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Originally Posted by ammonman View Post
Shops that will work on "classic" cars period are disappearing. The owners are retiring and there are not many younger folks getting into the trade or who have the passion to work on old cars. The few shops I know of that I would trust are all booked 3-6 months out.
Same here in Portland. My current air cooled guy (VW and Porsche trained) is 78 yrs old and who knows when he will leave the game. There are a few other shops but the old timers are slowly going away with no "padawans" being trained to replace them.

FWIW, it is the same story for my XKE.
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