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Imperial Kustom · 09-27-2009, 03:07 PM

Since losing my day job about a year and a half ago, life has been a bit of a struggle for me. This weekend however, the world seemed to be smiling upon me and chances were in my favor. After losing my jobby, I rapidly lost all the things that go with it. The projects, the girl, the house, the shop, blah, blah, blah, etc. Over a year later, living with my mom, I got hired on a painting crew. By a guy who doesn't pay. And likes children...*shudder*.
Friday I got a call from the owner of an upscale restoration and rod shop here in town wanting me to come to work for him. Done! Another buddy of mine came along the next day and offered to rent me his old house and big shop for next to nothing. Again, Done! And still another buddy gave me his stash of early Chevy and Ford hot-rod parts! Dang! I'm feelin' like a millionaire here! And last night I got word of a rebuilt large journal 327 for 100 bucks. Well, my last paycheck from the painter bounced, so I had no cash (not the first time either). But once again, a buddy of mine came to the rescue and bought it for me!!! I put new gears in his '02 firebird and didn't charge him, so I can see where the generosity comes from there, but the other stuff? Maybe I have just been a really good boy this year!!!
Well, I just wanted to share all of that with you guys. I am very happy and greatful that I have such great friends.

msgross · 09-27-2009, 03:11 PM

congrats... now don't screw up the girlfriend part!

BTW, a real keeper would have stayed around through the hard times...

markeb01 · 09-27-2009, 03:15 PM

Good for you. Integrity always goes with you and it usually comes back around eventually. Sounds like your earlier good deeds are catching up with you!

**Corts60** · 09-27-2009, 03:21 PM

That's awesome man! Good friends make life worth while.

jason65 · 09-27-2009, 03:51 PM

Congrats dude. Back in the saddle again.

bubba327 · 09-27-2009, 06:11 PM

Hey--good things do happen to good guys. I enjoyed meeting you and getting to BS with you at some shows this summer, Hope the good luck keeps coming around. See ya Bubba

jonzcustomshop · 09-27-2009, 06:54 PM

good to see it coming around for 'ya!

one of the first things on your list should be a card port for your computer, so you can upload photos for us to see!

**Captainfab** · 09-28-2009, 12:52 AM

I agree with Mark 100%

I'm glad to hear things are looking up for you and I hope it stays that way.

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Originally Posted by markeb01

Good for you. Integrity always goes with you and it usually comes back around eventually. Sounds like your earlier good deeds are catching up with you!

**ChiefRocka** · 09-28-2009, 09:18 AM

Right on man...good to hear !!!

Really 'good' friends are hard to by...sounds like yot have some keepers !!

F the chick, though !!

Congrats !

MacAttack · 09-28-2009, 10:25 AM

Good For You, Man!

Mac.

joe231 · 09-28-2009, 11:00 AM

I'm a true believer in Karma.....what goes around comes around, good or bad, and it sounds like you have been spreading some good!

Oh and I second Jon about the pics

kizer · 09-28-2009, 06:37 PM

Probably the same reason I don't charge any of my buddies for anything. Sometimes it comes back and sometimes it doesn't.

1Bad62Pro/Street · 09-29-2009, 06:24 AM

Glad to here that Bud!
Sometimes God brings special friends into our lives who have much in common with us. I wish I had friends that would give me alot of parts. Maybe I would have my ole' 62 on the road now! Ha Ha...

A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24

gostranger · 09-29-2009, 06:39 AM

glad to hear things are turning around things have a way of working out if you keep at it!!!

1964C10 · 09-29-2009, 01:09 PM

Good for you! and I do believe karma comes full circle and I agree with msgross a real keeper would have stuck it out with you, so consider yourself lucky that you saved a lot of money before finding that out....don't ask me how I know hahahaha.

ol Curt · 09-29-2009, 04:23 PM

"BTW, a real keeper would have stayed around through the hard times..."

__________________

"F the chick, though !!"

Great news....the story will be a great one to pass on to kids when you find the right girl! If they can't stay through the hard times, Chief has the right idea!! MAN LAW!

Imperial Kustom · 09-29-2009, 08:57 PM

Thanks guys!!! This is the first time I have been this happy in a while! I try to do good to others on the regular. Makes a guy feel good and tends to show people that you are a better character who will always be there to help out, and not just because you want something in return. It also helps ya figure out who is going to use you, and who will be a genuine friend. And, as usual, no pics....yet!

Alan's Classic · 09-29-2009, 08:59 PM

Congrats, it's always good to hear something positive in todays economy.

shortbed70 · 09-29-2009, 11:20 PM

Glad to see you getting back up and going most people are going the other way nowadays.

FRENCHBLUE72 · 09-30-2009, 02:56 PM

Congrats good things do come back around...

cliffy · 09-30-2009, 03:33 PM

a good luck story is always good readin...awesome man.

jchav62 · 09-30-2009, 03:38 PM

Congrats! What goes around, comes around... I'm happy for you...

monolith · 09-30-2009, 05:04 PM

Good to hear that things are picking up!

