Posted by MarkB_MI on December 23, 2013 at 03:56:36 from (75.198.110.135):
In Reply to: Need Advice... posted by Bryce Frazier on December 22, 2013 at 20:00:43:
As everyone else said, don't do it!
It's not possible to make money restoring old tractors, if you do the job right. So if you charged them an honest rate for your labor, with parts they'll have way more in the tractor than it's worth. Even if you work for free (which is their plan), they're going to lose interest in the project when the price tag goes over a couple grand. Leaving you with a disassembled tractor in your dad's shop. So you'll be PO'd for putting in hundreds of hours for free, they'll be PO'd because they've sunk a lot of money into the project with no prospect it will ever get done, and most importantly your dad will be upset at the lot of you because this interminable project is taking up space in HIS shop.
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