Color change on muscle car

[Rick99]

How about if the car was a special paint (- -) car? Would a color change affect the value since there no proof of the original color on the tag?

[tom406]

Some guys see “- -“ as carte blanche for era correct color choice. I personally look at it as an open issue of sorts if there isn’t some forensics (pictures of old paint, paint code formula written on build sheet, etc) backing up the color on the car.

[Too Many Projects]

Painting a car to remove ALL evidence of the original color would require a complete disassembly and every bit of original color removed or covered. Without that, there are places the original color can be found and determined from.
Even with a nut and bolt, complete, to bare metal, restoration in a color of the owner choice, as Tom said, without original documentation or historical records, the color could always be in question as original.

[Richls5]

Originally Posted by tom406

Some guys see “- -“ as carte blanche for era correct color choice. I personally look at it as an open issue of sorts if there isn’t some forensics (pictures of old paint, paint code formula written on build sheet, etc) backing up the color on the car.

My Monaco orange ls6 has nothing on the trim tag thankfully the buildsheet is present a long with speaking with the original owner. After watching that boyette camaro video I wish I'd had him sign something proving it's the real deal