09-27-2009, 03:07 PM	#1
Imperial Kustom 100% gearhead Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 313	OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Since losing my day job about a year and a half ago, life has been a bit of a struggle for me. This weekend however, the world seemed to be smiling upon me and chances were in my favor. After losing my jobby, I rapidly lost all the things that go with it. The projects, the girl, the house, the shop, blah, blah, blah, etc. Over a year later, living with my mom, I got hired on a painting crew. By a guy who doesn't pay. And likes children...shudder. Friday I got a call from the owner of an upscale restoration and rod shop here in town wanting me to come to work for him. Done! Another buddy of mine came along the next day and offered to rent me his old house and big shop for next to nothing. Again, Done! And still another buddy gave me his stash of early Chevy and Ford hot-rod parts! Dang! I'm feelin' like a millionaire here! And last night I got word of a rebuilt large journal 327 for 100 bucks. Well, my last paycheck from the painter bounced, so I had no cash (not the first time either). But once again, a buddy of mine came to the rescue and bought it for me!!! I put new gears in his '02 firebird and didn't charge him, so I can see where the generosity comes from there, but the other stuff? Maybe I have just been a really good boy this year!!! Well, I just wanted to share all of that with you guys. I am very happy and greatful that I have such great friends. __________________ Imperial Kustom LLC Meridian Idaho. I never stopped playing with cars, they just got bigger.

09-27-2009, 03:11 PM	#2
msgross Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 12,201	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! congrats... now don't screw up the girlfriend part! BTW, a real keeper would have stayed around through the hard times... __________________ The Garage: 1968 K-10 SWB - "Project Money Pit" 1996 Z-71 - "huntin rig" 1969 C-10 LWB (SOLD) "Project flip that truck or else" 1993 Passport, F@rd 1-ton (SOLD)"Project Cousin Eddie" My Garage Build "The 1,000 footer"

09-27-2009, 03:15 PM	#3
markeb01 Senior Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spokane Valley, WA Posts: 8,356	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Good for you. Integrity always goes with you and it usually comes back around eventually. Sounds like your earlier good deeds are catching up with you!

09-27-2009, 03:21 PM	#4
Corts60 Just here to tinker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Holland, MI Posts: 3,697	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! That's awesome man! Good friends make life worth while. __________________ 78 C10 SWB Diesel #1 (wrecked)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...1978+silverado 78 C10 SWB Diesel #2 (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=650751 60 GMC Suburban (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=445526 60 GMC 1000 (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=298235 67 GMC 1500 (sold) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=803695 73 Chevy C20(Daily)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=852767 86 Suburban(summer unit) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=810697 88 Suburban 4x4(sold)

09-27-2009, 03:51 PM	#5
jason65 Registerd User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,118	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Congrats dude. Back in the saddle again.

09-27-2009, 06:11 PM	#6
bubba327 HOW long until spring?? Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Star Idaho Posts: 1,413	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Hey--good things do happen to good guys. I enjoyed meeting you and getting to BS with you at some shows this summer, Hope the good luck keeps coming around. See ya Bubba __________________ 69 chevelle convertible 71-C-10 short-wide and low 64 C-10 custom shortbox "Bubba"s Recycling project"

09-27-2009, 06:54 PM	#7
jonzcustomshop 1961 crewcab Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 6,164	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! good to see it coming around for 'ya! one of the first things on your list should be a card port for your computer, so you can upload photos for us to see!

09-28-2009, 09:18 AM	#9
ChiefRocka Hollister, CA. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hollister, Ca. Posts: 6,150	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Right on man...good to hear !!! Really 'good' friends are hard to by...sounds like yot have some keepers !! F the chick, though !! Congrats ! __________________ John What the Heck is that ?? CURRENT BUILDS: 62 BurbMaster Other Builds: My '63 C-10,LWB,CC,BBW '06 HD StrAight Axle Swap Father/Son '67 C-20, LQ9,4L80,Bagged,8-Lugger !!Good Friend Richard's Build AMERICAN CUSTOMS & CLASSICS (831) 630-1965 www.ACCHOLLISTER.com ACC on FACEBOOK "Rest in Peace, Mom & Dad ... I will see you again someday!"

09-28-2009, 10:25 AM	#10
MacAttack 283 Drama Queen Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Surf City, CA Posts: 2,435	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Good For You, Man! Mac. __________________ For about 12 years of my adult life I had a severe speech impediment. My ex-wife never let me get a word in edgewise.

09-28-2009, 11:00 AM	#11
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! I'm a true believer in Karma.....what goes around comes around, good or bad, and it sounds like you have been spreading some good! Oh and I second Jon about the pics __________________ *CHEVY ONLY* Last edited by joe231; 09-28-2009 at 11:00 AM.

