Cars are rated in points, 0 to 100, now, you can have an excellent unrestored car, an excellent restored car (for looks) or a ground up restoration, 10.000 US$ will be a pretty decent one (if the car is not in bad shape), but if there are rusted panels, hard to locate parts you could spend more than what a car is worth I am currntly restoring a 1987 BMW 735i, the car is worth about 2.500 US$ and my estimate is about 2.000 US$ to restore it, now if it is a really expensive car (e.g. limited productin numbers special interest car) it is always worth to restore it, even if it does not make sense moneywise. In short, be prepared to spend anything from 10.000 to 30.000 on a ground up restoration.
The RM Auto Restoration is located exclusively in North America however in the last five years there has been efforts towards establishing locations in Canada as well.
You can visit Antique Classic Car Restoration in that area. There is also Classic Car Restoration and Lab Motors.
eHow Auto Center - 2012 Headlight Restoration 1-3 was released on: USA: 1 October 2012
eHow Auto Center - 2012 Vintage Car Restoration Tips - 1.18 was released on: USA: 1 May 2013
Probably thousands. Most are reputable, many are not.
Restoration grossed $4,100,000 worldwide.
Antique auto restoration can be a long, involved and expensive project. There are several sites that might give you some help and guidance through the steps. You can try, www.classicandperformancecar.com, www.secondchancegarage.com/ http://www.animalnetwork.com/ar/
Restoration grossed $4,100,000 in the domestic market.
Depends on his clientele and amount and quality of work.A shop owner in Los Angeles makes more than one in Boise Idaho. The owner of any business can pay him as much as he wants.
PlasticX is a remover for headlight oxidation that is cheap, works well and can be bought at Walmart. 3M also has a headlight restoration kit that can be bought at most department stores.
Depends what the problem really is. It could be that the headlight assemblies have gotten yellow with age and all they need is a headlight restoration. There are headlight restoration kits available at your local auto parts store or you could have it professionally done.
After a small fire on a stove or by a heater, smoke damage restoration may be required. Small fires are not as bad so not much has to be restored.