That would ruin the originality of this car and be the exact polar opposite of the owner's wishes.
That's called normal wear-n-tear for a car that's 37 year old. Probably older than some reading this thread. Some would also call it patina, that is the the normal appearance of a survivor car.
.....The value in this car is in its originality. Replacing the graphics would be a mistake. Especially since I have a couple tricks for working on antique graphics.
I agree, the "originality" would be affected.
That wasn't stated, or clear however from your original post.
If the idea was to make it look like new, then (at least some of) the decals would be first on the list. :dunno:
Wasn't thinking of it as a "survivor" in the sense of keeping it all original and perfect.... just based on how rough it's been treated. Then again.... if indeed this was one of "Burt's" cars then I'd
absolutely make sure everything was left alone. :dblthumb2:
Although there is a thing called "sympathetic restoration" that would use only OEM parts, not being frame off, and could actually include a new paint job, which would increase the overall value. Although the real "value" would be in keeping the original paint FOR SURE.:xyxthumbs:
Still not sure though of any real, 'value' as I agree with some others, all the mid 70's to mid 80's cars were pretty much dogs.
I'm still in awe at the prices of Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth products of old, having owned and driven them during their 'prime' they were surely rust buckets, terrible handling, and far from fine pieces of well assembled, and perfectly fitting (body panels) perfection. :laughing:
Now take my wife's first Pontiac, a 67 GTO that she had when we were dating and that's another story. (Still didn't handle worth a darned, but a true 60's classic.) I later had a 73 GTO, nice riding car, decent enough power (for a floating boat) but FAR from a performance car. As for the 'screamin' chicken's' I've gone through, or driven pretty much all of them from the early 'big ol' round headlight models to the quad rectangles. Not at the top of the list performance wise.
Interesting though to see the 70's & 80's cars come into (
at least some level of)collectability. Maybe a bargain now, (
providing you hold on to them for another 40 years).
icture: soon!!!!
