| I've been doing some studying in the past couple on | | | | turn up any bad info there, your good to go. |
| months, and I have learned a fact about restoration | | | | Now you need to think about how much you are |
| that I really don't like, this is a recent development in | | | | willing to spend on the car, this is where the wires |
| the industry, and it's due to the fact that people | | | | usually get crossed on a restoration project, if your |
| aren't planning the restoration of their car before | | | | only willing to spend a couple of grand, don't even |
| they do it. | | | | bother to call a shop, nobody can restore a car for |
| I've learned that with in the past couple of years a | | | | even ten grand, so plan. |
| lot of shops have had a trend develop during the | | | | Usually my shop will bid a car that is in good condition |
| restoration of a lot of the cars that come to their | | | | for around 600 hours, and my shop labor rate is |
| shops, and that trend is, the car is changing hands | | | | $75.00 PHR per person working on the car, you'll be |
| four times before the restoration is finished. | | | | $45,000 just in labor, let me explain what good |
| This is directly related to the fact that people aren't | | | | condition is in my shop, it's a car with very little rust |
| planning the restoration before they start the work, | | | | to repair, it may need moderate electrical work. |
| this is not a good thing, it leaves a bad taste in the | | | | It will need a paint job, and more then likely the |
| mouth of the car owner, and a owner of the shop | | | | interior will have to be redone, and fixing leaks in the |
| doing the work, who usually has problems getting | | | | engine, brakes, and all of the common places that |
| paid. | | | | leaks will happen, or possibly full engine rebuild, and |
| If you just sit down, and take a month or so to plan | | | | you have got to think that this is all before your |
| the restoration of your car you'll get your car | | | | parts list, you can add that to the job. |
| finished, and it will be just what you dreamed of | | | | I have quite possibly missed a few things here, but |
| when it's done, let me explain a bit what I mean by | | | | this should give you an idea of what you need to do |
| planning the restoration of your car. | | | | to plan the restoration of your car, a restoration |
| If your going to have a restoration shop do the | | | | shop is not Macco auto body repair shop, so don't go |
| work on your car, go out and talk to a few shops, | | | | in expecting the we do any restoration for $300 or |
| or go to their web sites and get a phone number so | | | | less, it won't happen. |
| you can ask questions about the work before you | | | | If you just spend the time to plan, and to put the |
| deliver your car to a shop. | | | | cash together to do the job, you won't have any |
| Obviously you need to ask questions like what is | | | | problems getting your car done just the way you |
| your shop labor rate, how lone have you been in | | | | want it, of course you can save the labor cost by |
| business, and can I get some references form some | | | | doing the work yourself, and just having a shop do |
| of your past customers, after you have done this, | | | | the things that you can't, or don't have the tools to |
| check out the shop through the BBB, if you don't | | | | do. |