I have spent time watching this show..
I enjoy learning new skills and watching the show
occasionally gives you info and tips you can use!
and I can't help feeling that the cost to do much of the work shown,
on this and similar tv programs, that are
being done, is ignored or glossed over,
or seldom mentioned and, Im sure the hourly rates are insanely high,
what takes minutes on the show takes weeks to do in reality
or at least it seems like everything goes,
both reasonably smoothly and the cost is reasonable,
but Im sure the true prices charged,make just buying a new car look cheap,
the time and cost is usually far higher than it looks in reality.
well having been involved in many similar car restorations I can absolutely say,
any and almost all, car restoration is INVERITABLY more time intensive and ALWAYS cost 3-5 times what you may have initially expected it to if you do the job correctly,
when they show the front of the business ,
ID bet most of the cars for sale out front are projects,
that resulted in the original car owner forfeiting the car,
due to the invoice price on the work snow balling up too insane cost levels
I used to watch some similar shows like
wheeler dealers,(until ed china left)
counting cars
overhauling
car masters
fast and loud
Rust Valley Restorers
monster garage
most if not all are rather unrealistic at best
and all of them make the process of restoration look absurdly fast and easy
do you guys watch similar shows and wonder how they gloss over,
the fact that it might take a year or more ,
and several guys with tens of thousands of dollars in tools,
and $30K-$50K in parts and labor costs,
to do what they do to get a car to be in pristine condition,
thats ignoring the fact most of us have limited skills, knowledge and work space, let alone the required tools,
I consider myself blessed in that I have acquired close to $60 k in tools,
,and rather extensive experience, and over decades I planned, saved for and eventually acquired and a 2700 sq ft shop,
but its taken me decades to do that!
I'm 74 and I never had a car lift, or a mill or a decent mig welder,
until about 20 years ago and it took decades of time to plan and save to accomplish that.
one reason I built this web site is to help other people , gain skills and knowledge that otherwise might be hard to acquire, and I know how frustrating a lack of skill and knowledge can be and,
how some people seem to like the idea that they are not about to let other people know how to do things they know how to do!
well I want to help other people every chance I get!
I can't understand why anyone would not want to help out others
and help them gain skill and help them skip over problems,
if you have the chance to do so?
example
I was quoted over $9K to wire my shop correctly,
the materials used cost under $3.5K and it took less than two weeks to do the job, so passing on info like that helps people,
It cost me about 127K to build my shop 20 years ago, at the time I was quoted significantly more and the contractors wanted to do the job with significantly lower quality materials, I was told by the county inspectors that built the way it is currently,
It would have cost me at least $250 k to build in their estimation even back then.(again why not pass on any tips that help others??)
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