Often a restoration once started is left unfinished and the car and parts can be purchased for a fraction of their worth. Many jobs will have to be farmed out to specialty shops those with the special knowledge and equipment to do the job. A full restoration can take many years and can cost tens of thousands of dollars often, and generally, well in excess of what the finished value of the car will be. Restoration of a car is a daunting task, not one to be undertaken lightly, or by the inexperienced.
Many value guides offer six levels of quality, from a "parts-only" car to the best at "Number 1" - absolutely perfect in every way. Between these two extremes are the vast bulk of cars that are seen as drivers, neighborhood show cars, and 20-footers - in that they look great from 20 feet (6 m) away. Anything else is either repair or resto-mod. Automotive Restoration means that the car was put back into the condition it was first sold as. A car that does not run can be repaired to running condition, but that simply means it will now run and does not mean that any part of the car has been restored. Various aspects of a car may be repaired without the car being restored. Many Concours cars are not driven except for the short distances from their trailers to the show field.For example, the guidelines of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) are to "evaluate an antique vehicle, which has been restored to the same state as the dealer could have prepared the vehicle for delivery to the customer." Only when a car is completely placed back into the condition it was first sold in is it considered to be restored. Those parts that did not come on the car as it was first sold must have the highest level of fit and finish, and appear to have been original parts. There are virtually no deficiencies in the quality of the parts that were actually restored. The highest quality level, generally unobtainable for the amateur restorer, is the Concours d'Elegance level these are cars that are frequently restomoded to a degree often beyond the quality that they were when they left the factory. There are different levels of automotive repair. Though automotive restoration is commonly defined as the reconditioning of a vehicle "from original condition in an effort to return it to like-new or better condition," There are many styles of which a vehicle can be restored, any of which can be performed at the discretion, desire, or taste of a vehicle owner or restorer. Restoration means removing, replacing, or repairing the parts of a vehicle, while preservation means keeping the original components.
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