Best Car Restoration Quotes

"As we get deeper into this build, we're starting to see just how special these cars are to the people that own them."

"Well, this 1974 Saab Sonett 3 has got a new lease on life."

"It's amazing how far the 73 Century has come."

"Classic car restoration from the ground up, faithful to the original, historical, all screws the same."

"Life's about balance, and for every ratty only fixed half of it Mopar I build, I'm due one Porsche masterpiece."

"Finding cars that have a cool connection, a cool story, making them into something special and more personal."

"Have you ever gone to a car show and you walk up on what seems to be a perfectly restored muscle car, but look under the hood and there's a modern-day battery?"

"So we know now that the trunk lip hidden numbers matched the radiator support."

"The most filthy gorgeous air-cooled 911 resto mod road cars."

"I've been improving a Saab, can you believe that?"

"I just bought this 2011 Corvette Grand Sport at Copart for $6,000 and I know what you're thinking why sure it's wrecked burned and yellow but on the other hand it's got a fat supercharger hanging off the front."

"Fans and viewers will remember the show if not for its car restorations then at least for the drama and exaggerations."

"Looking for one all stripped down, needs a quarter panel, Fender looked rough."

"For the love of the car, the love of the owners, and to see those cars come back to life."

"rolling up to Center Stage is a professionally restored and customized 66 Chevy Nova"

"this car has that look that sometimes it's impossible to achieve when you're doing a classic car"

"Fixing cardens has never been this easy, and with the SPI Flash car restoration will be a piece of cake."

"Honestly, I can't wait to see this car done. It's got all the right things on it. It's a four-speed. I think it'll be a stunning example of what we can do."

"We found a lot of amazing cars out there ourselves, rescued them from all sorts of places and bringing them back to life for everyone to see."

"The Audi TTS went from a crashed stolen and fire damage car found by the police to a fully restored facelifted and modified version wrapped in satin blue."

"Reviving The Past 100% untouch Survivor, resurrecting the icons of American Muscle."

"Aiden Chevelle will be done over the winter."

"With a bit of TLC, she'll be absolutely mint again, which is nothing less than what this car deserves."

"You don't have to care about cars, but watching Neil struggle to restore something, we can all grasp the concept of time and budget."

"This car found in a field in Louisiana was restored and then won the 2019 Denver auto show"

"Restored cars go for a small fraction of what their mint twins go for. I collect both original cars and junker cars that I restore. I have a restored Sweet 16 set that altogether probably cost less than my mint silhouette. And this is why I like restoring cars."

"Join me on this epic journey as I go through all the stuff that we did. This is not your average car restoration story."

"We bring it back to life, making it roadworthy and turning it into an absolute speed demon."

"I bought this car crash damage from an eBay listing and then we've proceeded to turn it from the crash damage example which I bought to a fully restored working example."

"My favorite car in history that we have restored to date was a 1970 dodge charger rt with a 426 hemi of four speed and a super track pack axle package."

"No it's not perfect, no it's not a real road runner as far as I know, I'm certain that it's a fake, but I think it's still a pretty decent example of a 1973 Plymouth Satellite, it's 50 years old and it's home."

"We don't really build cars at Phantomworks... we restore people's dreams."

"The success of Overhaulin' was not just due to the physical transformations of the vehicles, but also the emotional impact."

"Exceptional design skills and passion for car restoration."

"Part of the fun for us is getting it running and Reviving a car that’s been sitting a long time."

"The car will be safe. It's not going to be perfect but it's going to be out being enjoyed again and that's what's most important to us."

"The car is extremely extremely rotted away and would take a year just to frakin cut this car to pieces to make that car look remotely better and even then it still would just be a zombie Stitch welded car that's not perfect this car I want to make perfect."

"...I want to do all my own body work I want to do all my own paint I want to do all that stuff might have some help here and there but I definitely want to try and Tackle as much as I can by myself with this car."

"This car was a show car in 1999. Once we have the trophies, it won. He was driving this car with a 427 side Oiler."

"All these cars, every single one can be worked on, but if you're trying to build a car to make some money at the very end of the day, you know, this car... you're probably not going to fix up."

"Restoring dreams, the most iconic muscle car on the planet."

"We bring dead cars back to life, and we do it with style."

"I'd rather see the car in its original paint no matter how bad it is. There's nothing quite like that shock of when you get a car back from the dipper and there's nothing there but an ignition key and a windshield wiper. So this car was kind of like that. Ouch."

"I've spent a lot of time and a lot of money on this car, getting it back to how it was brand new."

"Cleaning the engine bay may seem like a small task, but it's essential in restoring a car."

"This is the best way to rebuild a car."

"Well, there's a shame in that accident. He actually wrote off the Alan Moffatt built car. They're actually fixing it, but it's a huge job ahead. This is actually the ex-Allen Jones Kamatsu Ford that ran at Bathurst last year."

"Let's dive into this wonderful Pacer and see what we're actually starting with."

"It's a cool thing about working on old cars...you learn something every time you do it."

