I visited a restoration shop the other day. Guys who runs it is an absolute perfectionist, he looked at my car (Impala) and said “I’d gut it!”
I kept tellin him ain’t gonna happen.
He showed me a car they were working on painting, something like an 8,000 dollar paint job, I said no way, the first 14 year old that gets near it will key the heck out of it. So he says “No 14 year old will ever get close to this car!”
So basically he’s talking about a car that will remain under lock and key, the guy will drive it not very often, and when he does, he won’t even be able to park it at Wendy’s and go inside to grab a burger.
Hope I never get that anal about it!
This restorer dude has done 100K restorations. We’re talkin museum pieces.
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Antique car owners & collectors look for as original a paint job as possible
A reworked body job and primo spray paint job is not at all what those old vehicles had and can destroy an authentic antiques value in a flash
“Better than new looking” is cute - but gets into custom car territory