Well in 1966 I needed a job . Saw a ad in local news paper for a auto trimmer , went an applied. As I was being interviewed by the shop owner, a older man came from the rear of the shop told the owner that I had worked with him in a shop in Burbank,Ca. Hell I had never been to Burbank. That was the first day an how I met my mentor. I put a headliner in a 54 Chevy Bel Air that Day. As the work day came to a close I ask the trimmer why he did what he did . He said I was there at 8:00 drove a hot rod (my 34 Ford pickup still have it) an the owner didnt know shit about upholstery. I worked with Don for about 4 years at the shop, at his home, at the bar, forgot to say he was a older vet with a lot on his mind from WW2. He said some day they wont do the interor of a car that takes skill, just a bunch of plastic, an wanted to pass his skills on to some one. So as years go by I opened my own shop built T bucket kits went Bonneville racing(record in AA/BFCALT class 2006 192.29) teaching adults auto body paint/ upholstery in a jail setting . since 1996 . having two great men as mentors in my life my dad a hard worker, welder body man, thinker, an racer(raced at the first fuel/ gas championships Formoso 1959) an Don the trimmer that put me on a road to a vocational job that I have enjoyed for many years.Both of them became good friends an both passed away in 2008 an now my job is to pass these skills on to some of our young men.