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Another Color Change Question..., Looking from a new angle, considering other changes. |
aggiezig |
Mar 6 2017, 11:48 PM
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Porsche Wannabe Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 13-January 16 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 19,557 Region Association: Southern California |
I'm looking at the color change dilemma from another angle, considering all of the non-original changes I have already made to my car, and hoping for some 914World feedback. I know the common consensus is that a color change car will always lose value compared to an original color - there's plenty of threads on that. But I also buy the argument that a bare-metal color change can help to negate that loss.
Here's the thing, the original Malaga Red my car came in is a pretty color, but I'm not just "in love" with it. I'm putting all of this effort into the restoration of my teener, and when I'm done, I want it to be noticed and scream 70's sports car. Plus, when I walk out and see it in the garage, I want to be blown away. If I could pick any color that I wanted, it'd probably be L50E, Adriatic Blue. (Of course, this is not a 1975 color.) The other side of this story is that my 914 will be no means be a concourse car anyways. I have remove the side warts, shaved the antenna hole, backdated the bumpers, upped the engine to 2056 (and removed fuel injection), will paint the sail panels, plan on using an aftermarket wiring harness, and will be trying to add some small custom touches to the interior. So here's my question - with all of the changes I have already made, is the originality value already negated? In other words, will a color change be the straw that broke the camel's back? I'm not building this car to sell, but I also don't want to want a color mismatch to be a fatal flaw if I ever need to sell my car. |
JoeDees |
Mar 7 2017, 11:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 10-November 14 From: Northern Kentucky Member No.: 18,106 Region Association: None |
I've had this dilemma on my mind too. My 73 was factory black, which means my body work would have to be primo, and I'm not really a fan of owning black cars. Anyways, to me the option came to this line of thinking: If the car is completely original, you're crazy to change it. The more original, the more crazy, the less original, the less crazy. If you're going 100% bare metal, it doesn't hurt a value as much. If it's an Bumblebee, LE, etc, it's pushing crazy. If you're doing some high dollar professional resto, it's crazy to change color. But for me, I'm doing extensive work in my garage, the car has evidence of several wrecks, and will never be original or perfect due to my amateur status, so I have no problem modifying and painting it whatever color I wish. Though I do think my paint scheme will still be appealing to some future buyer for at least the life of this rustoration, perhaps some future one will be best to go original if these cars become like Auburns or something.
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