| A Frame Off restoration is a full "Factory New" | | | | classic car. Driving conditions were much different |
| restoration while a Frame On restoration is one | | | | back when the car was first put on the market |
| that leaves the body on the car and selectively | | | | and many of the mechanical systems those cars |
| restores the components needed to bring the car | | | | came with cannot adequately cope with today's |
| into good working conditions. There are benefits | | | | current driving conditions. However, updating the |
| and drawbacks to each option. | | | | safety systems in your classic car will detract |
| A Frame Off restoration takes the longest | | | | from its purity. It may seem like something of a |
| amount of time to do and costs the most. On the | | | | conundrum, but in actuality, it is very simple. If |
| other hand, while a Frame On project allows you | | | | you plan on taking the car out on the road, |
| to take some shortcuts that will save you time | | | | especially a busy city street, then upgrading the |
| and money, you could also end up overlooking | | | | car's brakes and adding seat belts will not only |
| areas of the car that need to be repaired and are | | | | keep you safe, but also helps keep others safe. |
| only discovered after the car has been restored. | | | | While brakes are easy to manage, seat belts |
| However, despite this, unless you want a Show | | | | might be more of a challenge. Up until the sixties, |
| Car or want to spend the time doing a complete | | | | very few cars came equipped with seat belts as |
| overhaul, a Frame On restoration will most | | | | standard. Therefore, if your car did not come |
| probably serve you best. | | | | with seatbelts, you'll need to install them. If you |
| Purity vs Safety | | | | car did come with seatbelts, then it goes without |
| An issue that we have already mentioned a few | | | | saying that if they're in disrepair you'll need to |
| times is the upgrading of the safety features of a | | | | replace them with an authentic factory original. |