Original miles "really" matter on a restored car?

[Mr70]

I actually respect a fully restored vehicle more if it's original mileage is still showing.To me it's like the past meeting the present.This way you know two things,how many miles it accumulated up to the restoration,and how many it's accumulating after.
I don't think one can or should ask for more money because of that though.
If you roll it back to 0,then your likely to never know or forget at what mileage it was restored at,once if it leaves the hands of the restorer/owner.
As Marlins guy described,"It just speaks towards the approach taken on the resto".

[Canucklehead]

What about buying from an original owner or a low owner count?. Or even a celebrity owner or known "good guy" collector. To me i would think it should'nt make a difference, the car should be the star not who or how many owned it. Case in point, Carroll Shelby's personal car, even when it was getting alot more money then it deserved Steve Davis seemed pissed it was going so cheap!!

[rsatz28]

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Case in point, Carroll Shelby's personal car, even when it was getting alot more money then it deserved Steve Davis seemed pissed it was going so cheap!!

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Then may be they should go back to a reserve auction?

How about the the "shame" that was Barret was tossing out about on the "$1.6M" Duesenburg that went for $1M.

[firstgenaddict]

He tossed out lots of shame about "deals" on cars being auctioned off... There were what appeared to be some good buys... point is a no reserve auction lets the buyers set the price... good or bad...

[Canucklehead]

Im sure that Craig Jackson made some promises to some sellers that he did'nt live up to. He had to say something to these sellers to convince them that his auction was the place to sell their rides.

[chads454Ls6]

When i see the claim of low miles,i like to look at things like the interior,is it original,seats,door panels,headliner,door handles,glass. If the car truly has "low miles" then these things should be in nice shape provided the car was not beat to death.

[Survivor 69/Z28]

But what I do not understand is why fully restored cars with lower miles really matters. A car with 20k miles should show some age but very little ware. My point is, most of these low mile cars are fully restored. So with that said, do the miles then really matter with everything being new or like new.
Example:
There was a red 69 Z sold at the BJ. It claimed to have 26k original miles. BUT.... it had been fully restored. So if everything has been redone on the car why would a person pay more for a car with 26k miles? If a car has 200k vs. 25k miles, if everything has been gone through it makes not one bit of difference IMO.
There were several cars like this, where they were ranting and raving about the low miles. But they were restored.....

[LS6 RAT]

I also think that if a car is COMPLETELY restored, mileage doesn't matter one iota. I don't necessarily agree that having the odometer reset to zero miles is a bad thing. A completely restored vehicle should be the same condition as bought brand new and those odometers usually have close to zero miles on the gauge.

[69L78]

I have an original 29k mile JL8 that I am going to get painted and or restored and my interior is in mint condition and nothing will need to be done to the interior at all so to me as Chad stated it should reflect that. The bottom end of the engine has never been apart and has absolutely no leaks at all. The original intake and carb was repalced with a X-RAM setup in 1981 and I am not going to freshen up the bottom end.