I'm from the great lakes area, just south of canada. I think Michigan is a decent place besides flint and detroit. I live near Wisconsin. I have a family of honda civics. They are very reliable. I know how to work on cars. I want to convert a Volkswagen Beetle into a dune buggy. I am a mechanic. I work on cars and aircraft. I work on single propeller planes. I have my own business. I have a business partner. My partner is a pilot. I do not know how to fly but I have been considering taking lessons. I am willing to exchange work for lessons. I am under a lot of stress due to work. I have worked at my job since I was a teenager. I purchased the business about 10 years ago. I was inexperienced in running the business when I bought it but I am a fast learner. My business involves repairs. I am not great at organization. I can use my repair shop to work on personal projects. I repair planes. I have postponed getting help because I have not had a connection with someone. I prefer working with people I have things in common with.
I drove up to Traverse city once. I have a vw old style beetle. It still has the vase holder. I am partial to vws. I like cars made by Honda. I can do simple car maintenance. I recently visited Traverse City and saw Lake Michigan. I keeps airplanes in my garage. I do airplane work as a side gig. I do not make enough money to take flying lessons. I am interested in learning to fly. I'm good at keeping records. I am very organized. I have a VW Bug. I would like to convert it into a dune buggy.  I am looking forward to having a job at the repair shop.
My  partner has agreed to a work for lessons deal. You can start the lessons next week. That will be awesome! I can't wait to be flying a plane myself. In exchange for lessons you can help with the care and maintenance of the aircraft along with the fuel cost. That would be great. If things work out and your partner thinks I fit in, maybe I can keep doing repair work for you on a regular basis. I'm sure that would be a possiblity as we need the help. Finding people that are willing to learn and work as well as working well with us is a hard thing these days. Being mechanically incline is a big plus. I'd also like to see your dune buggy project when you get started on that. I knew an elderly biker -- he'd been a Hell's Angel at one time -- who got too old to handle the curves, and he put the front assembly from a bike onto a VW beetle and turned it into a trike. Wow that had to look amazing. Trikes are great projects. My VW Bug will be on the property as i'm making it a work in process. Along with this all i'm getting over stressed and trying to keep paperwork and records in tack. Will need help with that as well. Basically we help you learn to fly and you help get business going as usually. That sounds like an ideal arrangement. I'll enjoy learning more about the repair side of things as well as flying. It eventually just comes down to common sense. Scheduled fluid changes along with inspections of the pulleys, cables, tires and brakes. Things that typically wear down and need lubrication. That's good. I'm pretty methodical about things like that. Ok now we have that squared away where are you on converting your VW Bug? Have you started to gather parts? Yeah, I look through salvage yards for anything on my list from time to time, and also do Craigslist searches.