jawrjadawg

I have a #s matching 70 convertible 350, 350 and it is needing a paint job. Presently the car is blue with a blue interior
I am thinking of changing the color to a red on red but I am afraid it may hurt the value, not than I am planning to sell it but who knows
What do you guys think ?

Deacon Don

Personally, I'd keep it original. I just re-did my '72 and went back to the original Ontario Orange. It just seemed like the right thing to do. Blue is a nice color, but I don't know the numbers of blue '70's that were made. Might be a low production color??? All the more reason to keep it blue.

Easy Mike

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. The color change might be a put off for a future prospective buyer and could possibly devalue the car; other prospective buyers would not know the colors had been changed.

The choice is up to you.

Alan 71

Hi jj
Since you first describe the car as "#s matching", I would say changing the body color and interior color put the car in the 'not numbers matching' car category, since the trim tag info would no longer match.
It's your car and you should do what would make you happy; but I'd say it would decrease it's value at sale time. Whenever that might be.
Regards,
Alan

A buyer willing to pay for a 'numbers matching' engine is also going to want the rest of the car to be restored to as it was when it left St.Louis.

BBCorv70

If this is a fairly original car, still has the original power train, and you may want to sell to a collector in the future, the value may be reduced by the cost to restore it back to original. A reasonable guess may be to consider what the value would be for an identical car with the original colors, deduct the cost to restore.

I'm more in the camp which says you should have the car the way YOU want it unless you're planning to sell soon.

vettebuyer6369

You absolutely, definitely will hurt the value, possibly as much as it would cost to get back to the right color. Of course it's a possibility that you might find a future buyer who is too dumb to know the market, but do you want to bet on that?

Don't do it. We have ALL made the mistake of "oh, I'll never sell."

Manuel Azevedo

First you should do what makes you smile about the car. Now on dollars, a numbers matching car can be worth more than a NOM depending on what the car is. If your car is a base car then I would say your car would sell base on it's condition and quality of parts and work done to it regardless of numbers. It seems the numbers game only has any real impact on the rarity and on the high HP cars. Just my .50cents , inflation you know!

markids77

If you want the interior to be all new and fresh to match the new paint, price all those components you will need to do it "right" and you might decide blue is beautiful. Components from the top vendors are "nose bleed" expensive in some cases.