I received the following yesterday from the mg-mmm list, and felt it should be
passed on:
Hello Group,
My good friend, John Marks of Vintage Restorations, has been wrestling with
the thought of retirement for the past few years. Unfortunately for us, after
42 years, that time has now come.
John's knowledge of Triple-M, T-Series, and even up through modern MGA-B
instruments is second to none. Plus, those of you fortunate enough to have
met
John through the years already know he and his wife Monica are simply world
class folks. John's dedication to "getting it right" can be seen on many of
our dashboards around the world, in addition to many cars that many of us can
only dream about outside our MG world.
Some of John's retirement reasons say it best in edited excerpts from his
email to me Friday......
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............Dick and I started trading in 1967, and 2009 has been a awful
year
due to friends, colleagues, and employees retiring, dying, or ill ! Seven
funerals since October 2008! Now it is time to decide.
'Officialdom' has become overwhelming with more new Customs regulations on
work coming in from overseas, to the degree that I would probably have to
insist on items being sent to us through a shipping agent, rather than post
and UPS, all of which ends up costing as much and more than the work involved
is worth. Paperwork returning goods to prove export without VAT is just as
bad!
Yet in spite of the recession we are overloaded with work and turning jobs
away. So regrettably, after months of consideration and many restless nights,
I have finally decided to close the business Vintage Restorations.
Some jobs in hand will be returned as received, others where practical we
will
complete. This applies to jobs worldwide. Somehow, I have to get the
message across to stop sending parcels to us unannounced. I have today
asked
DMR, the host of the MG car club Web Site, to 'delete us' and put a note on
informing the situation.
Will you please write a short note to this effect on the
mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com and the Triple M register?
We see every day the mail and discussions on mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com hosted
by
Jim Shade. I would prefer not to be flooded with emails or phone calls, so
could you ask Jim to remove us from this link (immediately, please), and
those
who are in contact can remain so. The rest I prefer not to hear about!!
Quite a decision after forty two years, but John (Whiteman), my remaining
engineer retires next year, so even if I did find someone out of three
million
unemployed, it only prolongs the agony, and I cannot get any time off for
'family'... The (end of track) buffers are in sight. Has to come!!! All
gettin older'.......
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Folks, note that John has asked to not be flooded with emails. John is quite
content knowing he has done his very best Smith's & British Jaeger work in
those years, while realizing there are always going to be a few "soreheads"
that come along with any job.
Also, note that John would like to be removed from the TABC List immediately.
If you have been planning on sending a job to John - large or small, DO NOT.
He is not preprared to go through the paperword involved to get the job in,
and quite literally, their staff is now down to the very minimum. Any
packages
will be returned regardless of its origins.
That's the retirement news. Tom Metcalf www.safetyfastrestoration.com in
cold but sunny Mansfield, Ohio
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