Could there be a third group of owners to toss into this mix?
Group #1 is the NCRS - numbers matching only. ( remember the $100 wingnut that sold on eBay several months ago?)

Group #2 is the mod group. Anything goes. Engine, hoods, blowers, flares, etc. Its their cars, and they mod it the way they want. Nothing wrong with that either.

I think I fit in between. Group #3. I dont go in for the numbers only crowd. I like it to look stock, with some small cosmetic modifications. Chrome under the hood. Ok with me. Headers or side pipes.. Look and sound nice. Different color paint. Why not. But I dont think I would add fender flares, or cut up a hood, go to a digital dash etc. Not that these dont look good in the cars that have them, but there not for me. Group #3...replace used parts with stock looking items, but not numbers matching.

Yep. Thats me.

And to those in group #1 and #2....PARTY ON. Your cars all look great. Its the pride of ownership that counts with me.

kdf

 

Like the statement modified will ruin investment.
Remember football cards ,beanie babies ,diecast cars,
winross trucks, hess trucks,pokiemaon cards, they are all worth crap now. enjoy your cars now who knows what the market will be in 5 years.

 

Too bad the numbers matching guy couldn't offer the respect you deserve.
Also sad is the beating that numbers matching people are taking
in this post.
I'm glad that I haven't read the entire post.

Numbers matching is more than cash ... it is also to preserve
the history of Corvette.
While my pieced together Frankenstein vette will never be numbers-anything,
I support the preservation of the history through membership in NCRS.

Someone should do it, and those people shouldn't frown on you
for your choices not to (neither should you on them).



(Actually, I think there are Pokemon cards that still sell for $5 each. )
The market for a well preserved Corvette will be here for a long long time.

 

I think the intention of the original post was that the numbers guy felt his car was the superior machine. That is where the numbers guys take a beating. Just because it is not a numbers car does not make it inferior. That is the heart behind the post. Not that numbers guys are bad people. The only thing I can say is that when a numbers guy comes to your car and tells you everything that is not numbers, it is annoying. Like most people on here, we do work on these cars and we know what we change. Sometimes its cheaper or maybe the looks are better or whatever the reason for the change. But we know this. A numbers car is great. I do not go to his car and tell him it is great to see the correct tail lens or screw or whatever. Just like I don't say "OH its only a 327 numbers 68 vert, sorry you did not get the BIG motor". I just say nice car. I let him talk about HIS car. I listen. I DO NOT comment on the integrity of his vehicle. It is his and not mine. I may ask some questions about it for small talk but please, do not critique other peoples cars. Especially at shows (they feel there car is nice enough to be there...right) where everyone there loves cars in general.

 

Think the vettes speak for themselves..but some people that drive them is another matter...drove once 500 miles to a car show..got there just in time,and was dusting,etc..when the host judge walks up before show and says "you got dirt in your wheel wells"....I said I just got here and he said I'd lose points if it were not clean...I handed him a rag...

 

i just wanna hear more about the () 83 vette

 

Actually about 20 were built, but never sold to the public

 

matching numbers and NCRS types are nice..if your into that.. I have my matching numbers scattered around the garage.

 

Ask different people what "matching numbers" means? Bet you will get a whole bunch of different answers.

If it is a TRUE survivor and nothing has been replaced then yes.

Engine and tranny match your VIN? Is that all it takes?

The more parts you have that are true OEM and date coded?

What's the cutoff on "matching numbers" where do you stop?

Nowadays, everyone who wants to sell a Corvette for big bucks says it is "matching numbers". But start looking it over before you lay the $$ down.

Almost everyone outside the Corvette community laughs when they hear the term "matching numbers", cause they know we've been sucked into the "Corvette investment" pattern.

And yes, mine was sold as "matching numbers". A lot was correct dates and parts, but enough visible stuff was not. Did I care? No. It had what I wanted and the price was acceptable. The car is even further from "matching numbers" now than it was when I got it. And I'm sure it will be even more when I'm done with it. And if 20 years from now some guys says "Geez, you could have made a lot of money by keeping it mostly original" I'll say "maybe but it would not have been as much fun to own"!

And that's the point. What's fun for some of us is not the same as fun for the NCRS guys. So let them moan and groan, we'll just keep on driving and moding, and changing, and etc.....

 

My '74 is Numbers Matching. Couldn't care less. It didn't matter when my wife and I went to look at it. It was love at first sight the moment we seen it in the sellers garage behind the mowers and junk.

I wanted a C3 Corvette and didn't and still don't care about the numbers. It runs, rides rough, needs work, and I'm lovin' every minute of it.

 

And all but 1 were destroyed. Apparenly there was trouble getting the line set up for the C4. Corvette Fever did a write-up on the car a few months back.