RacerHog

Still waiting....opcorn:

beepbeeoJEEP

Sold my first item today on my online store,
the only item I have,
so far

beepbeeoJEEP

I knew my number one fan would not leave.
Yeah, I am still waiting to start also,
printers,faxmachine,phones,IRS,state tax office....
seems my time is being ate up with everything except working on the car


That's ok, soon all will be quiet, no phones will ring, no facebook posts, no twitter chatter, no more nothing and all will go quiet.


I cant see the forest for the trees. But, that's ok. When nothing becomes quiet, I will finally get the CANOPY up.And then, I will do something I have never done to date,
get to know my Charger.


I have moved all the parts to the canopy into the back of my pickup truck. And I have got the selftapping screws to help the frame of the canopy be firmly put together.
And tomorrow I gotta go back to my day job.
I can see that the only way to make progress here is to just start building the canopy, bit by bit, a little everyday.


After dinner, tonight I will go over and sit with my Charger, she probably thinks I have forgotten her.
Yes, it is time for some quality time with my car,
I have become more concerned with promoting her as a Legend,
when, she is first, but my car.
That's the plan, gotta go and see her now 5:15 pm Thursday.

beepbeeoJEEP

Yep,
Now I know why I am working a day job and Empire building every other minute of the day.
Its gona take everything I got and everything everyone of you silent viewers got to support this venture. Almost 1500 views of this thread and only 26 replies.
Come on people, chirp in here, don't be skeeered. I got to know I have some support, I have spent close to every penny I got to get here, without some support, the Horizon goal of getting this operation going is gona fizzle out.
Don't matter to me, I am in it till the end.
I will restore this Charger back to mint condition even if I got to max out every credit card I got, mortgage my house, pimp out my hound dogs,
pee on the grass.
Don't matter.


If you want to see what I am up against,
go to my website
www.maltfalcon.com
and click on the internal link in the upper right corner of the HOME page
and click on MF01.
I just spent some quality time with my Charger and took a crap load of pictures.
Go to my FACEBOOK store
DOG COMPANY OF ST. PETERSBURG
and buy a BUMPER sticker.
This DOG is off the porch and gona go down and get the JUNKYARD dog and the rest of the pack,
and ride this train to glory.


whatever...............

beepbeeoJEEP

First thing I gotta do is check out EASTWOOD products.




ok, throw another one.

beepbeeoJEEP

Just days to go,
got my company phone hooked up.
Open 24 hours a day, so go ahead drop me a message,
they got this new fangled thing called VOICEMAIL,
gotta love this stuff.


.......


Keep it professional.
I want to hear everything, here, the good the bad and the ugly.
I listen.
When I started this, some of you said I sounded like
a junkpeddler, scammer, spammer or I was doing this just to build me a car.
I listened.
I have pledged to keep my employees at a 10 percent rate of Challenged
or what some people call disabled. Combat Vets, blind people, it don't matter, there is a place for everyone at Dog Company.
If you have a mind, and the drive, come to Dog Company.
It will take a while for me to get going,
but, I had a talk with a friend at work with PTSD.
You got to understand before you can understand
what people have inside them.
The crisis line is there for anyone with concerns-
1-800-273-8255 [TALK]
If any of you have a friend that needs to talk, tell them to call that number.
I am also committed to a Charity run in 2017.
I will not quit, I will not get discouraged.
All I got to do is look to the sky,
and maybe see a B-29 called FIFI fly over.

beepbeeoJEEP

Well,
I inputted all the requirements for restoration into my computer under the Projectmicrosoft application.
I will be loading it into my website for a template of operation such that I can keep this Bumper sticker schedule of workorders synced.
It will list every step and keep a calculated schedule up starting 12 April.
According to the "Big Red Eye Hal " computer, it will take 1027 manhours to complete restore, So, if I work on it 2 hours a day, 5 days a week it will take me about two years to finish. Put, in my dragbutt time and I will be lucky to get it done by Oct 31, 2017, my retirement date,


that is the schedule to keep if I am gona make this Dec2017 run.
It will take me a day or two to get it on the website.

Coronet 500

Looked at your site yesterday and viewed your photos. Looks like you have a full plate and a labour of love ahead of you. Hopefully John and Horace will shine there grace upon you.

Iowan

I should start with a little about me, I've been building , rebuilding cars for forty years. As I'm sitting here trying to put a number on the total projects I have been involved with and it's just giving me a headache.


