I mean. It has always been great. The new location is amazing. I have 1000sq feet of dream space for my machine shop and fabrication area. And we build some really cool stuff.
But yesterday it got even better. We rented out a corner of our parking lot to a food cart. A taco cart to be exact. And it is good!
I tried the adobada tacos yesterday and they made the corn tortillas fresh to order!
Just bragging before I go get a breakfast burrito this morning. Carry on about your days. 
I have a new hero..
Wow! That's some cool machinery you get to work on!
You have an incredible day job Trent. I've been keeping quiet cuz I don't want to jinx myself but in the next few weeks I should be starting work on Saturdays with a local hot rod shop doing their wiring and some of the more odd stuff. Hopefully the joy it brings me is similar to what you get every day at work.
Plus, it looks warm there! You are truly living the dream.
Are you looking to adopt a self-reliant middle aged man and his family? :)
Seriously, that is freaking awesome man. Congrats!
God damnit, Trent.
Dear Lord he's found the promised land....
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Good luck! I'm hoping it goes well.
(not) WilD (Matt) said:Plus, it looks warm there! You are truly living the dream.
We've had a mild, dry winter thus far. It's been in the 50's this week. The Crocus flowers started blooming last week.
That’s very cool. I’m in the midst of detesting my job, so it’s nice to see it is possible to be super happy professionally.
Awesome collection of cars in there. What's the Ferrari on wire wheels? What's the Interceptor like? I always liked those but never been very close to one.
Ferrari is a 330gt. I wanna say 64 or 65.
Personally I don't like interceptors. The rear half is a travesty of styling. A giant heavy motor and lazy automatic makes them drive pretty much like a vintage American car. The chassis is interesting, like someone looked at a Ferrari 250 chassis and then described it to a plumber and asked them to build it. I'm sure in its time the interceptor was a comfortable way to get across a continent rapidly, but they are one of my least favorite cars we seem to always have in the shop. The blue Alfa next to it is one of my favorites however.
Luckyyyyyyy
I hate you...
The Interceptor styling is kind of odd. I think the front looks fantastic, as well as the side view, but agree that it gets more busy moving rearward. The view from directly behind is the worst in that aspect and it's almost like two different groups did the styling, the front half vs. the back. I would imagine that this is another car where swapping the original trans for a GM 200-4R would improve the car a lot, maybe with a mild shift kit.
Sounds kind of like one of the ultimate incarnations of the Chevy Monte Carlo.
Jumper K Balls (Trent) said:
Two things I learned from this photo: 1. They buy you decent tools (although I'm pretty sure Snap On has a dedicated burrito holder) and 2. If I had a taco truck in the corner of my lot at work, I could stunt double Homer Simpson within a week.
Sorry, what's your job?
Do you own this shop, or work with others? Did you start as a mechanic or just jump into resto?
Jumper K Balls (Trent) said:
Is the C-clip tool for what happens before or after the burrito?
Missed this thread.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer or more deserving guy.
pheller said:Sorry, what's your job?
Do you own this shop, or work with others? Did you start as a mechanic or just jump into resto?
I went from millwrighting to auto restoration. I had been doing custom machining for the owner for a few years and he knew my skills and admired my cars. It just worked out that the same week my plant was shuttered after a corporate takeover he decided to make a real effort at turning his restoration side gig into a real business. For the first few years when it was just two or three of us I was doing every part of the restorations (except paint and upholstery) but now as we have grown to a 12 person team I am primarily the machinist, fabricator and all around difficult problem solver. I still get to build engines and transmissions and do structural repairs on cars but I spend most of my time replicating unobtainable pieces and repairing the same.
This thread was just supposed to be about me being excited about the taco cart though 
If you feel like following along we have a Youtube channel
What is the cowl structure on the chassis table? Or maybe I should ask, what will it be?
In reply to TurnerX19 :
It was part of a Fiat 600.
Nice!
39 Packard? Guessing an 8 by the hubcaps.
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