I make no bones about my car being a beater. In the 12 years that I've had the car, I've put about $15k into it to keep it that way. I have also put about 8000 miles on it.
I am pretty sure that it will be the least detailed car on display at the SCR. It is also in my will to my step-son.
To each his own.
There are tons of late 2nd and early 3rd gen Camaros that can be had for cheap $.
As they say: "Don't crush 'em, restore 'em".