Survivor? original? Or numbers matching?

I know you are asking Moper, but I wanted to chime in.

I would say no, you cannot have original restored, as the car is only original once. An example of an original car today would be one that a dealership owner parked in his or her personal collection back in 1969 and the car has sat and never accumulated any miles on it. Now that the car has sat for 45 years or so, it may need some repair like tires, hoses, the stuff that goes bad from sitting. After these repairs, the vehicle then would be in my opinion, a survivor. It would be a very low mileage survivor, but a survivor nonetheless. There are two sides of the camp, one prefers "survivor" vehicles and the other prefers to "restore" to period correct or concourse correct. Both of these opinions pertain to "investors" or people who are obsessed with car values. I personally feel that in some cases the restorations turn out nicer that the original factory work, especially in body and paint categories. There are also technology improvements now, for example a 70 dart swinger 340 had dual points ignition, there is a MP Electronic conversion kit available, which one would you rather have, especially if the original Prestolite unit is bad and replacement parts are scarce. There are also the polyurethane suspension upgrades. There is just a lot better technology available today when restoring these cars. How about the sound deadener that people put under the carpet? It is pretty much standard in the hobby, would you not do it in order to be "original or correct?" Again, just an opinion and my point of view.