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Rust-Free Reality: Creating an All-New Classic

IN his 35 years of restoring cars, Mark Miller has seen it all — the good, the bad and the unsightly.

Among the lessons he has learned while running Dream Car Restorations in Mesa, Ariz., this stands out: It can be shortsighted to try to rebuild a Detroit classic to an as-new gleam by using old body panels.

This alternative — building a car around a complete aftermarket body shell — is what many classic-car rebuilders are coming to regard as a new school of auto restoration, according to the New York Times.

“The final cost may or may not be lower, but the results are always vastly superior to old-school methods,” Miller said.

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