DONT Start your Classic car Restoration until you Watch This. W113 pagoda.

Starting a full car restoration, hopefully this video will give a little insight into the cost of restoring a classic car.
For more years than I care to remember I have always had some sort of restoration on the go, this video will show the sorts of work that you are going to let yourself in for.
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[@willwahl9225]

Ted - cannot not comment on this nice work of yours. Huge fan of this type of car. Your restoration is amazing to say the least, mate. Add more videos.

[@tedwhitehall2540]

Thanks Will, I will be adding more as the restoation moves on.

[@davidpeters4914]

That stainless steel exhaust is gorgeous!

[@langa06]

The exhaust is wrong in several places and differ substantially from the origianl item including the bent pipe just before the rear silencer and rhe bend going underneath the axle. The gearbox cover shiuld be body colour. The underside was never painted anything other than beige….. the list is oong. Since someone is spending tons of money better do a job that resembles originality. Just my opinion

[@RS-np8cu]

Nice to see a car with the underside the correct colour, rather than looking like a tart's handbag!

[@tedwhitehall2540]

Couldn't agree more!

[@MrJearley6]

DDDAAAMMM this is clean clean clean !!!

[@the_fearless_explorer1213]

Beautiful motor

[@MikesMercsandothercars]

That is a great and accurate summary of how long things take and how much they cost. Watching this reminded me of how long it took me to get the underside of my recently stolen and trashed 280SL looking like that. Maybe I should have bought it back from the insurance company. Whats the name of your business - Im guessing by the accent you might be based near Brum? Mike

[@tedwhitehall2540]

Thanks Mike, yes from Birmingham, the business is called, The Devil is in the Detail, its more of a hobby than a business lol. I just wanted to finish of my working life doing what I always loved doing but financial restraints stopped me doing the job how I believed it should be done.

[@MikesMercsandothercars]

@@tedwhitehall2540 Yes...unless you have attempted that level of restoration you have no idea of how long it takes and what it costs. I fear that knowledgeable craftsmen such as yourself maybe a dying breed. Mike

[@tedwhitehall2540]

@@MikesMercsandothercars I agree, no patience left in the world.

[@stevewushu]

Hi Ted, what shop is this that does the restorations please?

[@tedwhitehall2540]

My next door neighbors SMS, I dont think they will be taking any more projects on this year.

[@stevewushu]

@@tedwhitehall2540 ah ok, thanks for the heads up. My 1 of 2 (still on the road) AM DBS FI will have to find another place then! 🥴 Great channel btw Ted! Love the vids! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@BeantownToBigD]

Thank you for sharing. I'm in the process of deciding if I want to restore my 280 SL, or sell it. Any tips on the best way to get an accurate appraisal?

[@tedwhitehall2540]

There is no real formula to work out the values of these cars as they have gone up and down over the years, The last project SL that was sold by one of my friends went for 45k but the body repairs were done but not painted, to pay for a full restoration by someone who will do a proper build would be anything upto 120k so the buyer would have to value the car by how he would be restoring the car. have a look at the market and work out an average value from that, I hope this helps a little and I am sorry that I cannot be more specific.

[@tedwhitehall2540]

If you are going to do the work yourself this would make a massive difference to the build costs.

[@BeantownToBigD]

@@tedwhitehall2540 thank you, your explanation is helpful. I suppose there would be a premium for a one owner car with matching body numbers. I have spoken to a few Pagoda owners with excellent restorations but none of them have matching body numbers.

[@tedwhitehall2540]

@@BeantownToBigD Matching numbers and history files add a lot of value to any classic car, but well restored cars still fetch good money

[@Rialas]

Incredibly high standard of workmanship 👌

[@andrewsalmon100]

Sorry Ted. 10,000 ×10+ =100,000+.