Adriver, thats great! :)
The only original cars that I am impressed with are the survivors and only if it has miles on it indicating some one actually used it. I'm certainly not impressed with a car that has 10 or 20k original miles on, that just tells me the orignal buyer didn't like it enough to drive it.
I am not as impressed with a restoration, restification or a custom that someone just opened their wallet to obtain as I am with car that may not be perfect but the owner was completely involved in every step (whether they actually did it all) of rning it back to life.
I am thrilled with my 68 Barracuda that is 70 Sub-Lime, has a 78 motor, 81 tranny, 76 rear end, 67 interior, 73 brakes, 69 side stripe, 70's ralley wheels, modern stereo sticking through the dash and Formula S emblems (previous owner put them on when it was a \6 car because he dented a fender and the junk yard one had it) and wouldn't trade it for anything. Why, because I did all the work myself and I have gotten more satisfaction than you can imagine working on this car for the past 10 years. I drive daily between March and the first salting of the roads and have put almost 50K miles on it since getting it on the road after the initial restification. I have planned out it's next paint job when this one gets to tired looking it will be a House of Colors tangerine orange metallic now that my painting skills have developed enough to take on a metallic pearl paint.
I purchased the car because it was cool looking and I remembered when they first came out. I only looked at the VIN to make sure it matched the title, i paid a fair price based on the condition. There is enough room in this hobby for everyone to do their own thing but just don't treat my car as something inferior because it didn't come from the factory that way. I can tell you this; my car will out run, out stop and out corner anything that came from the factory and get better fuel mileage than any factory 340 or 383 car to boot.