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| − | ==Overview==
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| − | Automobile restoration is a mega-dollar enterprise. Cars that sold originally for MUCH less than even the least expensive vehicle sold today can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars at Barrett-Jackson, Gooding & Company, Kruse, Christie's, RM Auctions, and Sotheby's to name some of the better known auctions.
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| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_expensive_cars_sold_in_auction Click] to see a Wiki page on world records for auctioned vehicles.
| + | A car that is total stock thats paint engine the works. is worth more then one that is rebuilt repainted to try & look like new. That means if it came with lac or or other paint leave it alone. There is a story in the new auto restorer magazine by some real high powered dealers about muscle cars. One dealer was Nickey Chevrolet in Illinois. |
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| − | ==Survivor vs. restoration==
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| − | A car that is totally stock, including paint, engine, chassis, interior, etc. is worth more then one that is rebuilt and/or repainted to look like new. That means if the finish or interior or mechanicals are reasonably good condition it's better to leave it as a "survivor" in many cases than it is to do a less-than-perfect restoration. The value will be exceptional if it's a desirable vehicle and the money saved by NOT doing a restoration will only increase the profit margin of a survivor vehicle. | + | |
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| − | ==Muscle cars==
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| − | [http://www.autorestorermagazine.com/ar/ Auto Restorer Magazine.com] along with a host of other magazines and TV shows have featured articles on muscle cars sold at auction that were originally from performance-orientated dealerships that briefly flourished in the late 1960s into the 1970s, like:
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| − | :Baldwin-Motion
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| − | :Berger Chevrolet
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| − | :Dana Chevrolet
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| − | :Fred Gibb Chevrolet
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| − | :Nickey Chevrolet
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| − | :Yenko Chevrolet
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| − | ;DODGE
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| − | :Grand-Spaulding Dodge
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| − | ;FORD
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| − | :Tasca Ford
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| − | ;PONTIAC
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| − | :Royal Pontiac
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| − | These cars have sold for huge amounts, rivaling even some of the classic cars of the thirties and European makes as well.
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| − | ==''Too'' perfect?==
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| − | Sometimes the mistake is made of restoring a vehicle to a "better than factory" state. There has been much written on how vehicles should be restored; instead of being perfect, they should have the same "flaws" like paint overspray, etc. as the original vehicles had coming straight off the assembly line to the dealership.
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| | + | A stock LS6 chevelle very low miles for $156.000. Many people try to over restore & don't make it the way it came from the factory. A factory stock car is not perfect, it has flaws. |
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