One of the for mistakes I see people make when starting a project is under estimating time and money for their project. I look at your number of hours as generic for a "restoration" because everything used for a calculation is subjective. The car is not apart for an evaluation, the skill level of the technician, equipment and time available also the level of restoration itself all have a large impact on cost and time.


One thing I see a commitment of two hours a day five days a week as tinker time, not productive enough to amount to much, if you want to get it done your going to have to commit 15 to 20 hours on the weekends also.


If you put the car on a rotisserie and media blast it and do a true restoration I'd say you would have, Reality check: 2500 hours in the car. Also two years is very very tight.


This is one time I hope I'm proven wrong but you have taken on two projects at the same time and one will take away from the other, your deadlines are going to be tough.


You asked in your posts for opinions, this is what I'm thinking.

beepbeeoJEEP

beepbeeoJEEP

You are absolutely right.
When I say two hours a day, this is from a computer analysis.I believe more in your estimate.I am at work right now, so I will respond later in the day to explain, more.Thank you very much for taking the time to comment.

beepbeeoJEEP

I have been trying to come up with a response to your posts.
On a yellow legal pad, full length I started to write down my response.
13 pages later, I am only beginning to understand what a tremendous operation lay ahead.
Yes, it is a labor of love.
I work my day job, I come home and work till midnite on this project, and do it day after day since I started this thread.
One of my greatest resources are you guys.
I have other people working with me,
very talented people.
But, nothing is more valuable then the knowledge I get from you guys here on the forum.
With my best guess, logerythums and my geek squad friends,
we who know NOTHING, try to get a small idea of what lies ahead for me.
According to computer analysis and past non-robot time and motion studies that have been fed into my Projectfile application, it all came up with about 1000 manhours. This would be in a perfect virtual world of assembly line and prestaged setup type of envirorment.
An unreal view of possibilities.
The truth is reality.
With 40 years of experience and professional knowledge,
the real picture is 2500 manhours.
And that is with a quailified professional that knows what they are doing.
Through in the mix of the unknown factor of non-experience and to safely project a reality would by multiplied by 3.
So, worst case scenario would require me, at this stage of ignorance
to consider 7500 manhours to complete this job.


I have 3780 hours available to maintain the ProjectScdule of 27 months.
That's 7 hour days and 5 days a week.


Even at 2500 manhours, what does a qualified mechanic cost-
$10 an hour= $25,000 in just manpower, not to include parts and service of outsourcing.
Even if we double it.
$20 an hour= $50,000 in just manpower.
But , in reality, a good mechanic gets at least $30 dollars an hour, if not more.
My target is to budget this car at $100,000.
Now , we are well over what I could easily get for this car, no matter how nice it turns out.
This is why, not only do I have to build this car,
I have got to hire AT LEAST 5 people.


Its all in the numbers and what is required to accomplish the end goal.


Yes, it can easily give you a headache to think about all this.


I was lucky enough to watch and hear
John F. Kennedy say-


We will put a Man on the Moon,
not because it is easy,
but because it is hard.


I don't know if I can do this,
but as God is my witness,
I am going to try.


And with a little help from my friends,
and just a little bit of luck,
I will do it.

RacerHog

That thing should have already been at the body shop 2 weeks ago, and the Upholstery guy needed to be their last week also. You Already lost 80 Hours... Get-R-Done !!!!..

Tell that Norwegian to get to stepping....

