A professional should be able to (and im not a professional so i might get this wrong) list details like spotwelds at the pinchwelds, hammer welded the new panels in after seamless fusion welding, prepped the steel with ospho prior to etch priming, should know that fiberglass and bondo is formulated to get applied to bare metal while spot putty and filler primer is not.
Know the alloy of the metals he worked with
Know the difference between tube and pipe
know what AN or jit fitting stands for
know a 9/16 wrench is not what you use on a 9/16 bolt
know the difference between a wood screw and a sheetmetal screw and a stove bolt.
He should know a few hundred of the millions of technical details a professional would know right?
So why is the only thing he can say is "it's built all professional and such"
So you ask well what things did you do to it
"Awww just made it right you know...there's only one way to do things right and that's it right there"
It's like the kind of response you get asking a hobo for a stock tip [cl
Then on the other hand there's the jackballs who think everything that isn't 100% factory stock is screwed up. They'll ask you what sort of mods you made and when your describing them in technical detail they give you the high hat. you'll say something like "well this rear axle is from a newer truck so the driveline angles had to be checked and the spring pads had to be relocated" and he'll say something arrogant like do you think you should have ruined it like that"
And you say what do you mean ruined it? the quality of the work meets or exceeds manufacturer's, the choice of materials meets or exceeds the manufacturer's. Those are quality welds they don't just look good. If your work and engineering exceeds industry standards how is it ruined?
"Well it didn't come from the factory that way and you can't tell me teams of engineers aren’t smarter than you"
I'm talking about the goons that come looking at your car and are looking for a fight because you switched the drum brakes out for discs on a turd any collector would laugh at. or swapped the rear axle to get a posi and a tougher axle... or a motor swap...I'm like "listen dude, and I mean this in the original way DUDE became a word meaning rude-dud... If you don't want it... you can leave. I don't care what you think other than yes...or goodbye". I hate dudes passing judgment when they don't even know wtf they are talking about or the right words to talk about it.
Especially when they sound like they just read a book on how to shop for the perfect used car or something like that like they have Martha Stewart on hold with car advice
My position is
If you can't talk about it I'm pretty sure you can't build it
And if you can't build it I'm pretty sure you ain't gonna be able to talk about it
Like that perfect scene at the poker table in the 40 year old virgin when Steve Carrol opens his mouth and everyone figgures him out.
