I don’t think most of us do it for financial gain,we do it because we love doing it,I don’t understand. Paying thousands for golf clubs and spending a Saturday chasing a ball,but those are the same people that don’t understand why we repair old cars,for years I shot skeet two days a week,spent a lot on my shotgun.,shells,and club fees,my father couldn’t understand it,he said shot guns are used for bird hunting period,I believe the e.p.a. Has a lot to do with the cost of restoration,they’ve put just about all chrome shops out of business,I know powder coasters are getting close to perfecting chrome as well as some spray on chrome,when I first got into the body shop business in the seeeventies I was doing side job paint completes for one hundred and thirty dollars,my last year as a body shop owner my material bills where always between seven and ten thousand a month without doing any completes,so between chrome paint and body and upholstery they have to be a labor of love,my motto has always been if we don’t save them who will but I know from a financial standpoint that is probably not a good motto anymore,