08/05/2026
With the advent of moving 20+ miles away from my former location, I feel the need to reiterate YET AGAIN, what policies are in place for the foreseeable future.
If I know your equipment, or you’d been a past customer, yeah, bring it to me! UNLESS you just bought the thing under the guise of “the guy that sold it to me told me it runs.” Great…. Crack dealers will also tell you “this stuff won’t hurt you.” If you buy into a sellers tales, buyer beware! Cuz you’ll either get turned down by other shops, or they might direct you my way, I don’t know. A few know I’m back in the game, but most don’t. HBH was always “that guy in Phila who works on old sh*t.” Yet at this time of the incarnation of HBH Repair And Service, I’ll flat out tell you that you got hosed.
With that in mind, and turning three people away already, I find it IMPERATIVE to repeat myself…..
NOTHING comes here over 30 years old. I’ll evaluate it, and tell you what needs done. 90% of the time folks are either disheartened, or disgusted, and don’t want to dump a bunch of coin into something after realizing they got stroked by a seller.
I’ll close this way…..
The 80’s were at the most recent, 40 years ago. At the most farthest point they were 44 years ago. I DARE you to go out, locate a car that hasn’t been fully restored to its prior reliability at 40 years old. You won’t! Not without either shelling out wads of cash for a restored, or survivor type example. Keep this in mind when purchasing a “running” outboard or complete rig without seeing it run first.
Would you buy a 40 year old car without hearing it run, without driving it for yourself? I’ll bet not!
Do yourself, and “Da Boat Guy” a huge favor. INSPECT BEFORE YOU BUY! DON’T take the sellers recollection of how it ran “last year” as the determining factor whether you should throw the cash out there for the purchase. Cuz trust me, you might wind up on my steps, and I might have to tell you bad news! That’s all for today!
