Our 69 Yenko Chevelle restoration

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Thank you Scott. If people come away with nothing more than the appreciation for those efforts I will be very happy. The restoration business is by no means a get rich business and I actually make less than I use to in my corporate job though this is WAY more satisfying. However, hopefully people will start to see and appreciate the difference between a so called "restoration" and a full fledged nut and bolt restoration and why things cost what they do. This also why we only restore cars for collectors and not people who are buying and selling.

Jim, Annie and myself have put a total of 1070 hours in so far and Jamie and his crew another 1100. We do not put that many hours in most of our customer cars, however it is not all that far from that. Needless to say, both our shop and Jamie's eat a lot of hours that the owners never know about but that is just how it works some times. If we are not satisfied with how something was restored we redo it and cannot expect the customer to pay that.

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I'm going to miss this thread when you're done. Your almost daily posts are one of the things I look forward to seeing each day. Since your Chevelle is so close to mine in appearance, it's like seeing my Chevelle being restored. . .only better. Thanks for all the time you took to keep us informed on your progress, Rick.