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

[scotty b]

The other thing no one has asked/mentioned yet is the very thing Michael ( Cairo ) has to dela with. Do you have the ORIGINAL numbers matching engine for your car ? If not, and it isn't easily located, the car will never be one for the " collector/investor " so paint it whatever you want.

My opinion, stay with a year correct, or at least a real Porsche color to maximize value and potential resale, but it's your car to do as you please with, just do it right the first time. I have had this discussion ad nauseam with friends and customers. Any one of these cars could have been in the back lot one day longer and had a different color on it. I restore for my customers, but at heart I am not a CW on my own cars, nor am I a CW zealot when looking at or talking to others cars. I am just a quality zealot, because the quality speaks more to me than the originality.

Keep your car original color, with mediocre quality work and it's worth less, repaint it the wrong color, but top notch work and IMHO it is more valuable than the "original color " mediocre job car.


Opinions and assholes etc etc etc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)


EDIT : I missed the matching numbers part of your first post..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[Tom_T]

.... nor am I a CW zealot when looking at or talking to others cars.

So does that make you a "Car Whisperer"!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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Tom
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[Mark Henry]

.... nor am I a CW zealot when looking at or talking to others cars.

So does that make you a "Car Whisperer"!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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Tom
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I thought he was a paint sniffer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

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