Color change on muscle car

[tom406]

Originally Posted by bulletpruf

Color change is a touchy subject, but I'll offer my $.02. If it's a high dollar rare musclecar, stick with the original color combo unless 1. It's horrible AND 2. You're worried about resale value.

I had a 70 Ram Air IV GTO, M21, 4.33, manual drums and manual steering, poverty caps. It was Pepper Green/Black from the factory and when I had the restoration done, I went with the factory color. It looked phenomenal. Car won Best Concours Restored at 2013 GTO Association of America Nationals. Later went to Mecum Indy and didn't sell with an $80k reserve. I wonder what would have happened if it was black; I think it would have sold.

Thanks for chiming in, you’ve had some great cars over the years! Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t you going to go racing in that car originally and opted to put a bench seat and poverty caps in what was originally a buckets/console/Rally II car? IMO it likely would have brought more interest as a high level restoration outfitted like that versus black in the configuration chosen. Aside from that, the more understated ‘70 GTO’s seem to always suffer “not a Judge” at the auctions.