Its almost like ECS is back on CC, and I loved the quote from ECS from the other site, classic sarcastic/holier-than-thou crap that sparked the end of his membership here. And it's pretty obvious from previous posts that Resq has some kind of brimance with ECS which is why he likes to pretend that Alan's work isn't up to snuff, because Alan and ECS didn't see eye to eye. Take that crap outta here, Alan is a good member here, and there are literally hundreds of members who have seen his work in person and they ALL vouch for his work, so I'll take their opinions over "what you have seen in pictures"
Ok, I'll bite.... whats a "brimance" ?
Again, if you go back and re-read what I said about his work...."
I am sure that he does decent work and that people are happy with the results. His quality / workmanship, (again from what I see on pictures) is just not up to my standards. Nothing more than personal preference. I'm sure that people say that the work I do on restoring our cars is not up to their standards either, but then again, I am an amateur who does this as a hobby and for fun. This isn't my full time job."
There is a difference when it comes to replicating what the factory did and doing it any other way. Some people like that kind of stuff. Others, not so much. This could be the reason why Alan and ECS do not see eye to eye on things. Granted, I also have banged heads with people who claim that their stuff replicates the way the factory did it only to find out that the way they did stuff was contradictory of how the factory indeed did things. Painting exhaust manifolds with engine overspray off the car and then bolting them up to the engine is one example that comes to mind. You can not get the correct spray pattern where the manifolds would block the flow of paint onto the engine yet areas that would have little to no paint miraculously have paint there with enough to get a good coverage.
If you like Alan's work, by all means, feel free to use him. Please, don't let my opinions discourage you. However, the desired look I am going for with my cars, I will chose to do the work myself or someone who can achieve the desired results that I want. As I said before, what I have "seen from pictures" posted on his own web site or by him on here or other forums do not represent that OE kind of look that is correct. I wish him the best with his work and I am sure that people (like you and others) are happy with his work which is what counts in the end.
As for what ECS posts and who or what he might have issues with.... well I think he about summed it up over on this other site.
http://www.forebodiesonly.com/forum/showthread.php?10422-New-4-door-toy-for-my-brother-and-me-to-play-with-(ok-restore)/page2Again, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but with stuff that is trying to reproduce factory characteristics, its either right or its wrong. No matter how many different people try to rewrite history.
Now.... trying to get this back on topic.......
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