Spot on Reid!
The term professional restoration is a marketing expression in my
mind. It could actually just as well mean that the restoration is
under the standards of an amateur restoration. The only real
distinction on a cars quality of restoration would be it4s results in
a concours event sanctioned by the concours committee.
Magnus Karlsson
SWEDEN
25 jan 2006 kl. 07.49 skrev Reid Trummel:
> My recent visit to the auctions in Arizona got me to thinking about
> the differences between an "amateur" and a "professional"
> restoration. I'm really not sure that those are meaningful
> distinctions.
>
> Why couldn't an amateur do every bit as good of a job as a
> professional? The "fully restored to concours gold standards" (a
> truly overused phrase at the auctions) Healeys in these auctions
> looked pretty good, but had a few little things to criticize.
> Polished dash pots for one.
>
> Anyway, it got me to thinking, what do people think of as the
> difference between a professional and an amateur restoration? No
> one certifies "professional" Healey restorers, so I lean towards
> saying that it is a distinction without a difference. Restored is
> restored. Whether you've done it once or a hundred times, what you
> have at the end is a collection of Moss Motors parts, new paint and
> new chrome, and almost nothing remaining of that which left the
> factory.
>
> If I screw on a bunch of Moss Motors parts, it's an amateur
> restoration. If someone who has done it a hundred times screws them
> on, it's a professional restoration. No diff in my book.
>
> What say you?
>
> Reid Trummel
> Portland, Oregon
> 100, 100M, Ski-Master
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