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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
Not only will many of those cars require a ton of additional restoration type work - but what about all of the "survivor" types? They either lose that status, or get sold broken, and neither is good for the value.
- Justin
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In regard to the survivor stats on some of these cars. Yes I can see that some people can appreciate an older car that has not been restored and then I have to wonder. It can only be original once, but a case in point is that I was watching Barrett-Jackson the other day and there was a 1973 Trans Am owned by Bill Mitchell with the Black and Gold theme. It is the first one built. The auction price went up to $95,000. Sounds like a good deal, but looking at the car, ALL the clearcoat was checked cracked BADLY, the engine compartment was full of rust, the tan interior was several different colors due to fading and more. The buyer may have a piece of history, but if you didn't know better, you would say it looks like a beat-up 1973 Firebird. Just my 
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Last edited by edpontiac91; 01-27-2010 at 12:26 PM.
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