Blasphemy most foul!!....

I owe some people an apology. I have often publicly derided the "Just as it left the factory" types. And I must say with good reason-A pristine, numbers-matching 1969 SS396 Chevelle is not "Ruined" if it has halogen headlights, radial tires, a Hurst shifter in place of the awful stock Muncie unit and an HEI distributor. A pristine Boss 302 is not worth any less because it has a Sears Die Hard 24F Battery instead of a phony Autolite repro. Puhleeze. However-you have to draw the line somewhere. RK Motors in Charlotte North Caraolina the home of NASCAR-specializes in old musclecars. Their advertising a 1968 GT350 Shelby Mustang for $130,000. That's about right-you can't touch an original Shelby for under a 100k-except for 1969-70 GT350s-I've seen them advertised in Hemmings for as low as 44k. However-this one although the body is a "Real" Shelby-it has a 347 inch Ford SVT stroker motor, a Tremec five-speed,a Global west suspension with rack&pinion steering and 4-wheel disc brakes. Doubtless it's a badass, great performing car-but it's not original. It was originally a 302 / Automatic car Which in Shelby lore is not that valuable-but the fact that it is a Shelby should have kept it preserved. The same company for-the same price- $130,000 is advertising a numbers-matching 428 / C6 1967 Shelby GT500. Which line are you going to be in? Trans-Am specialties is advertising a 1969 RAIV Trans-Am Convertible for $100,000. Except it's a fake. It's a base-model Firebird convertible that someone gussied up to look like a Trans-Am. And yes the parts are top notch, and they located RAIV heads, and intake etc-But it's a fucking fake-and you want the price of a house anywhere except New York or California for it!!!  I have to go with the concours and the "Just as it left the factory" types on this. If I buy a beater for 2,3,4 or 5 grand, I don't give a shit where it came from or if it has the original engine or tranny or not.  But if I'm going to pay 100 grand on up for something-it damn well better be the real deal. Like Nicholas cage said in the "Gone in 60 Seconds" re-make-"There's too many assholes with too much money."  Masremind