UPDATE: This is more about people than cars. The car part is short. I have the front end all rebuilt and ready to go back in.
The people part is that my "helper" and I had a few long talks. His father was a auto mechanic and he died when he was a very young boy and he was raised by his grandfather. From what I understand, he never had a "mentor" or someone to look up to. He is a good small engine mechanic in his own right but does not know much about cars. He needed the work and overstepped his knowledge taking on a car. Long story short is that he is now concentrating on his small engines and I showed him how to do the "billing" on his jobs, to be fair but still make an OK wage (As well as MANY other things). Summer is getting here now and he has work coming in. This may have caused me a bit more work rebuilding the front end, but, I think I was meant to meet him and give him a leg up. I really like my 1950, but it is a machine. I think I got a person back onto the right path in life that is priceless.
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