I agree with your opinion but would add;
Some 'amateur' restorations far exceed professional's depending on the skill
and time spent by the so called amateur.
Amateur's (can) spend much more time and pay much more attention to detail
than some professionals who may approach their project(s) as a 'job'.
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Most professionals (by virtue of their title) understand the value of their
time and are prepared to spend only a finite amount of it on completing a
particular project. Anyone making a living from buying and restoring
automobiles
will have a frame of reference which they'll use to guide them while an
amateur may value his finished product much more than his/her time.
Of course this is not to say that some amateur's don't have a similar goal
of selling the project for a profit; at this point the only difference is the
amount of experience said amateur has compared to the professional.
This doesn't address amateur restorations undertaken and completed by the
partially/totally incompetent. It also excludes professionals who maybe
working
for a particularly knowledgeable and well-to-do client who is willing to pay
based on a time and material basis until the completed project meets his/her
standards.
Bottom line, you cannot generalize nor compare professional/amateur
restorations each car has to be judged based on the restorers' intent,
experience and
competence.
Ray Donovan
'66 BJ-8 (Not MGB)
'55 BN-1 (Project)
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