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Restoration, proper Whitspeed restoration, is not a quick fix up for the MOT test. It is the complete strip down of a vehicle to it’s component parts, then repairing, replacing or refurbishing each individual component to the best possible condition before all the restored parts are reassembled into the finished vehicle again.
It does not matter whether you restore an Escort or a Rolls Royce, the work is the same, and for the most part the number and type of components is similar. The difference is that at the end of the job, the Rolls Royce will be worth possibly more than the cost of the restoration, whereas the Escort will be worth far less than the cost of the work carried out.
This is because Escorts are not expensive enough yet. They will only be expensive enough when there are no more available, maybe. The labour charges involved with restoration work on any vehicle is likely to be far less than the labour charged by your local garage for a regular service. Garages currently charge between £50 and £90 per hour for modern cars, whilst restoration firms charge between £25 and £45 per hour.
This is due to the fact that restoration work is more of a labour of love than making a fast buck. Many skills required to restore a vehicle are no longer available in modern garages, similarly modern garages rely more on technology to rectify faults than good old fashioned tenacity. Other problems which do not affect modern garages are supply of parts, other than delivery times, as all parts are still in production.
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