I've always been a mechanic.
Right up until last year 1/1/16 when I passed my business to my son.
I literally passed the torch to him.
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Pulling wrenches gets in your blood, as do Triples.
I'll never be able to be without either.
I've been "retired" for a full year now.
I still go to the shop most days, mainly to work on my H2, but also to see what the boys are up to.
I also cast bullets and load ammo there.
Someone here, leastways I think it was this forum, posted a pic of a Saab 96 that they own.
I cut my teeth on them.
I'm an old Saab guy as well. Saab's got me started in my European Automotive Repair adventure.
As a kid, I'd work on anything that came through the door.
Then I started screwing with Saab's.
Folks would drive by the shop and see them there and ask me if I worked on Saab's.
Then many of them would say "I've got a Volvo".
It kinda went from there, one European brand after another.
The automotive repair industry was always very good to me and it continues to be a challenging, fun, and rewarding business for my guys.
There's 7 full time and 3 part time.
I watch them and smile as they struggle with the day to day trials and tribulations of earning a living.
But they get by just fine.
In this day and age it's all about access to information and software.
More times than not you fix a car not so much with wrenches but with software updates.
Which is just one more reason I love my old Jap bikes.
Craig