by AMCO72 » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:10 pm
Nick, when your Dad did the bodywork on the Falcon was it owned by Tim Buxton........I have an idea that it was but not sure. Mark Powell mentions that there were 'discussions' over costs when it was up in Auckland, and not sure if Tim still owned it then, but sounds like the sort of dialogue that would take place. Tim was well known locally as a 'slow payer', in fact it was usually a NO payer. The family built a new house here in Cambridge and the local contractors knew, by word of mouth ,not to quote on any jobs. However I had a friend with a one man band concreting business and he needed the work so priced the driveway for the new home, and surprise surprise, got it. I think he did a good job but it never satisfied Tim and he argued the point with my mate to the stage where Tim refused to pay until the job was ripped up and redone. My mate was in a no win situation and was going to loose no matter what he did so walked away. A few years ago Tim moved away from the district and to my knowledge the drive is still as it was laid by my friend. Nothing to do with the Falcon I know but I wonder how many engine builders/body builders ended up with the same arguments over costs.........I suspect all of them.
Nick, when your Dad did the bodywork on the Falcon was it owned by Tim Buxton........I have an idea that it was but not sure. Mark Powell mentions that there were 'discussions' over costs when it was up in Auckland, and not sure if Tim still owned it then, but sounds like the sort of dialogue that would take place. Tim was well known locally as a 'slow payer', in fact it was usually a NO payer. The family built a new house here in Cambridge and the local contractors knew, by word of mouth ,not to quote on any jobs. However I had a friend with a one man band concreting business and he needed the work so priced the driveway for the new home, and surprise surprise, got it. I think he did a good job but it never satisfied Tim and he argued the point with my mate to the stage where Tim refused to pay until the job was ripped up and redone. My mate was in a no win situation and was going to loose no matter what he did so walked away. A few years ago Tim moved away from the district and to my knowledge the drive is still as it was laid by my friend. Nothing to do with the Falcon I know but I wonder how many engine builders/body builders ended up with the same arguments over costs.........I suspect all of them.