25th Anniversary Edition
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25th Anniversary Edition
I just bought a 1978 Corvette. the car was partially restored. Nice black paint on body bumpers and T-Top needed some touch up.
Interior was done in all black. I ran the VIN and Trim numbers. Vin matches to the L82, trim numbers do not match to the color scheme. Trim numbers match to the Silver Anniversary 2 tone color scheme with Oyster interior.
Have not ran the engine numbers yet. But I was told it was a crate 350 with about 20k on motor.
Question is, if I did a full restore to factory trim would that increase the value of this car?
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As the owner of a B2z silver over grey with oyster car, IMO, depending on how much money you have in the car now, if you repainted it and swapped back to oyster you'd be better off leaving it the way it is. No I don't think changing the colors would bring much value back to the car. Purists would view it as a repaint and not "original" any longer. If it was a special car, low VIN or oddly optioned car that's another story.
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History shows you will not get back the money you put into it. Two tone silver 78's were the most produced, and accounted for 1/3 of all 78's made, therefore I don't see how putting it back to the original color will increase value. I would fix it up the way you like it, and enjoy it. 
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As the owner of a B2z silver over grey with oyster car, IMO, depending on how much money you have in the car now, if you repainted it and swapped back to oyster you'd be better off leaving it the way it is. No I don't think changing the colors would bring much value back to the car. Purists would view it as a repaint and not "original" any longer. If it was a special car, low VIN or oddly optioned car that's another story.
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History shows you will not get back the money you put into it. Two tone silver 78's were the most produced, and accounted for 1/3 of all 78's made, therefore I don't see how putting it back to the original color will increase value. I would fix it up the way you like it, and enjoy it.
Vin number is in the Mid pack
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