Re: Restoration Cost

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/12/31 13:13:06

A very high quality paint job with the best materials, not necessarily of Pebble Beach or Amelia Island quality but certainly enough for the very top AACA or CCCA awards can run in the $30-40,000 range even if no or nearly no body work is required. For a Pebble or Amelia contender done by a professional restoration shop with a consistent record of producing such winners, think in terms of $300-$400,000 for total restoration. Of course one would logically only spend that kind of money on a car that would be capable of winning at least Class awards and thus it would have to be a very unique car to begin with, almost certainly custom coachwork, perhaps a one-off, or a famous personality car to boot and the car itself before restoration would probably be a very significant outlay.

A huge range of meaning to the word "restoration".