This can really cost.Īlways check for rust in areas where water can collect, such as inside the wells in the boot or in the lower fender and door areas. Areas of rust must be cut out and removed before repair panels can be made and installed. It is the fantasy of many a restorer to find a car on the scrap yard and lovingly restore it but rust is the most difficult and costly damage to a car to restore. Rust is the curse of the classic car restorer: do not let it haunt you. Here are 10 classic car restoration tips to help your project avoid being a rust bucket. However, by choosing your car carefully and being clear about what you want there are ways you can avoid your car pit becoming a money pit. In truth there is very little that is not restorable as the team’s recent work on a Morris Minor for Discovery Channel’s Wheeler Dealers (one of the most popular car shows on TV) proved. “This car looked great in the photos…” is just one opening for a tale of a restoration project whose bottom has fallen out: a rust bucket project. In more than two decades of lovingly restoring cars to their prime the team at White’s Bodyworks have seen their fair share of restoration horror stories. If you want to avoid the pitfalls on your next project on the car pit here are ten things to avoid if you do not want to end up working on a ‘rust bucket’ – that is to say a project whose bottom is sure to fall out.
The joys of classic car restoration projects can only be matched by the frustrations they can bring – the rewards of working a car back to its former glory counterbalanced by the potential escalating costs.
UK based Mat Fidge gives some wise advice on restoration pitfalls to avoid. Occasionally I like to turn over this space to someone else to get a different perspective and this is one of those days.
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