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Originally Posted by turbo69bird
My car was a dealer owned race car. The second day they swapped out the short block . They being, the DEALER. The car was set up a certain way for racing was even ordered special, and the block was also changed out for the as cast 2506. That was balanced and blue printed. Again this was done by the dealer! Through the years I’d talk to someone (not always someone within the collector car hobby ) and. The first thing they’d say “is it numbers matching.” So I’d tell the story and they’d look at me like the car had no value now. And I’d think F off !
That same person would say a royal bobcat was so valuable it had a dealer installed 428 , or a Comanche was a special edition, or a macho, or a ligebfelter, comp TA , or an SLP, or IDOJ , or some giveaway car. BLA blah blah . .
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You have a bit of a unique situation, but not alone. There are original factory racecars out there and they just don't command a lot of money compared to a non-racecar regardless whether they have their original engine or not. My buddy owns an original 72 455 HO Formula car that has lived it's life as a Super Stock car since day one. It's worth a Helluva lot less money (even thought it has less than 500 miles on it) than a compareble 72 Formula HO car that didn't live it's life as a racecar.
Even cars with a lot of recognition don't get a lot of money:
Jim Wangers red 74 TA sold for $6k as a roller when it was put up for sale.
Pete McCarthy put his 67 Ram Air GTO for sale and couldn't find a serious buyer.
In fact the entire Wangers collection brought in less than expected money due to them being modified and missing original engines and numbered parts.
Who knows maybe somewhere down the road someone will find their original engines over in Europe and upgrade them to top buck auction cars.
Remember the guy that spent a crap ton of money purchasing and restoring the missing SD421 LeMans and couldn't sell it for a fraction of what he had into it.... I believe most these high dollar auction cars are purchased as an investment with little to no intention of ever driving them.... Kind of a sad deal, IMO.