"Can't wait to get our carpet installed put our door panels in and of course the seats and then we're gonna take it for ride on the road can't wait."

"Hondas, you're starting to see some of some EGs and DC 2s, you know, sliding into some of our friends' garages where they just now they want to get that Nostalgia back, right? And they're building it out of the same parts they did in the early 2000s."

"Having a ratty Fastback actually sounds properly fun to me do a vintage inspired Trans Am build just put her back on the road and enjoy it."

"Decided I'm not going to modify it, I'm just going to uh put another radio underneath here or something um with some speakers in the back just leave this all Factory in stock."

"All of the body work is done, and this thing looks absolutely beautiful."

"All I can say is wow, first off that sickens clear absolutely beautiful and second off that body work man this thing is absolutely phenomenal."

"The point of this project is to not only introduce people to the massive coolness of the boattail Riviera but also to show that it's possible to have fun with an old car and not spend a fortune."

"When you get this car, you're going to feel like this car is new again."

"It's not really about having the most perfect restored car with every nut and bolt correct; it should always celebrate the design, the history of the car."

"None of my efforts towards this car's big comeback have been in vain, and nor have they ever stopped."

"I've learned a lot with diving back into the 240SX, all of that has given me just an insane boost of confidence."

"You can be having an old car but with a pristine paint job, and that will make it a head turner."

"Super happy to see the Supra and I think that some of these bugs could end up looking really cool as well."

"It's amazing how many of these cars started life in really wacky, not wacky but offbeat and not first choice colors in your mind, but people are restoring them back to those colors now, and boy do they look beautiful."

"I restore classic Chrysler muscle cars back to the way they were on the day they were built. I do this because I love the cars and I have a passion to see these cars on the road for as long as humanly possible."

"I've actually become quite attached to this car, and even though I'm pretty sure it's going to explode today, I'm proud that I've been able to give it a second chance at life."

"I love it, yeah, I put disc brakes on it, new wheels last summer, good driver, real good driver."

"100% of working on an old hot rod is getting out there and doing the work."

"People are loving the progress on the car."

"Probably should just polish this thing and not chop it into a four-door, but my God, is it gonna be a nice car."

"Fans couldn't get enough of him restoring and modifying cars every week."

"I've been building this car for 89 months now; I've never had anything like this car before."

"It looked unbelievable, they repainted it, Cooper is great at what he does."

"It's like a collab company, working with legendary tuners to deliver restored, modernized, and optimized cars."

"This is one of the cleanest 31s that I've picked up in a very, very, very long time."

"I hope this has inspired you to go out there and find a cool cheap car to do up."

"I'm in love, so I had a chance to wipe out that dust, and this is going to be my favorite part of this car."

"I'm not looking to keep and hold the investment value; what I'm looking for is to make the car super drivable, really nice, really clean."

"Our Superbird tribute car is coming along really nicely."

"This car has been a labor of love for the last 9 years since I bought her."

"I picked this Civic up around about eight months ago for a thousand dollars Australian, 100% stock standard."

"Paint really is the most transformative process when building a car like this."

"One man's obsession with Mopar Perfection, this is Graveyard Cars."

"It's turning into one of those project cars that the project never ends."

"Wow, it really shows off what the Cobra's actually going to look like."

"Stick around to the end of the video because we want to make this car run for the very first time in over 3 decades."

"I love these old cars, you know, it's a shame not to rescue them."

"You know restoring a car takes a lot of pieces, takes a lot of talent, expertise, and time."

"I used to have a Capri, I had a 2L laser back in when I was 20... I've desperately wanted another one to put my own stamp on and to make nice and to use and to keep."

"This is going to be fun; we're back with the Mustang, let's do this."

"I definitely do my due diligence and make sure that all the cars that pass through my hands leave me in much better condition than I found them in."

"The Miata turned out really, really, really good. I am super stoked. You can't even tell sometimes that it was out of a spray can."

"I bought the most clapped out, the highest mileage, and probably the worst condition 996 911 Turbo in the country."

"The dry ice concept of buying a car like this and then bringing it up to a spec that I can live with is what it's all about."

"It's all in these little details, every little square inch of the car is reimagined, restored to such an incredibly different standard."

"I almost forgot that my car looked like that, Jonathan you really outdid yourself man."

"I'm telling you though, this car is getting freaking beautiful. It's going to be insane."

"It's nice having this thing look more and more like a car every single day."

"I kind of assisted in maybe saving this car's life."

"We drove across the country and salvaged cars that we fixed up in 24 hours."

"Instead today, since we have most of the parts that we need to actually get this car together, we're gonna spend a little bit of time with my 1991 twin-turbo R Supra."

"It's a rust-free floor, look at the corner of the doors, if you're looking for a 69 or a 70 Fastback, what more do you want?"

"This is gonna be a fun little build, lots of trips to the salvage yards, parts stores, you name it, man."

"It's like it has a story now; before it was just a crappy old Porsche, now it's an almost half-million mile Porsche, dude."