914/6 - changing the colour from original, Effect on value? Options

[cal914]

We have recently bought a matching numbers 914/6 and it needs some restoration work including a bare metal re-spray. It is (original) Alaska [edit: should have said Adriatic blue] Blue and we are not keen on that colour. Our favourite colour is Signal Orange.

We will be keeping the car once restored and driving it and showing it, for the foreseeable.

We would be interested to hear views on the effect on value in changing the colour.

Thanks Kate/Brian

[Tom_T]

With only perhaps half or maybe 70-75% of the 3333 factory 914-6s around today, the rest falling to rust, street & racing accidents, etc. - combined with the recent rediscovery of them as alternatives to the mid-to-high 6-figure early 911s driving 914-6s to the $80-100k level today Michael, I think that the wider collectors of 914-6 mirror the responses here that they prefer all original.

IMHO - I would only do what is easily & painlessly reversible - & so I would not convert one of the very few 71 or 72 -6's into a road resto-mod myself. IMHO that's what the less loved 73 1.7's are out there for! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

.... but that's just me - while you, Kate & Brian, & everyone else can & should do whatever floats your boat, regardless of how it may affect the ultimate value of your car.

However, that does NOT mean that a properly restored to original & factory color & specs. equals a garage queen as you imply! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Take Andy T./socalandy who did an excellent 914-6/M471 build due to extensive rust damage, has the original 2.0L in storage able to be easily reinstalled, with his twin-plug 3.2L (?) & he drives it all the time - including to our Full Concours events here in Zone 8/SoCal which includes judging of the underside of the cars in Full Division!

Ergo from that latter fact, those here & elsewhere who are trailering & minimally driving their cars while competing in Concours are mostly doing so primarily to minimize their workload of prepping their cars before & at the events.

So while adding your personal preference & opinion on color changes is certainly okay, I think that then implying that an original & color correct resto must be trailered & stay a garage queen is just misleading.

Certainly if one can cut the check to do a full resto - or a major resto-mod like yours - can likewise afford to drive their cars too.

So IMHO we should stick to advising on what the OP asked for, without throwing in all sorts of unfounded implications of negative consequences.

Kate & Brian - you can still drive your -6 after the resto, whichever color you chose (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
- you have my permission! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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