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| Jakester1 |
 Jul 20 2018, 09:55 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 11-April 18 From: Jax/ Fla. Member No.: 22,032 Region Association: South East States  |
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 |
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| DRPHIL914 |
Jul 23 2018, 09:46 AM
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Dr. Phil Group: Members Posts: 5,768 Joined: 9-December 09 From: Bluffton, SC Member No.: 11,106 Region Association: South East States 
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QUOTE(Jakester1 @ Jul 20 2018, 11:55 AM)  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 Jake, you will get a lot of differing opinions here on this but yes some of your value will be based on condition and then originality now that collector values have increased in recent years. My opinion (IMHO) is stay original in color. If you want a black car, go buy a black car- some will say do what makes you happy or you like, but unless you are doing a full rotisserie restoration I would not change color - that is a rare color so I would keep that the same. as far as your bumpers go, consider the cost of changing over, BUT if your bumpers are mint, keep them, if not, well changing to chrome bumpers can be done( I just did this to mine, but it can be changed back). You have to figure out your fog light mounting and horns etc. but that's not hard. you can figure it could cost you up to $2000 to do this conversion with really nice chrome bumpers. I suppose with my fog lights, a rechromed front bumper and a purchased but newly rechromed rear, and toppers I will be at $2000 for that conversion alone. You can do it cheaper but you will find once you start down that road of repainting and having new stuff you don't want to put old stuff back on the car. It is a slippery slope! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) good luck what ever you do - I am just up the road 2 hours in South Carolina and there are other members right in the Jax area as well if you need help or assistance |
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Jakester1 Paint Color, Keep Original, Change ? Jul 20 2018, 09:55 AM
orthobiz If you keep the bumpers, keep the original paint c... Jul 23 2018, 11:24 AM mepstein What ever makes you happy when you open the garage... Jul 23 2018, 11:28 AM davep Major changes like those two would cost plenty tha... Jul 23 2018, 10:27 PM Racer For someone looking for an original, or a restored... Jul 24 2018, 07:17 AM Jakester1 Thank You, for your opinions, I did not know this ... Jul 24 2018, 08:39 AM
mepstein If I was worried about values, I sure wouldn't... Jul 24 2018, 08:58 AM |
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