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My son and I both have Monte Carlo's.  His is an Aero Coupe and mine is just a Landau, about 20 years ago I smashed the front of mine up and planned on putting an SS nose on it.  Time went on and I bought some parts, but the project mostly just sat in the garage.  My sons Aero Coupe has been sitting as well for a couple of years and I decided to get my butt in gear and finish these projects up.  We both need different parts, so I figured a parts car would be the most cost effective route to go.  I found an SS on Craigs list and e-mailed the seller.  They got right back to me and explained the problems with the car and also said they wanted it gone and I could probably get it cheap.  We took a 2 hour drive to look at the car, it runs, there are no holes anywhere except a few small ones in the trunk.  The frame is rotted behind the rear wheels and they  included new frame sections for the repair, I have done this repair before and it is an easy fix, it needs a little body work, mostly some surface rust and a few dents and dings and new paint.  That's about it, we agreed to a price of 500.00 bucks, needless to say it went on the trailer right then and there.  As happy as I am for getting such a good deal it it upsetting that things are getting so tight for some people.  My son is disappointed because this car is to good to cut up and I would be foolish to cut up an SS in this shape to make a Landau look kind of like an SS.  So it looks like I have a "new" project.   The way things are going I may end up with some nice cars that I cant sell.

I had a customer contact me vi e-mail asking what credit cards I accepted and if I shipped over seas.  I told him what cards I accepted and that I would be willing to ship over seas.  Next e-mail I get he wants the address to my web site so he can choose what products he wants, I give him the address.  Then he e-mails me with a list of products and asks me to quote on shipping.  I total his order and tell him I need a shipping address to give him a quote.  He gets back to me and wants me to use a shipper by the name of World Wide Logistics Solutions.  I googled the company and they look on the level, he says he will give me his cc info as soon as I quote him the order total including shipping.

For some reason this whole thing smells fishy.  Anyone ever hear of, or done business with World Wide Logistics Solutions?  The customer is supposedly in Australia, his English is alright in the first e-mails, but in the last one its like a different person typing and the grammar is all off.  So far I cant see the angle if this is a scam.

We have talked alot on this forum about customers supplying their own fabric and the different policys used by shop owners concerning this.  Some just wont take the job, others charge a cutting fee, but regardless of a shops policy most all have a disclaimer to protect themselves against fabric defects, shortages, human error,dye lot changes, or the manufactures warranty.  Last week I gave a quote on a large job with many different pieces, the labor came in around ten grand.  The customer wanted to supply their own fabric, so I added my disclaimer to the estimate. Because I would not guarantee "their" fabric I lost the job.  Maybe they used the disclaimer as an excuse not to have the job done because they could not afford it, but I doubt it.  I actually had a preliminary go ahead, received a chair and fabric because they wanted to get it back quickly, but after the chair was striped I was told to stop working because of my disclaimer.  Weird, but I cant take the risk of being "shorted" with 500.00 a yard hand woven silk from Persia and be expected to cover the whole yardage because it.  Unfortunate, but maybe it's all for the best.