Iowan

beepbeeoJEEP

Ok, lets recap here to get a little perspective.
I got the car.
The goal of restoring the car and making a Roadtrip at the end of 2017
is the mission.
I cannot simply have the car done.
I cannot do it myself.
The cost of the mission will outweigh the end product of a restored car.
I have a full time job until Oct 31, 2017, when I have an option to retire.
If I try to restore the car, work my day job, and use every available minute working on this,
I will surely burn out. My day job is too important to jeopardize with poor on the job performance.
I need whats called a force multiplier.
Dog Company of St.Petersburg.
The real mission here is to develop my company into an
engine of generating capital.
If the car ends up costing $75000, then that will become equity.
If the car generates interest in my company, then it will become a tool to success.
Yes, to succeed with this proposal, the company and the employees that will follow will be what makes this car a reality.
What is my company all about?
Basically buying and selling Classic Cars and parts.
Or marketing the interest of that, to say the least.
That's what I have been working on day and night, because without an income strategy for this car, it will not succeed.
I do not have the capital or time to accomplish the restoration of the car
by itself. But, I do have the drive to build a successful business to do it.
That's why I have not even turned a wrench yet.
But, soon, I will start. The company will take time to grow. I can do a lot of work on the car myself.
Until I get to the point of reaching a 5 person team to work on both, it will be slow going.
My number job is to create interest.
Good press and bad press, don't matter.
Google my Company name and see what pops up,
check out my websites and check the visitor count.
I have not even officially begun (12 April) and over $20,000 has been invested. not to mention the time.
The second part of the business plan is to generate participation.
And selling $27 Bumper Stckers to support the company,
well, if I had 1000 supporters, that would be a good start,but, an awkward business idea to say the least.
SPONSORS.
That is my only hope.
Carlise Ventures and their team is a hope.
GoPro camaras, Goodyear, Dodge, plain people that have an interest.
I have the ambition and motivation.
I jump up every morning and say
I love life and a challenge.
At the end of the day, it makes a good story to follow and the education of how we , as a team, build this car will be priceless.
Happy Easter everyone, and may God Bless our neighbors and our country.

Iowan

Hope you get your 20k back, It would have made a large impact on your Charger.

RacerHog

Hummmm I See....

Correct me if I am Wrong !!!!!

But isn't that like buying it, Putting it on a boat, taking it out in the middle of the deep sea. and pushing it off the ship to see if it floats?

Iowan

Look for PMs sent.

Iowan

I still think your looking for some one to foot the bill for your personal project, you have said it will be your "equity" and I would think subject to capital gains tax. Most of us build are own cars without our hands out, on a budget as time allows, no money or time they sit.


This is the only time in forty years I've seen it done, and just doesn't sit well with me.

beepbeeoJEEP

Iowan,
I am sorry you feel that way.
I guess until I demonstrate to your approval,
I will have to live with it.
I am sorry it does not sit well with you.
No harm, no foul.
If someone wants to assist me in a business way, to promote my company or whatever it takes for me to put
people to work.
Whatever.
This aint about me and my car.
I am going to lose money at this, no matter how it goes.
But, if I can make a company, where people can come to work for me,
the disabled, the homeless, the people who got no hope,
and I succeed in putting food on their families table.
Maybe, that will sit better with you.
Please give me some time,
get to know my intentions.
That's all I ask.
I promise you,
you will not be disappointed.

beepbeeoJEEP

Look down at the bottom of the screen.
That's my company advertisement.
It does not come free.
I am going to launch 3 more banners.
That does not come free.
I have over 1700 people watching here right now, look at the view rate.
I applaud you, the few, that actually step up and comment.
If I just wanted to fix this car and flip it,
I would not waste my time or money on trying to start a company.
Go ahead, laugh.
Yes, I got a Store on FACEBOOK now,
wana go shopping.
The only thing in the store is a 27 dollar bumper sticker.
Maybe no one will buy one,
or maybe just one person will buy one.
I have not even started my business yet (next week 12 April)
But, I have a business.
Ask the IRS, ask the Florida Department of Revenue, ask LegalZoom, ask GoDaddy, ask Bank of America.
Ask WWP.
All I ask, give me a chance.
I am an old man with two dogs and a Dodge Charger with a Bird wrapped in Chinese newspaper bound in twine inside a burlap bagged marked LaPaloma with a tag that says-DELIVER TO SAM SPADE.
That's all.

beepbeeoJEEP

Only Volkswagons float

beepbeeoJEEP

I don't know how far off the Route 66 you live,
but,
if you still have reservations about me when I speed down the Route 66
in 2017,
I will pull over and you can throw a tomato at me,
I promise,
I wont move.

