Why go to the trouble of restoring classic cars etc?
Great question!
First off, restoring an antique or classic car is not for everyone, as a matter of fact, it is not for most people. There is a level of prestige that goes along with restoring a classic car, but not until it is done. My guess is that probably 80% of the "projects" started are never finished by the person that started them. It takes a lot of skill, and lots of labor.
There are people that will restore a car for someone, if they want to pay. They are very expensive, but many of these shops are worth it. Most classic cars are not worth the time and parts to fix them, so if you want to "flip" antiqe cars and classics, you will be lucky to profit at all.
A classic or antique car needs to have a sentimental value to the owner for it to be worth restoring. A good example is that it is the same car your Father had as a teenager, or was owned by a beloved relative.
I will say one thing: When you are driving an antique car you restored in the local parade, you are the richest person in the world! Even Bill Gates cannot buy skill, determination, and the years of difficulties you endured to make it to that parade!
For every form of transport you can think of, including classic and vintage cars, there will be someone, somewhere, restoring one to its former glory. Cars, once they have a few years under their tyres, suddenly become ‘classic cars’ and surviving examples are eagerly sought by bands of enthusiastic preservationists who are determined to see increasingly rare cars survive into the future. Dig a little deeper in the subject of transport preservation, and a whole new world of keen owners can be found in sheds up and down the land, breathing new life into not just classic cars, but motorcycles, microcars (bubble cars), antique caravans, bicycles, tractors and more, all with the same long term goal of ensuring their pride & joy’s survival. Most people do this as their hobby, and as such limited budgets often mean that rather than buy a restored vehicle that can be used straightaway, it will be necessary to buy a decrepit example and slowly restore it to its former shiny condition. Those wh
