Civilian Auto Hobby Shop

[Doubled33]

Got one near los angelas. Im not sure what the girl in the wedding dress is doing with that pipe wrench though.

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When I lived in LA I went there a few times with my F cars and P cars. I always enjoy turning my own wrenches. The guy that ran the place was extremely nice, had a few lifts that were always booked and kept a pretty neat shop with decent rates.

The biggest issue was the type of lifts he had. I think if he could have figured out how to have more 4 post alignment style lifts he would have been busier.

I can say that I hope he has done well.

 

[SBAG]

I never had much time to use either the auto shop or the wood shop. “NCOs work for a living” - implying officers don’t. Bull ******* ****. Depending on the branch I guess.

 

[ybnormal]

I love using the Auto Skills Center on the base and it's saved me a ton of money. I've also learned a tremendous amount from both other customers and the staff. The mechanics are a great resource always willing to help out and provide supervision. I am lucky to have a full service garage including welding, tire mounting, alignments paint both, etc. A bay only costs $12 an hour. I just helped out a Chaplain there today who needed to drain his gas down to a 1/4 tank to ship the car back stateside. Photo is from a last fall when I worked on the clutch linkage.

didn't know we had those over there. where is that? Mainz-Kastel, Heidelberg, K-town?

 

[05snopro440]

We had a couple of those in Edmonton. I don't think they're around anymore. I think it's hard to justify the overhead and cost of tools just to rent to DIY guys.

 

[Matt XYZ]

didn't know we had those over there. where is that? Mainz-Kastel, Heidelberg, K-town?

Grafenwoehr. There is a smaller one on Vilseck about 15 minutes away. Heidelberg and Mainz-Kastel closed back in the 2000s. Lots of bases are gone now.

 

[ybnormal]

Grafenwoehr. There is a smaller one on Vilseck about 15 minutes away. Heidelberg and Mainz-Kastel closed back in the 2000s. Lots of bases are gone now.

I know the American Arms is still in Wiesbaden. be going to visit my dad there in June. haven't been in 20 yrs

 

[nadogail]

IMHO, I don’t think civilians have enough discipline to commit to and follow the rules required to make a Community hobby shop work, they also will have enough disposable income to avoid needing one.