After an intense roller coaster ride over the last 2 weeks, and allegedly "walking out" after staying 1 1/2 hours past my scheduled shift and losing my job at Advance Auto Farts, there seems to be shining light at the end of the tunnel. I've been talking with my good friend-partner-super-awesome-guy-that-gave-me-the-Indian
about starting my own shop for some time, and it looks like we're going to pull the trigger. He recognizes my talent and hard work ethic and is ready to financially back me to start up my own shop! I'm turning in my shop lease app and deposit tomorrow and if everything goes to plan ( which I'm fully expecting
) Bulldog Collision & Customs should be in official business in the next week or so! I've been dreaming of this happening for the last 7 years and it seems fate has finally opened the door for me.
I'm going to be doing everything from collision repair to restorations to custom fab work to vintage bikes. Totally expect to see a RE Cafe bike coming out of here in the near future!
I realize this is going to be a lot of hard work, dedication and persistence, but this is why I started painting cars in the 1st place. And I won't lie, I'm a bit overwhelmed, hence why I'm sitting here on the forum at damn near midnight writing about it, but I know I can do this. I was telling my partner earlier today "I don't want to just be another paint guy, I want to be the next Boyd Cottington." I have a great talent when it comes to painting cars/bikes and the time has finally come for me to prove it.
Scottie
P.S. Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.