It's All My Wife's Fault

When it comes to making pizza and drawing what I need I can hold my own. When it comes to shaping metal and welding that's a different story. So I needed to find the person that could make my project come to life. About two months before the project began we were enlarging the walk-in at the restaurant and needed some custom stainless work done. One day my wife comes home and gives me a business card, and said she met a nice young lady and that her husband does custom hoods and stainless work and that we should give him a call for the walk-in project. I gave Chris a call to come and take a look at what we needed and take some measurements. After he was done I ask if he would take a look at my drawing. When I gave him the drawing his facial expression was like giving a three year old a double scoop ice cream cone. At that point I new he was a car guy. I asked him if he worked on cars? He pulled out his phone and showed me a 50 Ford that he had chop, sectioned, and fabricated some of the lower panels that had rusted out. We talked for at least an hour about cars and the project. I ask if this is something he would be interested in building? I didn't think I really needed to ask, because of his enthusiasm and interest that he was showing. It was a big yes! He ask for me to give him some measurements and what kind of materials that I wanted to use and the scope of the work I wanted him to complete so that he could give me a ball park figure of what it might cost. I told him I would get the information together and we would meet again. At that point I had a gut feeling that Chris was going to be the man for the job. During the time between our meetings I worked on pulling off the cab and doing research on the new chassis.

My make shift hoist. Crude engineering, but it worked.

Made it to shop without any problems.