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Originally Posted by Nedsel
And Buzz, "de-restored" is an interesting term. But you can't have a de-restored car if it is original, can you?
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Hi Ned - De-restored in that it was "retrogressed" to the original paint from the newer state when the blue paint job was scraped away with blades or whatever he actually used. To me, the value of doing that was questionable because the scraped-up gold paint is nowhere near original in appearance and the car has actually been artificially made to look in worse condition than it would have had it been simply left alone. Not that it matters, but it seems to me they've molested the hell out of this unmolested Cobra.
In a top flight Corvette for example, practically every single detail and part of a given model/year is factory documented and cataloged for reference. Re: the valve covers, etc. - can one surmise that Cobra production was much less exacting or consistent and thus leaves far more leeway in assessing "original condition"?