Amen Mike! *NM*
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"But the average guy who bought one driven hard and put up wet can never hope to do anything, and never hope to have any value in his car, since his car can never achieve the top regardless of the work or care done."
Mike, I take exception to the above statement. While everyone is entitled to their opinion about the value of their car, isn't the greatest enjoyment the actual driving of your car? I had a 66 with NOTHING original from the bell housing to the fan clutch. I loved that car and it had great value. In addition, if you can "only" get a silver at Bloomington, that is still far better than most of the other cars. So you are driving down the road with the top down/T-tops off, enjoying the day. Who cares whether you got a gold or sivler? I personally think that we place too much emphasis on some of the things like lacquer versus BC/CC, GM replacement part versus repro, etc. With that said, I encouragement a strong judging force and strict enforcement of our regulations. Why? I think that faking a car to make it worth more is not in poor taste; I think it is immoral and unethical. Ooops, just slipped off of my soapbox.
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I agree the value of the car is twisting through a set of curves at speed, rolling across flat open prairie top-down with stars above, and headed in a long line of Corvettes off to an event somewhere.
But as we all know, you can look at eBay any day and find a nice midyear convertible in the low to mid $20s if they list NOM and a similar car in the high $30s to mid $40s if it lists original engine.
So while you work hard on your car, make it really nice, and enjoy it completely on the road, the future buyer will start with the only thing that seems important to him. "Does it have the original engine?"
For those 7 or 8 characters stamped on a piece of iron, the price nearly doubles. Or looking the other way, the car that someone did enjoy, enough that the engine is now long gone, you lose 50 percent of the value. The car that soemone didn't enjoy (sat in a garage in storage for 30 years, only had 20,000 miles ever put on it, etc.), the value doubles. A twist of fate means $20,000 on one end or $40,000 on the other, which in any other car, would mean virtually nothing.
What kind of sense is that?
I had a '63 convertible once, '66 interior, '64 seats, '68 rear end, ?? 283, and possibly the only original items were the shifter, the transmission, and the rear clip, yet I had a blast in it. If value is measured by fun, the value would be as high as anyone and more than most. But a trend to only original engines can compete means a car like my '63 (and your '66) is worthless in the eyes of the public.
So how does a policy like that help the hobby?
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Very well said Mike!!!!!
In the end, are the true Corvette enthusiastes actually in the hobby for the thrill and love of the car itself, the design, the memory it evokes from times past, the joy it brings upon firing up your beast and experiencing over and over the adrenline of accelerating down your favorite stretch of asphalt, the smile it brings every time you peel back the car cover and look again at the well crafted lines as if for the first time, or is it just for the money?
Yes, I know that for most it is a combo of the two. What is yours worth? Must keep up with the Jones's next door on the show field.
Most, if not all, are special and worth plenty!
Why did you buy it to begin with? Try to remember!!!
Are you in it for the monetary gains or the excitement?
Does making $10,000 more in the end really matter, is this the difference in our global plan? I hope not!
I bought my well abused mid-yr because I loved it. I will only sell because I love another that much more or to add to my collection , Silver Bloomington or Gold, it will not matter!
Will I put a non-matching heater hose on my unrestored Split Window? NO.
What do you think, I'm crazy?
I'm NCRS.Comment
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Exactly!!!!!!!! *NM*
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Hey Craig....
Just read your profile.
Yeah, you could be my neighbor anytime...just don't fire up that monster before 8:30am on weekends. Don't want to disrupt my broach mark dreams!
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