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Originally Posted by Prog
... It's not going to be worth anything extra unless you kept it in a garage, undriven, with 6 miles on the odometer.
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Actually not true. In some cases the VIN plate is worth as much as the car. If you can find a completely junked #1 or #2 production car of just about any model and restore it to its build sheet, the value increases tremendously.
For example, in a recent episode of "Fast and Loud" they restored the #1 and #2 Firebird, in absolutely horrible condition (which were production show cars), to "Concours standards" and sold them (including the restoration fees) for over $600,000 for the pair. The did have matching engines which helped. A "regular" first year Firebird would not sell for anywhere near that amount I do not believe.
Same is true for aircraft by the way. A good portion of WWII warbirds you see are really only "original" in data plate only. They can be totally crushed and wrecked but as long as you have that data plate, its "original".
Sort of the old adage of if you have a wooden ship and replace the planks one at a time, when is it no longer the original ship?