I'm doing a rotisserie restoration on my '76 914 Scarlet (Mars) Red, code L31M.
My question is will changing the color hurt the value of the car?
The car was in great shape but for the hell hole rust (BAD), very little rust in other areas of the car. Also what is the opinion when changing the bumpers? The stock BIG black plastic ones are ? ? UGLY. So keep the car all original or change bumpers and color? Thanks : Jake
If you keep the bumpers, keep the original paint color.
If you change the bumpers, do what pleases you!
Paul
What ever makes you happy when you open the garage door.
Major changes like those two would cost plenty that you would not recover upon sale, and probably less than otherwise. That color is a desirable one, so unless you hate it then it makes no sense. The older bumpers are not a bolt on solution.
For someone looking for an original, or a restored to original like condition, color change and bumper change will hurt. (and considering that you posted in "originality and history" you should know this would be the answer.
That said, its your car to do as you please. I used to hate the large bumpers.. but grew to like them for their relative uniqueness. Also, having been rear ended in my '78 911 (low speed) it became apparent that the weak chrome bumpers of the earlier cars would have proved worthless.
imho, the main reason to ditch the large rubber bumpers is to loose the weight.
Thank You, for your opinions, I did not know this was a rare color. The original paint in the Fwd. & Aft trunks is the original paint and still like new. The car will in a rotisserie to fix the rust in the hell hole area. With the cost of the rust repair and paint I should keep the original bumpers and paint color. I'll leave the original paint in the trunks and repaint the rest of the car.
Thank You,
Jake
If I was worried about values, I sure wouldn't be messing with 914's.
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