Re: Average hourly rate for car restoration?

Posted by Craig Hendrickson On 2018/5/28 12:41:07

A couple of points of reference given that I did almost all the restoration parts procurement and work myself on my 1956 Packard Panther "restomod custom":

Paint was $5,000 and the shop was local which did mostly collision repair for an established dealer. They did minor finish (perfection) work on the body which turned out beautiful. It helped that the manager was a restomod guy himself and like was suggested above, I made myself known at the shop and met the guys actually doing the work.

Engine work was $1,000 which consisted almost entirely of checking previous engine work and making minor accuracy corrections. I assembled it myself. The owner of the shop also took an interest in my project and even came over to my garage a couple of times to see the progress.

YMMV,

Craig