No More! I'm Done! Why can't the CAR WIZARD work on cars like this '67 Continental anymore?

I was at a restoration shop that sends a couple cars to Pebble Beach every year. And believe you me they charged the $85 per hour for every minute spent searching for parts. And the $85 an hour was 2002 price. Probably double that by now.

3D printers and cnc machines are going to end up being a must haves eventually

I like that Wizard's main dilemma is that he's an honest businessman. Very refreshing in today's world.

Having TWO vehicles that have parts made of unobtanium, I can confirm all that Wizard says is true.

As a piano technician I, can sympathize with Car Wizard. I lose money when someone gets an "antique" piano that's 60-120 years old and asks me to "just tune it". I can't when the parts are old, unavailable, and brittle and the piano has serious structural and mechanical issues. Every part that hasn't been been replaced with a new OEM one is suspect after 60 years. Pianos are NOT antiques. They're just old, just like Car Wizard's old car projects.

Hey Wizard, I sure understand. I’m closing in on 70 and parts to replace parts of me are getting outrageously expensive too!

This might be the saddest video I've ever watched. It breaks my heart to know that in today's world, so many of these cars may end up unable to be repaired.

60's lincolns were ridiculously complicated cars by the standards of the day , which makes them a pain to work on . The reason they are hard to find parts for is because they were not very common even when new , and they aren't that popular today , which means that not many parts are reproduced for them .

I'd give the customer a list of parts and tell them to find them, or give them option to pay you to find them. When I built my project car, my mechanic gave me a list and I found them all and shipped them to the shop directly.

Owner's Clubs are a must if you want to keep a classic car running. They have the knowledge, members have parts and/or sources.

Once a vehicle gets to a certain age, you're not really buying a car, or truck, you're buying a project. Looking first into the availability of parts, and then learning everything about your project, including how to fix it yourself, is even more valuable than the project itself. 🌠The More You Know...

I work in the parts business, and all of the 60+ year old men are shocked that parts availability for their C-10 or Chevelle isn't the same as when they were in high school. They don't realize their 65 Chevy was 10 years old when they were in high school, and now 50+ years later the stuff isn't readily available.

I don't see how it isn't fair to the customer, honestly. I love finding the rare parts, but I'd expect to pay someone for that time if I was asking them to do it, and I'd expect to be paid if it was me!

My best friend had a wonderful 1961 Lincoln Continental years ago, one of the best examples I've ever seen. He started calling it the "Hundred Dollar Hamburger", because every time he took it out on a pretty day just to go get something to eat, it would have to come back on a flatbed towtruck.

This is why if I were going to have a car like that, I'd swap a modern drivetrain into it. It is often cheaper and definitely simpler in the long run to do a swap than it is maintain the old drivetrain.

I'm with ya wizard. I have been telling customers for years how time consuming it is to sit down and hunt parts. It literally kills your profits. But people don't see that part of the business. They don't understand how difficult it is. And OMG with the ones who bring you a car that some thing else breaks while it's in the shop. They swear it's your fault. I've eaten a few jobs just to keep customers happy. It sucks. But how do you tell a customer that came in for an oil change that a coil pack went out after the oil change? It happened to me. I just told the lady about it and put one on it for free. Trust me I understand what you go through.

Car Wizard channel is a great source for gaining understanding of what repair shops have to deal with.

"would you pay" "$2000" "just to find parts" for the right car I would. I'd pay double that if the car meant enough.

There are repair sleeves you can fit over the crank shaft that cover the groove and then the seal will do its job again. No need for a new crank shaft or to have it machined.

It takes a lot of skill, time and machinery to bring those old cars back. I have no idea how much Jay spends on his collection. He has a whole staff and machine shop working on those cars all the time.