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Brose, Thanks for the compliment! I try really hard to please my customers and customers of Classic Roadsters. You will find I am an honest person that sometimes turns down business or sales if I think I can't do a good job or if the customer doesn't need to spend the money. Over the years I know I've lost a lot of money on sales of items I can't sell with a good conscience. I think some people may think I'm stupid for doing this but I know I can sleep at night knowing I've done the right thing. I don't think this forum is the place to try and promote my business unless I'm willing to pay for advertising. Buy the way Brent, I am interested in advertising please send me some info.
I will give you a little background on my business. I started in 1990 in Minneapolis and moved to a small town 1 1/2 hours NW of Mpls 5 years ago. I built a shop behind my house last year. It's 4,000 sq ft and works great for me. It is well equipped with a lift, welding equipment, just about everything else you can think of. We do all of our own engine building in-shop and have an engine dyno made by dynomax which allows us to do alot of experimenting for power and torque. It also gives me peace of mind in knowing an engine I ship is broken in properly and everything is set. I provide all levels of support and parts sales. I sell all suspension components, rear ends, engines, trannys, steering, wheels and tires, and anything else a person might need for building a car themselves. I also provide service on customer cars and will complete a car to any level. I have built about 100 kits over the years with about 75% being Cobras. I have built the Sebring MX and 5000, MGTD, 36 Mercedes, 36 Jaguar, 29 Mercedes, Lamborhgini Countach, 55 T-Bird, and a few street rods.
When I built my first kit I was very frustrated in finding parts so I decided to sell packages, My front end package is complete down to the nuts and bolts, my engine packages include everything so all you need to do is hook up the hoses and wires and it's ready to run, no timing to set no carb to adjust, no cam break-in. I think this helps the average builder complete their car without the frustration of locating parts.
For the past year I have been helping Classic with tech support questions. I am very happy to do this and many people that call think they are wasting my time but this is not true. I love helping. I am still like a kid with these cars so I love sharing my knowledge and expertise even though I'm not making money on most of the calls unless I sell something. It's my way of giving something back. Not very many people can work at home, do what they love and make money at it. I can and it's great. I'm not getting rich by any means but there's more to life than money. Happiness and family are at the top of mine.
I have had several customers build their cars in my shop which is kind of a 1 on 1 clinic. I would be interested in holding a clinic if enough people were interested.
Sorry to ramble on so long but as you can see I like to talk. Somedays that's all I do! My phone and address are:
Minnesota Classic MotorSports
39342 Co Rd 185
Sauk Centre, MN 56378
1-888-722-6272 voice
1-320-352-3841 fax
Don
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