{"id":5443,"date":"2015-02-01T18:22:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T23:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/199.250.217.132\/~fixhyb5\/fixhybrid-new\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2015-02-01T18:22:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T23:22:09","slug":"february-2015-our-staff-at-acdc-honda-and-faat-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/?p=5443","title":{"rendered":"February 2015 … our Staff at ACDC, Honda and FAAT CATS"},"content":{"rendered":"

January was a very busy month at ACDC. I hope it was for you as well. Deb and I attended the Detroit Auto Show<\/strong> and caught up on the new EMVs; Volt, Bolt, VW, Hyundai Plug-in, Mercedes, BMW, Fuel Cells, Volvo and a weird Chinese EV as well. Visited our friends at Mott Community College<\/strong> in Flint as well as making new friends teaching at Baker College<\/strong>. Cold, very cold and snowy (drove the Toyota Highlander Hybrid iAWD). Great car for the conditions.<\/p>\n

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ACDC’s 2000 Honda Insight … Still Running Fine<\/p><\/div>\n

I flew to Birmingham, Alabama<\/strong> one week after Martin Luther King\u2019s National Holiday to work with Honda Manufacturing<\/strong> in the town of Lincoln. In 1991 I interviewed for a job with Honda as an Instructor (they did not hire me) but now I had my chance. Most of you know I love Hondas so I was with my people. If that was not enough, I visited the Barber Motorcycle Museum<\/strong> after the Honda work and took a trip down memory lane with a CB77 (1965 Honda Super Hawk<\/strong>), CB400f (I own one), an SL350 and SL175, a 305 Dream, Step-through 50, CB750, CB500, CB450 and so many more. These are all machines I worked on before I opened my repair shop in 1977.
\nI also want to let you know who works at and helps ACDC<\/strong> do what we do. Deb,<\/strong> my wife, is the Swiss Army knife and also works for Job Corps<\/strong> when they need a fill in. Darcy Adshead<\/strong> (my sister) works on Tuesdays and keeps me filled in on the finances and pays the bills. Darcy is also the ACDC book editor and publishing director, Karen Durand<\/strong> our bookkeeper, Rick Adshead<\/strong> (her husband) works at home Wednesdays and Fridays keeping up with our ever expanding Qualified Shop Program, Damian Adshead<\/strong> is our graphic designer, Happy<\/strong> (her nickname) lives in Montreal and is our web master, social media guru and teaches me how to stay up with new web based technology. Her husband, Yves Racette<\/strong>, along with Jeff Gouveia, Al Gouveia,<\/strong> and Jamie Wooldrich<\/strong> are the \u2018Up Your Voltage Crew<\/strong>\u2019 that do the hands-on training over the weekend at our 6 day class. David Jones,<\/strong> a teacher at Ivy Tech in Indiana, helps with technical writing. Other that have assisted in the past and help on occasion; Matt Overbeck, David Taylor, Dan Cox, Ed Reuda, Al Playter, Patrick English, Alan Nagle, Matt Roda, Mike Isabella, Jack Larmor, Joey Hendrich, Jim Maddox<\/strong> and maybe a few I have missed. Our legal council is Bio-Diesel Dave<\/strong>, a former technician, shop owner turned attorney.<\/p>\n

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\nAlso, all those that have supported FAAT CATS<\/strong> including; Pico, Midtronics, Redline<\/strong> and AE Tools<\/strong>. Thanks for helping Foster Kids.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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