Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
If I was to buy a HX ute in Mint Julip, Tuxedo Black or Durham Beige it'd get resprayed in probably Chamois, Mandarin or Aquarius.
Firstly, I believe there is a law against repainting a Mint Julip car anything but mint julip. If this isn't currently the case my local member will be getting a letter from me shortly.

Back on topic, my personal feeling with 'hero' cars, like sandmans, monaros, muscle cars. Value goes as follows.
Factory original and un-restored
Restored to factory original
Modified (excluding show cars with a massive following like checkmate)

I did have the chance at buying a somewhat rusty metallic brown sandman about two years back for around 1500 and I walked away because there was no way I could have a brown car and I didn't want to have a sandman in not the original colour.

I'm slowly (I should put a sign above my shed that says 'snails pace garage') building my HZ ute (factory 202 auto, bench seat, white, brown interior) as the HZ sandman ute I wish I owned (308, 4speed, windsor blue, black interior). As in my mind, if it's not going to be all original, why start with a sandman.

But this is just my 2 cents on value, and I know others don't like repli-cars.