Well to be honest I'm not really sure of his average resto cost that price was something I heard but I do know that he does'nt advertise and last year he had a 2 year waiting list I was there once he had swiss cheese catalina frame on the frame rack that was something he also had a car there that he was working on it was painted black boy did shine like mirror I ask him how he got it that shiny he replied we have about 40 hours into wet sanding.