Collector question: stock vs modified

[EvoOne]

Hi guys.
The Evo 6 TME for sale at the Classic Throttle Shop in Sydney got me thinking.

If you were to get in a time machine and fast forward to a time when early evos are collectible, would you want one that's modified or completely stock (or just had an exhaust etc)?

 

[Missile]

Stock

/endthread

 

[ENGINR]

^^ 100%.

Would take a stock early any day of the week over a modified one.

 

[!Jonzap!]

For personal ownership or investment?

Investment - stock

Personal ownership - I'd prefer a car with bolt on tasteful parts, something that is reversible and would keep the car from looking bland like:

- wheels
- coilovers
- braces
- exhaust
- intake/cooling

but not ok with items like:

- roll cage
- holes in dash from gauges
- wide body
- daggy interior/exterior

If you have a look at a 1969 hakosuka GTR, they would look incomplete without a set of watanabe wheels or trumpets.

 

[Ian91]

For personal ownership or investment?
Investment - stock

Personal ownership - I'd prefer a car with bolt on tasteful parts, something that is reversible and would keep the car from looking bland like:

- wheels
- coilovers
- braces
- exhaust
- intake/cooling

but not ok with items like:

- roll cage
- holes in dash from gauges
- wide body
- daggy interior/exterior

If you have a look at a 1969 hakosuka GTR, they would look incomplete without a set of watanabe wheels or trumpets.

Agree 100%

 

[EvoOne]

Interesting comments guys.

All the mods on my cars are reversible. Just been toying as to whether to start accumulating all the stock parts I don't have for a rainy day.

I think our cars are a bit like Sierra Cosworths. Ie most have basic mods and people like that.

However, if you look at the top prices, its for dead stock low mileage cars. But that's just boring!

 

[ENGINR]

If you have the means to - I'd recommend accumulating whatever stock part you could find. If you do find yourself putting the car up for sale, you will have a broader market appeal if you can offer the potential buyer the means to "return to stock" if that's what they want.

 

[EvoOne]

If you have the means to - I'd recommend accumulating whatever stock part you could find. If you do find yourself putting the car up for sale, you will have a broader market appeal if you can offer the potential buyer the means to "return to stock" if that's what they want.

Most of the stuff is getting cheap these days as the buyer pool is pretty slim it seems!

Given the asking price of the TME at CTS and what another guy on instagram has told me hes happy to pay for a TME. I think early cars seem really cheap. Eg a yellow plate 3 for say $20k or a TME for say $50k?