| If you've never restored a car before, you might be | | | | the car that looks the most like it did when it was |
| wondering if you should restore your classic cars | | | | first built, and no car comes for the factory with |
| now, classic car restoration in a long process and you | | | | rock chips, and door dings, if your car is a custom |
| want to have all of your ducks in a row, spend some | | | | then the judges will judge it based on quality of work |
| time thinking about what you want your car to be | | | | an originality also, they won't miss anything, so if your |
| when it's done. | | | | thinking that you'll slide some minor imperfection by |
| Think about how much money you want to spend | | | | them, don't waste your time, or theirs. |
| on the restoration process, and make sure that you | | | | My best advice is to make 100% sure that you car is |
| have the funds ready to go, a shop will need to | | | | exactly what you want it to be, don't listen to people |
| know that you've thought it out, and planed an an | | | | who'd tell you that it not worth doing unless you do |
| out come for your car, they will need to know if it's | | | | a factory stock restoration on it, the car is worth a |
| a straight restoration to factory specs, or if you | | | | lot more to you if it's what you want it to be, not |
| want custom work done, you don't want to be | | | | what another person thinks that it should be. |
| changing your mind in the middle of the restoration | | | | I've seen a lot of cars get sold off after the |
| process. | | | | restoration process because the owner didn't get |
| Know what colour you want the car painted, know | | | | what he, or she wanted, and they were not satisfied |
| how you'd like you interior to look and feel, know | | | | in the end, and this can make the entire process |
| how you'd like you engine to perform, the more you | | | | seem a lot harder then it has to be, it's all about |
| think about it, the more you'll enjoy the restoration | | | | what you want, not what somebody else tells you |
| process, give it a lot of thought, I have seen a lot of | | | | that it should be. |
| people during my time in the business bring a car to | | | | It's fine to get advice from other people, and then |
| the shop for a factory stock restoration, and then in | | | | weigh that advice against your idea of what you |
| the end not like it because it's is restored to the | | | | think that your car should be, remember it's all about |
| period that it was manufactured. | | | | you, not the shop, not your friends, not mom and |
| The best advise if you want to make you dream | | | | dad. |
| come true is this, think long and hard about what | | | | It's imperative that you car is the car of your dreams |
| that dream is, do you want a show car, do you want | | | | when it's all done, not something that you'd rather sell |
| a factory stock restoration, do you want some | | | | as soon as it's done, you usually can't make the |
| custom work, remember that a show car is not the | | | | money back that you spent to restore your car by |
| same as a daily driver, if you drive you car on a daily | | | | selling it, unless it's a very special car, one that there |
| basis, it will get door dings, rock chips, and scratches, | | | | were only a few made, or for some other reason. |
| and their is nothing you can do about it, if it has | | | | Just plan on getting what you want, and then |
| these things you won't placing in any car shows with | | | | keeping the car forever, rather then selling it, this is |
| it. | | | | why I say plan the restoration work on your car, and |
| The judges have a job to do, and the job is to pick | | | | know what you want before the work begins. |