Everyone's preference is different when it comes to their collector cars but I really like these discovered type cars that are reasonably intact.
I don't think 12,500 is a lot of money for that car considering it doesn't take much to get it mechanically sorted.
The name of the game is to enjoy life, that GTO looks like a fun car as-is or would be great restored (I'd leave it as-is).
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