Where's he work at now? Is it a "high end" shop? If so, does he have a good rapport with his clientele?
If so, then he might have a chance to get somewhere....IF he can have some of his current clientele follow him. If he doesn't want to work on "junk" then he will have to learn to politely refuse junk when it comes in - no matter what the hard luck story is. (well, I suppose exceptions can be made, but they should be few, because word will spread, and next thing they will be knocking his door down with their junk cars)
He needs to make sure the shop always looks clean, the tools clean and organized, and that everyone is in uniform.
Even then...it's a gamble - As you will probably hear from stories yet to come after my little post.
Whatever he does, ask him not to use numbers in his words, it's not considered "high end", nor "high performance".
