Assessing restoration jobs

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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. Some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_expensive_cars_sold_in_auction world records] for auctioned vehicles.
  
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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.
  
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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[http://www.autorestorermagazine.com/ar/ Auto Restorer Magazine.com] along with a host of other venues have featured articles about new muscle cars sold by the performance-orientated dealerships in the late 1960's into the 1970's, like:
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;CHEVY
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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.
  
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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