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Most of the owners who come to DLG have collection managers, and they don’t seem
to care how much the work costs. “I can give a range— but most don’t ask,” George says.
It arrived in boxes from North Carolina. During the pandemic, the client disassembled it, then became overwhelmed. Already here for 10 months, it took 10 spray-outs to match the color to its original specs. The car will remain at DLG for at least another year.
David L. George II started the business in Frazer and moved here in 1990 with just six
local clients. Among them was the late Ray Carr, a notorious and extravagant collector from Chester Springs. These days, cars from 40 to 50 clients, each with an average value of $1 million, arrive from all over the world.
Of the 25-30 jobs DLG is working on at any one time, half are in for service and half for restoration. A service call can take weeks.
Restoration can require a few years. A current client’s BMW 328 was factory-built to race
at Le Mans and other major European venues in 1939. The rebuild could take 7,000-8,000 hours. “Nothing’s here for a day,” says George, noting that a typical restoration consumes between 4,000 and 6,000 hours.
DLG’s founder was 71 when he died
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