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Originally Posted by Pethead
Easy there .... Not trying to offend - merely adding to the discussion and asking the question- do collectors look negatively at seriously collectable (and typically very old) cars that have had professional restorations - that can include complete engine rebuilds?
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No offence taken Pethead and I apologise for my short answer.
To answer your question, yes, collectors do look negatively on anything that is not original. Most professional restorers that rebuild engines will always try and reuse the original block to have a matching numbers car.
Good original cars will beat a restoration any day of the week, that's not to say that a nut and bolt resto is not worth a great deal of money on a collectible car. Just that an unrestored version will be worth more and significantly more in a lot of cases.
Non original rare cars are still very desirable but just don't command the same high prices.
As the saying goes " it's only original once"
