Documentation--How much is it Worth?
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If you are buying a high horse power optional motor car or a car with a rare and desirable option, documentation may add value because it helps verify that the car is not a fake. The more valuable the car, the more valuable the docs. If you are buying a base motor car then IMO it really doesn't add much if any value, although it is still nice to have.
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Well stated,
too many fakes out there......& on the rare cars it certainly does mean a lot more !!
Which would you be faster to spend $75,000 on ?
A big block Tri power with POP / TANK / & BOS ?
A big block Tri power with NOTHING ?
A LT-1 with POP / TANK / & BOS ?
A LT-1 with NOTHING ?
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What are you documenting? If your base engine car came with M22, F41, is a big tank mid year, or some other rare option then the docs may add value by giving proof that the car came with those options. If you are talking about a base car with no rare options then docs don't add much value. The importance of docs is that they verify the options on the car. If the car has no or little options there is nothing to verify. Also, with all the fake documents to go with fake cars, I think that docs are less important than they use to be. In addition, IMO numbers matching, by itself, adds little value to a base car.
Matching numbers is one thing & documentation to back it up is another, nor does a base car with little or few options have a bearing on matching numbers or not.
So what your saying then if EVERYTHING else were equal you would pay the same money.....
for a NOM as you would for a MATCHING #'S CAR ?
WHO ARE YOU KIDDING >>>>>>>
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Matching numbers is one thing & documentation to back it up is another, nor does a base car with little or few options have a bearing on matching numbers or not.
So what your saying then if EVERYTHING else were equal you would pay the same money.....
for a NOM as you would for a MATCHING #'S CAR ?
WHO ARE YOU KIDDING >>>>>>>
Matching numbers is one thing & documentation to back it up is another, nor does a base car with little or few options have a bearing on matching numbers or not.
So what your saying then if EVERYTHING else were equal you would pay the same money.....
for a NOM as you would for a MATCHING #'S CAR ?
WHO ARE YOU KIDDING >>>>>>>
Last edited by mstanton; Sep 5, 2007 at 01:31 AM.
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Documents might be needed if you were selling a "Baldwin Motion"
But a regular vette owner doesn't need to know the previous owner changed the upper radiator hose in 1976!
I really don't want to be bothered by a new owner wanting to know if we celebrated the cars birthday with baloons and cake.
But a regular vette owner doesn't need to know the previous owner changed the upper radiator hose in 1976!
I really don't want to be bothered by a new owner wanting to know if we celebrated the cars birthday with baloons and cake.
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My vette didn't come with any paperwork except the title. I had to go back 4 owners to get some vague information on what had been done to the car. Guy restored vettes and did have the reciepts of the work he had done, but wouldn't send them to me unless I paid him. He hadn't owned the car for over 7 years! So I pushed for any info I could get so I'd have some idea of what engine & heads were in the car and any other work he did. I felt that as a fellow enthusiast he should of mailed me the paperwork he had. I would have.
To me knowing the maintenance record helps with some peace of mind.
It didn't stop me from buying the car because I could tell it was a well maintained car, but it would have been nice to have as much of the original documentation and reciepts as possible.
My 2c
Glenn
To me knowing the maintenance record helps with some peace of mind.
It didn't stop me from buying the car because I could tell it was a well maintained car, but it would have been nice to have as much of the original documentation and reciepts as possible.
My 2c
Glenn
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Documentation
Is always a good factor,but buy what you like and be careful in what you select,if in doubt find someone who is good with the year/series car you want to help you buy right.Numbers matching does not always mean what it implies!Case being as an example,there are more numbers matching 67 435 cars then Chevrolet built out there then in 67 and we know they ain't rabbits.Its always buyer beware there are real nice cars out there that could or could not be correct.Later Geno
