# Best place to take a restored classic car for an inspection? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 20, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653 "2011-06-20T06:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/1 "2011-06-20T06:27:10Z")
my dad just bought a 55 bel-air that has had a frame off resto, (underbody paint matched and everything) he needs to get it inspected but doesnt want someone that wont care about it putting it up in the air / pulling off wheels ect. does anyone know a shop that will take extra care with the car during the inspection? thanks -jim ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/2 "2011-06-20T06:43:54Z")
Before anybody posts, just pm him. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/3 "2011-06-20T06:50:22Z")
I’ve never been personally; but for a legit inspection with a place that I’ve heard great things about; Licata’s on Walden. ---
**Author:** ![buffalo\_vr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@buffalo\_vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalo_vr4)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/4 "2011-06-20T07:01:35Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > Before anybody posts, just pm him. hes looking for a legal advice ---
**Author:** ![Doespike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/doespike/32/5083_2.png) [@Doespike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Doespike)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/5 "2011-06-20T07:03:54Z")
Impala Brothers in Alden. A guy at work with classics and hot rods goes there. :tup: Edit: I’ve also taken my cars to Alden Automotive and Mr Best Wrench (Grand Island). I’m very particular about who I hand the keys over to… ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/6 "2011-06-20T07:09:15Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > Before anybody posts, just pm him. Im not asking for sticker or something, the car will pass no problem. im just looking for a shop that will take some extra care during the inspection process ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/7 "2011-06-20T07:10:59Z")
Maybe I’m just a little slow on a Monday morning, but is asking for a shop that will be careful with an awesome classic car during an inspection really be deemed as asking for legal advice? Would that mean that all the other threads about what will or won’t make your car fail inspection be considered legal advice too? ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/8 "2011-06-20T07:18:14Z")
he was joking about the legal advice, i assumed there was something that wouldnt pass based on the lifting the car comment. That being said… I was more looking to protect the “inspectors” that help car guys out. Rather than getting them in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/9 "2011-06-20T08:03:49Z")
What is the inspection like on a '55 anyway? If it starts and doesn’t explode in a giant fireball, it passes? ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/10 "2011-06-20T08:06:35Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > he was joking about the legal advice, i assumed there was something that wouldnt pass based on the lifting the car comment. > > That being said… I was more looking to protect the “inspectors” that help car guys out. Rather than getting them in trouble. Good to hear you’re looking out for them, they’re getting harder and harder to find these days. I would hope no one would ever post on here “What place will pass a car even though my frame is rotted out?” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/11 "2011-06-20T08:09:35Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > he was joking about the legal advice, i assumed there was something that wouldnt pass based on the lifting the car comment. the lifting the car comment was directed at the fact that it has a show quality paint job on the bottom (like where you would have mirrors on the ground at a show) and hes not looking to have someone eff it up by not taking extra care in the lifting process > [@Joe](#): > > What is the inspection like on a '55 anyway? If it starts and doesn’t explode in a giant fireball, it passes? lets just say seatbelts werent even an _option_ until 1957 lol ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/12 "2011-06-20T08:27:37Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > What is the inspection like on a '55 anyway? If it starts and doesn’t explode in a giant fireball, it passes? It’s OBDII, needs to be hooked up to a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Mopar65](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mopar65/32/5273_2.png) [@Mopar65](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mopar65)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/13 "2011-06-20T08:32:41Z")
Power’s Auto on Delaware, Great guys there who specialize in classics. A+ work ---
**Author:** ![95dime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95dime/32/7514_2.png) [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/14 "2011-06-20T09:54:59Z")
dan at amton on delaware just north of the 290. he is a car guy, you wont have to worry about anything happening to the car with him. hes a great guy and has show cars in there all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/15 "2011-06-20T10:07:29Z")
Make sure that the place where you go, you stand over the person like a hawk and watch everything they do. They like that. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/16 "2011-06-20T10:26:11Z")
> [@Quattro Krant](#): > > Make sure that the place where you go, you stand over the person like a hawk and watch everything they do. They like that. Make sure you tell them how to do their job while you’re at it. They like that. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/17 "2011-06-20T11:42:41Z")
Hubert’s Service Inc 3754 Harlem Rd Buffalo, NY 14215 (716) 835-2987 my father takes his 66 Ford Galaxie 500 there…thats the only place he will go…does good work ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/18 "2011-06-20T11:46:44Z")
Mr Bestwrench on Grand Island. [http://mrbestwrench.com/](http://mrbestwrench.com/) I know Rod from autocrossing, real stand up guy, and he always seems to have at least one show quality classic in his shop. Not sure if Black Forest Motorsports does inspections on classics like this one (they seem to specialize in foreign and exotic), but the owner is a member here and anyone who has been there has been really happy with the work. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/19 "2011-06-20T11:49:29Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Mr Bestwrench on Grand Island. > [http://mrbestwrench.com/](http://mrbestwrench.com/) > > I know Rod from autocrossing, real stand up guy, and he always seems to have at least one show quality classic in his shop. Good to know. Living on the island these days. ---
**Author:** ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653/20 "2011-06-20T13:30:38Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Mr Bestwrench on Grand Island. > [http://mrbestwrench.com/](http://mrbestwrench.com/) > > I know Rod from autocrossing, real stand up guy, and he always seems to have at least one show quality classic in his shop. > > Not sure if Black Forest Motorsports does inspections on classics like this one (they seem to specialize in foreign and exotic), but the owner is a member here and anyone who has been there has been really happy with the work. Rod is an A++ guy and really knows his shit. and thats my professional opinion as is Jason @Black Forrest [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-take-a-restored-classic-car-for-an-inspection/213653.md?page=2)