I'd like to do a concours restoration of my 63 Corvette. Are there any shops within 50 miles of DC that anyone could recommend?

White post restorations. Okay, they're 60 miles west of DC, but one of the best shops in the country. And expensive, but you did say "concours", whitepost.com

Thanks, I'll check them out. Yeah, people who drop "concours" aren't worried about cost... just getting the best job done. This car was purchased by my Dad new. It's all original but it's used up in its current state. I'll likely spend 3 times the cost of one already restored but, it's not just a car to me.

White Post rocks, there's also Classic Car Restorations in Fredericksburg

I am also looking for a place to do restoration work. White Post is good but extremely expensive. They also have limits on model years they work on. "Concours" does not mean you are not worried about cost. Are there any other places within 100 miles or even 150 miles? Thanks.

any more? Wrote:
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> I am also looking for a place to do restoration
> work. White Post is good but extremely expensive.
> They also have limits on model years they work
> on. "Concours" does not mean you are not worried
> about cost. Are there any other places within 100
> miles or even 150 miles? Thanks.

Have you ever been to a Concours event? Pebble Beach or Amelia Island, perhaps? Cars at that level are in most cases in better condition after being restored then when they rolled off the assembly line. It's not about what one spends to restore a car like that, it's what you end up with when it's done.

What? The $50,000 I gave you for the tires wasn't enough because you have to actually start a rubber tree farm in India in order to grow the thousands of trees needed for my four tires which will only touch pavement when being loaded and unloaded for the show? Um, ok...where do I send the blank check? Stop hassling me with details and finish my fucking car you mopes!

Ronnie Wrote:
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> any more? Wrote:
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> > I am also looking for a place to do restoration
> > work. White Post is good but extremely
> expensive.
> > They also have limits on model years they work
> > on. "Concours" does not mean you are not
> worried
> > about cost. Are there any other places within
> 100
> > miles or even 150 miles? Thanks.
>
> Have you ever been to a Concours event? Pebble
> Beach or Amelia Island, perhaps? Cars at that
> level are in most cases in better condition after
> being restored then when they rolled off the
> assembly line. It's not about what one spends to
> restore a car like that, it's what you end up with
> when it's done.
>
> What? The $50,000 I gave you for the tires wasn't
> enough because you have to actually start a rubber
> tree farm in India in order to grow the thousands
> of trees needed for my four tires which will only
> touch pavement when being loaded and unloaded for
> the show? Um, ok...where do I send the blank
> check? Stop hassling me with details and finish my
> fucking car you mopes!

Yes I have been to both of those events and others. Be cautious about making generalizations based on one of the top events in the world. And even at Pebble Beach, there are cars which did NOT have astronomical sums of money spent on them.

Moreover there are hundreds if not thousands of people who collect and restore cars. The AACA has concours events, as does nearly ever national or international car club dedicated to a particular model or manufacturer. Even at those levels the cars are better than when they rolled off the assembly line.

I am new to the area and not familiar with any restorers locally. White Post is still holding on after the death. They might be an easy choice for Saudi and Kuwaiti princes with bottomless pockets, but not necessarily the most bang for the buck. (Yes in car restoration it's not uncommon to replace nearly-perfect parts with better ones, sometimes growing a rubber plantation in the process.)

The best restoration shop in this area is in the garage attached to my house. The only problem is that they only work on one car at a time... And it's always mine.