Yes, with the collapse of the "funny" money in '08, I think the only types of restorations that you can make a living off today are the pre WWII classics. Everything else has lost 50-75% of its value since the collapse, and they don't appear to be recovering much at all. I remember seeing beat up muscle cars going for $25k in '06 and '07, and bolt-off restored ones were going for over $150-200k+, today those same bolt-off restorations can be had at auction for under $50k. I think I would need to win the lotto to be able to do it in Todays market, that way I wouldn't have to live off the business, and would have the capital necessary to start with everything I needed.
