Should I grabber clone my car?

Good point. Seem's more likely I will keep it the same though. Never know though.
Maybe I will find me a another Maverick and paint it pink. So I have a boy car and a girl car. Haha. JK.

 

I agree with the different wheels suggestion. That could change the whole personality of the car.

 

then it would be back to stock looking like it is...and no new rims...

 

Actually no, was a recession on and many mfgrs were tacking goofy quad headlights on to their '57 models(the '58 Plymouth had the only good looking models)... The "new" '58 models were like your HS girlfriend that you saw at your 20 year reunion and was 50 lb heavier...

I actually misspoke, by '58 Chrome reverse wheels with Baby Moons were becoming old news, first popular around the '55 time period(yes that was a very good year)...

 

I think you have been offered excellent advice to not get carried away in the amount of money sunk in just for improving profit margin. What's more likely to happen in that situation would be a greater proportional increase for marketability vs the final sales valuation of potential buyers. Just like prepping a home for sale and as you probably well know by now.. it takes money to make money.

I vote to keep the car in near original condition and do only the cheapest upgrades that will improve the largest cosmetic flaws. Paint spot repairs (that scratch can be filled with paint/wet sanded/buffed), OEM look wheels (will 68/69 Mustang GT caps fit those rims?), and a Shelby drop to add slight forward rake.

 

I will take what people are telling me. Some good advice here. Maybe rims are in need as most people are saying this. Will have to go window shopping I think.

 

Wasn't saying make it "original". Just saying that in order to be a "clone", it needs to look like the real thing.

 

'Guess you never heard of the '58 Impala and Bel Air. Those were good looking cars with the quad headlights. Agreed on the Plymouth too. Other makes, not so much.

 

In a thread like this.. who really cares. I always liked the 57' Impala the most anyways. lol

 

They didn't make an Impala in '57.

 

You can be ga ga over the '58 Chev if you like, not me... Chev didn't get it right again till '60 and '61, '62 & '63 were all home runs...

True, Belair was still Top Dog in '57

The Impala name is probably the only good thing about a '58 Chev... In my opinion of course...

 

Well yeah, '57 was obviously the pinnacle.

And now that I think about it some more, the '58 (and '59) T-bird was a good looking car as well, even though it didn't look like a "T-bird". Some cars looked good with the quad headlights while others didn't.

 

was there a topic to this thread...

 

Crack me up. I love it.

 

Okay, back to the topic.
My opinion is that if you like the car and want to keep it, then make it the way you like.
If you just want to sell it, then you shouldn't put any more money into it (other than maybe some attractive wheels), and wait for the right offer to come along. If you're not desperate to sell it, you can wait for the right offer.

In my case, I plan to keep my car. I like the Grabber hood and spoiler. I think it makes the car look better, even though it's not a Grabber, and doesn't have any of the Grabber striping.