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Survivor is a Bloomington Gold trademark term, they have been trying to protect this term for their use only. I don't think that they will have much luck with this. As far as their termonology is concerned, a survivor can have a repaint. Bloomington Survivor cars must be original in three of the four areas. I have had two cars Survivor at Bloomington with repaints. The interior, engine, and chassis were considered original enough to pass survivor judging.
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Just want to make sure I got this correct. Are they trying to protect the term "Bloomington Survivor" or just the term "survivor". If they are trying to corner the word "survivor" seems like an asinine exercise in futility.
What are they going to try next, trademark the word "beautiful" when used to describe a car?
Back to the discusssion at hand. I agree a car as original as the one described above might very well be worth more than a restored car. As much as car guys like to look at the perfect "restored" ones, the ones that usually draw the most interest at local car shows are the unrestored survivors, even if they got one repaint.
Just my 02 cents.
Lynn