What Does Everyone Do?
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 33,047
Likes: 6,556
From: Rochester NY
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
Are you a clown?
Actually it's great - I'm a little kid with the world's biggest train set. 40+ years and I'm not tired of it yet. It beats working for a living!
Racer
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 420
Likes: 2
From: America's North Coast Minnesota
8 years as a chevy mechanic , I was there when the first '84 rolled off the truck. We were very impressed with the car at the time, and blown away by the $25K sticker.
15 at the Harley-Davidson Motor Co as a Senior Designer
3 years at Cirrus Design Aircraft, currently managing the interiors group.
15 at the Harley-Davidson Motor Co as a Senior Designer
3 years at Cirrus Design Aircraft, currently managing the interiors group.
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 11,888
Likes: 7
From: Olustee Florida
Pro
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 682
Likes: 0
From: Manteo NC
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 219
Likes: 0
From: St. Clair Mi.
Hi all, I work in an Automotive Design Studio as a Design Engineer. Watching the next generation of American cars take shape is an awesome way to spend the day. Times are a little tough here at the moment but this is still the best place to work for a Chevy lover from way back. Vettes rule
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Intermediate
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 48
Likes: 2
From: West Harrison Indiana
I retired in 2006 after 37 years with a large midwest electric utility. I worked in the transmission and distribution area and specialized in the design and installation of underground conduit and cable systems.
I have so far resisted the urge to reture to work and remain "gainfully" unemployed.
Bill
I have so far resisted the urge to reture to work and remain "gainfully" unemployed.
Bill
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,518
Likes: 37
From: The Woodlands Texas
I'm a Fortune 100 Manufacturing executive, looking for a new job.
My wife thinks I want to become a full time corvette mechanic. I told her that would be great, but she wouldn't like the lifestyle change.....no more Gucci purses and she would have to park her car outside (garage would be full of vettes).
My wife thinks I want to become a full time corvette mechanic. I told her that would be great, but she wouldn't like the lifestyle change.....no more Gucci purses and she would have to park her car outside (garage would be full of vettes).
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,936
Likes: 92
From: Rochester Hills Michigan
Car nut since birth.
Went to engineering school, specialized in engine design, and got my dream job working for GM on engines. Got to dyro-test L-88s and watch ZL-1s get built, but it was clear I was gonna work on emissions.
Went back to grad school, specialized in structures and dynamics, and spent 30 years in Ford Truck Chassis.
I spend my Ford pension on Corvette parts.
Went to engineering school, specialized in engine design, and got my dream job working for GM on engines. Got to dyro-test L-88s and watch ZL-1s get built, but it was clear I was gonna work on emissions.
Went back to grad school, specialized in structures and dynamics, and spent 30 years in Ford Truck Chassis.
I spend my Ford pension on Corvette parts.
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,936
Likes: 92
From: Rochester Hills Michigan
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,044
Likes: 213
From: Rainier Oregon
St. Jude Donor '10
And to make this legal, and not an advertisement, I am a teacher.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 2,743
Likes: 146
From: Chuckanut WA
I own a metal fabrication job shop that fabricates steel, aluminum, and stainless steel items. Our main line is structural steel for commercial structures and oil refineries. We also have a work truck division that builds work trucks and specialized trailers for contractors and industry. We have built everything from large Fire Trucks to multi story steel frame structures, refinery towers, amusement park locomotives, to vending machine enclosures. www.ferrotek.com
Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 43
Likes: 0
21 years with GM and 17 with Chrysler in Product and Manufacturing Engineering; retired in 2001 after six years as the Viper Plant Manager. Very involved in NCRS and Bloomington Gold Corvette activities, Vintage Technical Editor of "Corvette Enthusiast" magazine since 2003. Waiting to bring my '67 Corvette and '69 Z/28 out of winter hibernation. 
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 11,593
Likes: 173
From: Clayton NC
Worked in an automotive machine shop in NJ for 15 years. Then decided I wanted to eat on a regular basis and joined the U.S. Border Patrol in 1982. Became a firearms instructor for Uncle Sam in 1988 and finished my government career on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task force and retired in 2004. Decided to go back to work at a local NAPA in 2006. Still there three days a week.
Rich
Rich