No added value for factory restoration (question of the week)
More and more car manufacturers are starting to restore their vehicles from the past in their own factory departments and also offer this service to their customers. Of course, they have the advantage of having complete access to their own archives, and there may also still be people on board who built the vehicles from scratch back then. And spare parts are also likely to still be in stock. All in all, this should result in cost and quality advantages for the factory, but does it really?
The Zwischengas readers surveyed ( Question of the Week) painted a different picture:
Over half (51%) do not believe that the modern car manufacturer is predestined to restore old cars. This may be due to the processes, procedures and other aspects. In any case, according to this group, the result should not be better than that of independent specialists.
However, 38% believe that the factory does have advantages when it comes to restorations. According to this group, existing knowledge, spare parts and a certain focus mean that good results and therefore added value can be expected.
A further 9% of the approximately 250 responses could not agree with either the first or the second option. They are obviously looking for a finer differentiation, e.g. from manufacturer to manufacturer.
At the end of the day, the right supplier or restorer has to be found for each project, and the decision can vary from model to model.
For the sake of completeness, here is the graphical result:
And the next question of the week is already underway. This time, in view of the upcoming glut of trade fairs, the aim is to find out how many classic car fairsthe average enthusiast/interested person actually visits each year.
All the results of the surveys conducted so far can be viewed in a separate topic channel.
