It's a blurred area for so many Mr70 because everyone wants their car to either be appraised at a high value, at least in it's description when presented for sale or make it eligible for some kind of an award at a show. This can then be parlayed into making a car worth more money.
This I believe started with Corvettes and has trickled down to muscle cars.
There was a time not too long ago when fully restored cars were bringing much higher money at auctions over low mileage survivor cars. Buyers wanted "better than new" condition cars. Then lots of blogs and articles began to discuss the issue of over restored cars. And because of this they dropped in value while those low mileage survivor cars increased in value as the mantra became . . . "It's only original once."
It's always about money BTW. Saying you have an old car for sale doesn't cut it anymore. Now you have to add a moniker: restored, unrestored, survivor, clone, tribute etc. Each changes the value of the car. The seller chooses the moniker for his ad but it's up to the buyer to decide what is the proper moniker that fits the car regardless of what the seller thinks is correct. They call that due diligence.
Last edited by Lee Stewart; 09-08-2017 at 07:43 PM.
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