I've restored several cars and am proud of my accomplishments. You have to really have a passion for the hobby to be able to go completely through a car and renew it. It's a love/hate thing for me. Love the car, hate the 2 years of everyday elbow grease it takes to pull it off. I still have 3 of my restored babys, but have bought the last 4 as drivers and left them that way. GOOD LUCK!