The main reason I stopped posting on Moparts was because of all the complaints I was receiving about posting pictures of my work.
Every time I would get a new Mopar into my shop I would post pictures of the progress...I would get a painted shell back from the body shop and have it fully assembled and turn key in about 2-3 weeks. I would show how much work was being done and how many hours it would take.
The complaints started coming in from other restorations shops, saying that their customers were now complaining using my posts as a guide line...."why's it take my car 3 months and 300 hours when Alan does it in 80 hours" etc...I just laughed at those....
Then these same guys complained to Moparts about my FREE advertising and that's when I was asked to stop posting....In fact that is when they made the decision that nobody was to put a web address to a business in their signature.
For the record....NOT ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS BOTH PAST OR PRESENT ever came from Moparts.com.....In fact 95% of my customer's have never even heard of Moparts.com.....
I have yet to restore a car for an American customer either....
I'm steady enough, and small enough that I don't need to advertise. All of my work has come from word of mouth and that's good enough for me...
I've also built my own web site which I control. I try to update it at least once a week, even if it means just adding a couple of new pictures....I suggest checking back often if that's the kinda stuff you enjoy checking out.
www.alangallantautomotiverestoration.com If there's an area here where I can post pictures of my work without fear of a backlash, then maybe I will do that with my V code Challenger.
