> I've always told people it they find a good shop they can trust, pay
> maybe a little more and keep the guy in business. What does it help
> anybody if he goes out of business ....
Agreed.
 I get on a rant of a similar nature when people complain about mechanic
service on their vehicles.  Like, how hard is it to find an independent that
does work you like?  I go to one guy exclusively. He gets EVERYTHING. In
turn, I get great prices in return on work.
One other thing, yes, you may pay more for some stuff, but you also won't
find yourself at his doorstep regularily looking to fix "the next thing that
broke unexpectedly".
> Good luck with your truck.
Looks like luck is with me, all my colors are on, it looks fantastic. Well
above any expectations I had for my daily driver.  The final color is
different from what I expected (not that I cared if the shade was different)
Its a dark blue green, I'd say turquoise, but its too dark for that.  In any
case, the cans of paint and parts book call it a 1983 Truck dark blue.
 =)  With a darker silver/grey side stripe.    Now I know I shoulda
taken some before pictures to give that shock value to the face lift it got.
=)
Alex.
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