Tips On Restoring Your First Classic Car From a First Time Builder

I’m 14 and restoring a 1972 Pontiac firebird

19 years old, tracked down my fathers first vehicles, 1967 f100 and 1965 international scout. Both trying to complete a restoration to have fun with and enjoy it! He passed about 4 years ago and always wanted to see them fixed up.

I'm 15 and I'm starting to restore my first car. It's a 1975 Lada 2101

I gave my car a wash, does that mean i can say i restored it?

I just inherited a 69 Mach 1. Have never worked on vehicles before and have no clue what I’m getting in to. The video was helpful. Thanks.

I was rebuilding a motor for my 1998 Chevy Silverado. It was gonna be my first project so I can learn more about cars. Everything was going well just had low compression and when I put it into drive it would lose all the power and run weak. I messed with the rocker arms and the compression was good. I drove it around the block and then it started on fire.

My father and I picked up a 70 gto with a 455 in it, we were planning to start to do the car up together this year and he passed in the beginning of January.. so having listened to your video has really helped me with getting on track with what will be involved in this particular build. I cant wait to see this car come together, i know he will be proud as ever to see it done.

Once you have restored a car renovating a house is easy! It teaches you some serious skills to use in all forms of construction I reckon. Thanks for the video mate.

The biggest tip I have is get a car that is extremely popular in the restoration community. It will make getting parts for cheap easy. Second biggest tip is to get something that runs and drives if you are brand new. With these older mustangs its not hard to find one that runs and drives for a decent price especially the coupes.

I love your mustang...

Earlier this year I bought my first project. A 1967 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.

I wish I would have seen this video when I was 18. Even then I probably would not have listened

Best advice is to find someone who has actually restored the same make/model you are looking for. They will know the common rust spots and exactly how difficult it would be to fix them. They can evaluate on your behalf; the skill level required, how much work it would take and what value the vehicle has to the person looking to buy it.

I bought a very rough 70’ dodge charger some years back. It’s been a process between tear down, buying all the specialty tools, saving money for parts, waiting for them to finally get delivered during Covid. And now with kids finding time to work on the body. It’s a labor of love, but progress is always being made. Can’t wait to get it running and driving.

He made me really think.

'Restoring' a car has a lot of different meanings. and it begins long before you buy it and bring it home. Which car to buy? Early Mustangs, Camaros, 55-57 Chevys, and a few other cars.. EVERYTHING is available, entire bodies even, So shop for parts of a car you "THINK" you want to restore. When you find you can't easily find parts for it... Just walk away before even buying. Saves you lots of headaches. 2. Have a 'finish line' in mind. What you want the car to be, and how much you're willing to spend. I am ALWAYS looking at the exit, when Im restoring a car. What can I get out of this car $$$ shows me how much I can spend, before going upside down. Losing money.

I’m 19 and starting to restore a 1988 Ford bronco and I’m so excited :)

Like the owner of the famous Gypsy Rose said, “If you gonna built a car, go all the way”

Looking to restore my 1981 Datsun 280zx I regret not keeping it running, but it’s not far from being a daily driver. I’d really want to get it look good as there is rust and some fender damage but a solid car that I got for $600

I am 34 and I am starting restore 1:34 mustang car of my 3 years old kid