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Re: Amateur vs. Professional Restoration

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Subject: Re: Amateur vs. Professional Restoration
From: Brian Mix <brianmix@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:35:18 -0800
TIME X SKILL = Quality of the restoration

You do the math. :-)

Pro or not does not matter. However, if I was selling a car at auction, I 
would get some Pro to do something on the car so I could use the proper 
"marketing phrase".

BrianM


At 07:38 AM 1/25/2006, Rjdisi@aol.com wrote:
>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'.
>.
>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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