COPO prices down at Mecum???

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I sure hope not as it is tough to make it now. It always kills me when we (restorers) get beat up for our shop rates which in most cases are at least half what it costs to bring your car into a dealership to have a repair made. While that car is at the dealership it depreciated while at the same time a restored car actually appreciates while in the shop. Most dealer mechanics make (personally) as much or close to what restoration shops charge as a shop rate. I won't complain as I have been doing it for over 25 years and it hasn't changed but I does frustrate me on occassion.
Rick