First off this thread is honestly meant to help me understand and not to offend / piss somebody off. That´s important to me since it´s not that hard to connect the dots to a fellow member who just found a date correct engine for his restoration project.
But I have been asking myself for a long time now, what´s the upside of having a date correct engine for a car if it´s not the one it left the factory with?
Does it increase the value? And if so, why?
To my understanding the most valuable form of a collector car is a survivor, that still sports it´s first paint job, interior and the numbers matching drive train.
And it´s either yes or no -> either numbers matching or not. If not, what does it help to have a date code correct block?
But I have been asking myself for a long time now, what´s the upside of having a date correct engine for a car if it´s not the one it left the factory with?
Does it increase the value? And if so, why?
To my understanding the most valuable form of a collector car is a survivor, that still sports it´s first paint job, interior and the numbers matching drive train.
And it´s either yes or no -> either numbers matching or not. If not, what does it help to have a date code correct block?