One of the shops I managed many years ago, we did part of the restoration of the body and paint on a 1960 Corvette. That was a sweet looking car! It had been repainted many, many times during it's life. The new owner wanted it back to the original red and white paint job. We spent about six months stripping it back to the fiberglass, primer, blocking, sanding and painting it. Every bit of chrome was replaced with brand new, except for the bumpers which we sent out to be rechromed.
I built large VW engines...
But hey, my old bozz says he built "racing" VW engines. So there's that...