RacerHog

VW... Thats good... Hahahahahaha

opcorn:

Iowan

I've been told I'm not good at telling people what they want to here, this is true. I've been working in business with paint, steel and fiberglass for a very long time, yet it is still a passion of mine. If I post in this or any other forum is only if I'm sure about the subject, I've tried to give you straight up, no BS opinions, both privately and in open forum. No malice intended.


opinions: You support this forum so I will refrain.

beepbeeoJEEP

You are a straight shooter and I respect that.
You gave me great advice in the PM.
If you didn't care, you would have said nothing and let me fall prey to the EPA.
You are passionate in this subject at the Moparforums,
I also am passionate in my horizon goals. I wear my thoughts and my
intentions on my sleeve in public view for all to see.
I have no public relations man(yet) to tell me what or how to say things.
Sometimes I may say the wrong thing or give the wrong idea.
I too have worked hard over the past 40 years. I have never done no one harm or taken a free handout or other misguided approach to accomplish things.
And if anything, just by me being concerned with what you feel ,
makes me more resolute to do this right.
I got a lot of people watching me now to see what I do next.
I didn't have to set Dec2017 as a date to accomplish all this,
it is just a target date.
I may fail in all this,
but if you set a goal to go to the moon,
and you only make it halfway, well,
that's still a long way to travel .
Keep speaking your minds people,
thank you MoparForums for letting these thoughts be spread.
I am not a quitter and I will find a way to make this happen.
Gotta go, my day job awaits me.
Stay tune peeps and don't hesitate to chirp in.

beepbeeoJEEP

My Dads name was Horace, so maybe that's a good sign.

moparted

website is very confusing. I have no idea what your business actually is.

beepbeeoJEEP

Well after careful thought and analysis,
here is the steps forward.
1)Photograph and list every square inch of the MaltFalcon.
2)Open Project file in the ProjectFile application.This is a step by step computer file listing the restoration steps one by one with all tasks involved listed. This is used as a template for future PROJECT cars that hopefully my company
Dog Company of St.Petersburg will do.
3)Name project-Project001-MaltFalcon
4)List term of project- 12April2015-01Dec2017.
5)Consider first step and progressing tasks.


Up to now, it was get to know me. Well, not everyone believes what I say or what I plan to do, but, I cant help that.
By monitoring my website
www.maltfalcon.com
and reviewing and monitoring this thread, you can form your own opinion.
Please feel free to contact me or post here any comments.
Good or bad, I respect your views.


Ok, the first thing I wanted to address is the rust and general shape of the MaltFalcon.The first step suggestion was to put it on a barge, take it out to the deep sea, and see whether it floats.
However, the second suggestion was to "media blast".
To properly "media blast" the MaltFalcon, it was suggested to disassemble it
take everything out and off to give it the bare essentials only left on the car.
With that said, the engine and tranny must be removed to allow open area for good blasting.
Well, my official opening of my business is this Sunday, 12 April2k15.
Before all this work starts, I am holding a promotional exhibition at
Biff-Burger of St.Petersburg (goggle it, classic car hamburger joint since the 50s).
I want the world to see the MaltFalcon as she is now, before anything is done.
After the show on Sunday, I will have the car dropped off at my motor mechanic to pull the engine and tranny and start work on it.
I will then take the car back to my shop and start the disassembly process to prepare for the blasting.
Anyway, that's the plan, the journey will begin.

beepbeeoJEEP

Yes, this is all new.
Dog Company of St.Petersburg (google it)
What is it and whats the dilleooo.
Check out my website-
www.maltfalcon.com


I am in business to promote the Classic Car industry.
I have started a project which will begin soon and last until it is done.
I will provide timely short documentaries on YouTube of the process of restoring a car, from the worst shape into mint condition show quality.
Why.
For educational purposes and to establish the credentials of
a trusted company.


My horizon goal is to promote my company and to make a Charity promotional run in Dec2017, check out website
www.maltfalcon.org


I also want to establish a store to sell and market various products but primarily offer items for the Classic Car community.
I know my current inventory of a 27 dollar bumper sticker will not be a top seller.But, it will take time for me to populate the store with items such as car covers, canopys, Eastwood products, Cragar mags, the list is endless. It will take time.
I have gone to great lengths to formally make my company and have an avenue of trusted site operation with SSL certificates and other legal requirements such that people can safely communicate with me and use their credit card or PayPal to do business with me in confidence.
That website is
www.maltfalcon.info


And finally have a website where people can come to market there cars and parts or provide me a list of what you might need and I will send the Birddog out to try and find them.
www.maltfalcon.net


That's what my company is about.
Its not about me and my car, although you could easily say that it is a scam for me to build my car.


Hopefully, I can succeed with my company, hire some people
to work for me and develop a business plan to franchise out all over the WORLD


However, I might go broke and fade away into the sunset,
a crazy old man with Don Quiote mental disorder.