[racer]

With the recent rise in values and scarcity of longhoods, I see what appears as a growing collection of "backdated" cars coming to market. '78-'89 911s being made to look like longhoods.

In the late '70s and '80s I recall the trend to "update" longhood cars to look more like shorthoods. This was likely popular due to the rising prices of the newer cars compared to the "dirt cheap" longhoods lying around. To me, those cars just look plain silly now and I imagine as time continues, more folks will take an "updated" LH and restore back to original condition

My question is, what do folks feel the fate will be of the "backdated" cars. Will they hold a perceived value? What is the value based on, its "modern" starting point or the comparative value vs a genuine long hood?

I'm not an investor or speculator. I just figue if, for example, a G50 3.2 911 is the pinnacle of the pre 964s, will the folks come to prize a more original example, or will we see a trend of reconverting backdated cars to their original condition? Heck, there are even some 964 based "longhood" cars out there!