Let's tip our hats to an auto upholstery veteran

[TheHogRing]

After suffering a stroke in August that left him unable to live on his own or drive, Childress has decided to close his 30-year-old shop and move to Shelby to partner with his son, Sandy, in opening Kustom Auto Trim & Tops.

Read Gary's story: http://tinyurl.com/7erqtc9

[Qwerty27807]

This is the tragedy of one-man shops.

Decades of work crash and burn if the founder is unable to work, leaving no residual (or very low) value.

[Vtool]

Reidsville is where my better half is right now. her father has a farm there. hate to see his buisiness close. would have loved to have spoke with him. with his reputation, I would have enjoyed to have seen his work. Vtool

[Mike]

fortunatly for me my brother is my partner, after my stoke my son came to help and talked of learning the buisness but he just didnt want to take the time to learn. 

[kodydog]

Mike its funny how people think they can learn the trade in just six months.

It took me two years to learn all the different styles when working in a factory. And that didn't include spring-up, sewing or cutting and stuffing foam. And no way did I learn how to run a business.

Its funny how people think this is a good trade for high school dropouts to get into. I have a fellow who helps me around the shop doing odd jobs. Dropped out after the 9th grade. I would love to train him to do the work but I don't have time to teach him all the things he should have learned in high school.