Muscle Car Restoration - A Fun Project

Let's say that you have decided that you want tosure that you pay close attention to the car you
restore a classic muscle car, so now what do you do,buy, ask the owner a lot of questions, the only dumb
you've already bought the car, let's make thequestion, is the one not asked.
experience a lot of fun for you, call up your bestMake sure that you know the average price that
friend and let him, or her in on your ideas about thepeople are paying for the car that you want, ebay is
car.a good place to start you research on the car you
Invite them to help you with your project, this iswant, notice the bidding, notice the buy it now price,
what I done on the car that I'm restoring right now,and see if the bidding goes above the buy it now.
my friend and I have begun the restoration project,Research for selling prices, get a healthy knowledge
and started bouncing ideas off of each other to getof what people are paying for the car your going to
the best product possible, and something this simplerestore, if your selling it learn about it first, know the
can really make the project go a lot smoother.questions to ask, decode the vin, check out the
Don't place a high priority on speed, this usually makeengine casting number, check the rpo codes on the
the project go south for the winter, plan carefullyengine, if they don't match, don't second guess it,
the outcome of the restoration project, get yourand don't buy it.
shop, or work area in order, make sure thatIf you don't care about the originality of the car, or
between the two of you, all the tools that you needyou'd like to hod rod it a bit, make sure that the
are at your disposal.things that you plan to do to the car will help it sell,
Make sure that you document things with pictures,not everybody cares about originality, some guys like
and paper work as you begin the dis-assembly of thehot rods, and they always will.
car of the car, the object here is to have a lot ofI'm one of those people, an original car will sell for
fun, rather you are building the car for yourself, or tomore money in most cases, but they can be hard to
sell, if you plan to sell the car, you'll need to keep thesell, people are very picky about the restoration
cost as low as possible if you want to make moneyprocess when it come to originality, and they should
on the sale.be, if you sell it as an original car, be prepared to
Do some research on the car, and find out whatanswer a lot of questions, or be prepared not to sell
their selling for at the time of your restoration, if youit if you don't.
buy at a low price, you have more room to play withDon't think of it as hard, think of it as a must do to
the restoration process, make sure that you inspectsell the car, now if the car is custom, you'll probably
the car before you buy it, or you will run in to somehave to answer a lot less questions to the people
huge problems during the restoration process.looking to buy the car, because they know it's not a
Always remember that if the price looks to good tofactory original, but know that it's easy to lose
be true, it probably is, don't second guess it, makemoney if you go over board with the mods.