I have thought about restoring my 300CD, but I have decided to just repair things as I go, and not go through the expense and trouble of a full restore. I don't love my car enough to dump $17,000 into it, but several hundered at a time to fix things when they come up. I can let the small things go for now, but if and when the cars value starts to increase I will get to the little things. These are just some of my thoughts on car restoration, I am sure they will change in a few years.