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I'll probably end up selling it soon after it's done.

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If this is the case then I would HIGHLY reccomend against a color change, you will lose a BUNCH of potential buyers in doing so which leads to getting less for the car.

If it were mine......Restore it and sell it (in it's original colors) or leave it as is and sell it as a project, then go buy something else in a color you like better.

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This car is F8 with matching interior and the white stripe across the rump. There are TWO other F8 green 500's here in Arizona, a 440 auto car and the other with a hemi and 4 speed. Getting all three together would be interesting... but very green. I'll probably end up selling it soon after it's done. I've always wanted a wing car and selling this will be the only avenue towards getting one. ( I think B5 with white interior is sounding pretty good )

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There's a F8 HEMI 4sp in New York as well.

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that car looks sweet. If you plan on selling the car right away, paint it green, hands down. like everyone has said, it would hurt the value of the car to change color of a car thats that significant. most people are out for originality when it comes to buying with those cars anyway.

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Some one looking ot urchase a car of that caliber will care greatly about originality and move on to the next car. That buyer is not just someone looking for a cool car at a reasonable price, they are a specific buyer. The other statement I guess I am just misunderstanding entirely, "Have a tag made for the gawkers and keep the original." You would lose a significant amount of money selling any high dollar car without a fender tag. This isn't a 318 Coronet 500 (no offense to anyone) its 69 Charger 500, and much of the value of that kinda car is documentation.

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Paint it panther pink and hang a blower out of the hood. That way it will be fast and it should catch the attention of all the rich Chevy guys. Let us know how it works out for you.
The matching #'s guys are doing their own thing for the love of the cars. Guys that are worried about value and doing cars to sell them are doing it for a different reason.
Because I love the cars and hate so see another rare one get butchered, I strongly suggest you paint it the original colour. And yes you will get more money for it so you can buy the wife a nice addition for the house or a new VW beetle when you sell it.

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The Guy said he wants to sell it to get a Wingcar, or some other mopar. Not a VW or a house addition. Nothing wrong with that!

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Some one looking ot urchase a car of that caliber will care greatly about originality and move on to the next car. That buyer is not just someone looking for a cool car at a reasonable price, they are a specific buyer. The other statement I guess I am just misunderstanding entirely, "Have a tag made for
the gawkers and keep the original." You would lose a significant amount of money selling any high dollar car without a fender tag. This isn't a 318 Coronet 500 (no offense to anyone) its 69 Charger 500, and much of the value of that kinda car is documentation.

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Well, I have had the car documented... G.G. was out to see it before I tore it apart for resto. Paid a tidy sum for that and still had to beg for the paperwork for almost a year. I'm kinda tired or all the matching # bs and tired about hearing about what Mopars in general should be or are worth. I got into mopars as a teenager 24 years ago 'cause they were fast, cool and well, affordable. Now it seems it's all about ego.

Galen said this was one of the highest optioned 500's he'd ever seen ( and I bought it to make a Daytona clone out of it ) so I started having second thoughts about cloning it and decided to restore it... but I just can't bring myself to do the dark green thing. It's gonna be an eye catcher in any color other than green and if someone is so anal it's not that difficult to take a restored car apart and change the color. I think market fluctuations have a much greater impact on value than the orgininal color thing but really just want something nice in case I can't sell it or decide not to. [/quote}












Well my feelings toward cars, is there just machines to be used/ modified to the owners preference,.........but seeing how the market place has changed how the cars are now percieved as investments to collect or sell, rather than the enjoyment we used to have with musclecars,

your intention was a daytona clone, fine.....finish the car you have, as it was originally built,....top quality resto......sell it to some "numbers boob",......buy a clean base model,and clone it into your daytona dream......the money you raise off the 500 sale would fund a Daytona project.......I know a few people with 500's...and V code 70 RR's that are turning their cars into Tona's and Birds.......years ago, when nobody cared,....it was fine.......I personally could care less about cutting/ cloneing a numbers car, or R, or V code car......thats just me......but to not take advantage of the market, by selling a "numbers" car to the people that "buy" into that kind of thing.......is like throwing money out the "window"...............or you can say screw it, paint the car (it is yours!) as you please, and enjoy it.....everyone has different feelings on this subject,....all that count are yours,.....do what you want to the car, just weigh the advantages and disadvantages regarding what you decide?