[DML] Re: Blue Book Value

["bluemax86" <massimot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That may be true but how many of the cars you mentioned get driven 
daily? We all know that the DeLorean is not a collector car but a 
car that people love to drive. If it was a "collector" car I 
probably wouldn't own one or afford one.

Max
4819

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mike.griese@xxxx wrote:
> 
> You may have a nice car after all of those modifications,
> but it is not a "DeLorean".
> 
> The collector car market appreciates originality above 
> all else.  This is why original Shelby Cobras are worth
> more than continuation Cobras, why Mustangs restored
> with documented New Old Stock parts (with correct
> date codes no less) are worth more than cars that
> have been resto-modded (restored with modifications
> like modern drive trains, updated electricals, etc.), and
> why Corvettes restored to NCRS standards (wavy
> body panels, "correct" overspray, numbers matching
> engines included) are worth more than overrestored
> cars.  Pick any marque, from brass era to golden age,
> prewar, postwar, sports cars or racing cars, documented
> originality is the standard.  To make a DeLorean that 
> you describe worth more than an original car will take 
> much more effort than just changing the DeLorean 
> Concours judges manual.  
> 









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