09-28-2009, 06:37 PM	#12
kizer Its Deja Vu time again Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Marysville, North of Seattle WA Posts: 815	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Probably the same reason I don't charge any of my buddies for anything. Sometimes it comes back and sometimes it doesn't. __________________ Its not pretty but its mine to figure out. The build / The Photos / Build Diary

09-29-2009, 06:24 AM	#13
1Bad62Pro/Street "Where were you in '62?" Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cleveland County, North Cackalacky Posts: 5,013	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Glad to here that Bud! Sometimes God brings special friends into our lives who have much in common with us. I wish I had friends that would give me alot of parts. Maybe I would have my ole' 62 on the road now! Ha Ha... A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24 __________________ PROJECT: "FULL METAL YELLOW JACKET" 1962 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed Nostalgia Pro/Street Pickup Truck PROJECT: "FULL METAL YELLOW JACKET Build Thread What Are You Workin' On? - 1Bad62ChevyPickup PROJECT: "TYRANNORAMBLER REX" 1969 AMC Rambler American Nostalgia Pro/Street Youtube Channel: Father Son Projects Youtube Channel: 2TIMOTHY2FITHTEEN "North and South Carolina Folks Click Here!" (((( ~ I have Parts For Sale & Miscellaneous Stuff ~ )))) "Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon...Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk" -Curly Howard Ph.D.

09-29-2009, 06:39 AM	#14
gostranger 65 suburban vortec 5.3 bagged Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: upstate new york Posts: 1,317	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! glad to hear things are turning around things have a way of working out if you keep at it!!!

09-29-2009, 01:09 PM	#15
1964C10 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Marcos, CA Posts: 578	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Good for you! and I do believe karma comes full circle and I agree with msgross a real keeper would have stuck it out with you, so consider yourself lucky that you saved a lot of money before finding that out....don't ask me how I know hahahaha. __________________ 1964 Fleetside LWB 1995 Yellow Mustang convertible 1996 Camaro Z28 My build thread Looking for help on completing the Disc Brake Upgrade Reference Thread If you didn't build it, you don't really own it

09-29-2009, 04:23 PM	#16
ol Curt Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Newburgh, IN Posts: 1,247	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! "BTW, a real keeper would have stayed around through the hard times..." __________________ "F the chick, though !!" Great news....the story will be a great one to pass on to kids when you find the right girl! If they can't stay through the hard times, Chief has the right idea!! MAN LAW! __________________ 1966 Chevy C10 Longbed I'm Bob....ol Curt was my Grandpa The truck was his and he sure as heck wouldn't understand why I took a perfectly good truck and tore it down!



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09-29-2009, 08:57 PM	#17
Imperial Kustom 100% gearhead Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 313	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Thanks guys!!! This is the first time I have been this happy in a while! I try to do good to others on the regular. Makes a guy feel good and tends to show people that you are a better character who will always be there to help out, and not just because you want something in return. It also helps ya figure out who is going to use you, and who will be a genuine friend. And, as usual, no pics....yet! __________________ Imperial Kustom LLC Meridian Idaho. I never stopped playing with cars, they just got bigger.

09-29-2009, 08:59 PM	#18
Alan's Classic 1 thing at a time is progress. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ball Ground GA Posts: 5,511	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Congrats, it's always good to hear something positive in todays economy. __________________ Alan Philippians 2:14-16 Alan's Classic Facebook page. North Georgia Group Project 1965 Vitamin C-10 1995 GMC Sierra K1500 The "Wrecker"

09-29-2009, 11:20 PM	#19
shortbed70 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Forney TX Posts: 4,512	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Glad to see you getting back up and going most people are going the other way nowadays. __________________ Troy 1965 Chevy Bagged,361 sbc,voodoo cam,1.5 full roller rockers,patriot 185cc vortec heads 2.02-1.60,vortec weiand polished intake,demon carb my truckhttp://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=332884 Big Red Dog build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=572274

09-30-2009, 02:56 PM	#20
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,606	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Congrats good things do come back around... __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

09-30-2009, 03:33 PM	#21
cliffy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 60	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! a good luck story is always good readin...awesome man. __________________ my o/l says the truck has a vibration at 65 mph..I said its ok, it goes away at 90.

09-30-2009, 03:38 PM	#22
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Congrats! What goes around, comes around... I'm happy for you... __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

09-30-2009, 05:04 PM	#23
monolith Zero Albedo Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Gabriel, California Posts: 478	Re: OT, but I wanted to share my good furtune! Good to hear that things are picking up! __________________ Baz "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." 66 GMC 1500 wideside longbed 250 4spd "Project Rekker"http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=467467 65 GMC 1Ton Panelhttp://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...32#post4794432 65 Chevy Panel (former U.S.Navy truck) 64 Chevy Suburban Carryall 4x4http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=358348 64 GMC 1000 wideside longbed 305 4spdhttp://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=3600890(Rip- parts truck now) 68 Dodge Charger

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