I don't care either way as long as the car is being driven. Not once a year, not twice a year, but frequently. Yeah sure, some parts of the country that's not year round, but that's an even better reason to drive the wheels off it the rest of the time.
I end up being a "make it your own" guy, because the people that are willing to frequently drive a full-on numbers matching car are few and far between. And because to really drive these cars that often, and safely, means upgrades. Sure, you can meander down to the local car show on a sunny, dry weekend on your skinny bias ply's backed up by drum brakes and stock torsion bars. But not too many people will want to run that set up down the freeway at 70 mph in the rain. At least not very often.
Cars are supposed to be DRIVEN. Why is a hemi 'Cuda worth so much? It's not just because they're rare. Hell a '74 Challenger is more rare than a '70 RT Challenger. They're worth that because of their reputation on the street, the one they got from being driven. Yeah sure, some of those rare models being preserved as original resto's is a good thing. But if no one ever drives them, that's what all of them will become- museum pieces. And what the heck is the fun in that?
