are a LOT of steps to making a shop successful from the guy answering the phones and talking to customer, to the guys getting greasy if there isn't communication and honesty you're in a slow boiling shit stew. We pride ourselves on being on of the best Independent shops in the region and work hard for that reputation, but even WE screw up on communication on a somewhat regular basis. Be honest with your customers, try to keep an open line of communication, and do your best to be fair in pricing while not slitting your own throat to "get the job".