value of a ZL 1 clone with a real ZL1 motor

[rubbinisracing]

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Who's going to pay $200,000 for a motor?

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While the number of buyers willing to spend a mil or more on a collector car are few, I believe there are more potential buyers of a ZL1 with its original drivetrain for 1 million than the same car with a restoration engine for $800k. What I find interesting is the correlation between the perceived potential buyers vs. the widening price difference. If the prices were 300k apart I still believe there are more buyers for the original drivetrain car...at 400k you may have picked up enough buyers to swing the balance in the other direction. I'm not sure where the point of diminishing returns is....In the end it only matters what the current owner thinks but....they all get sold someday!