Originality-does it matter?

I don’t care if it’s original but I want it to look like it could have been original. My Scamp was originally Tahitian gold with honey gold interior. It’s getting painted spinnaker white with either green or black interior. Everything will appear original except the engine. It has aluminum heads, single plane intake, headers, sander compressor, etc. but the engine bay will look more factoryish. I install stuff such as vintage air, Dakota digital gauges, and Holley sniper units at work. In my opinion they are kind of gimmicky. I would rather have original gauges and a carburetor any day
Speaking of gimmicky, K&N air filters made me alot of money.... Back in the day, for fun I'd look in the online car classifieds and buy the broken cars that had K&N filters shown in the engine pictures. Then I'd limp them home, spitting and sputtering, and rip out the K&N intake garbage and replace it with the correct airbox from the junkyard. Then after the car did the system-self check and started running great and the check engine light went off, I'd sell the car for double what I paid.... Thanks K&N, for being one of the best gimmicks around!!!