> I grinned back, stuck in the key, and
> punched the start button. The little beast banged to life
> and roared on the first cough. The man above me in the SUV
> stared and yelled, "Wow!"
>
> I didn't tell him that it was because I'd installed an
> electric fuel pump and a Pertronix electronic ignition.
Oddly enough, my 56 TR3 starts first turn every morning, with points and
original fuel pump. If it doesn't fire right off, I know
there is something wrong.
> But like all of us, I'm conflicted.
Me too. But the original question was about value. For a "driver", the mods
don't make all that much difference IMO. But a car
that has been correctly restored to original is always going to be worth more
than a mongrel, no matter how nice the mongrel is.
Geo posted a link the other day to Hagerty's valuation tool; and it showed
roughly a 4:1 difference in value between a "driver",
which "may have some modifications", and a 98 point concours winner.
Randall
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