Weiler-Knight (UK) Ltd The Restoration The typical restoration is started from home and never finished or finished by someone other than the starter of the project. A complete restoration will take an experienced enthusiast or professional around 700 man hours to do at home, not including any paint or body work. This means on average around 14 hours per week to complete in one year, not including the bodyshop work. Expect to pay anything up to £15,000 for all the parts of a major restoration. The body work varies between cars depending on the condition when you start and how high a stardard you are trying to acheive. Many restorations done at home take several years to complete and major restorations at home will take up the space of 2-3 cars. So make sure you also have the space or somewhere else to store the parts before starting. Before you start speak to us, we will make sure your on right track for sucess with your project.