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So my future plans include making an AAR Cuda looking RESTO-MOD....It would have the hood/spoiler and stripes.....but would be a GEN III Hemi, with custom suspension yadda yadda yadda....I know it's been done, there's a black one and a green one floating are eBay for the longest time...but I have a 73 shell I want to build....hopefully with a buyer in mind... http://www.alangallantautomotiverestoration.com/PROJECTCUDA.html

However....MY QUESTION is: What colour would attract the most RESALE attention ?

Is red still considered "resale red" ? Does everybody want purple ? Is pink too undesirable by most ?

I kind of have my heart set on white interior and a black vinyl top...but that can be changed...

No FC7, no yellow.

I would rank the choices as follows:

1. FE5
2. EB5
3. TX9 or FJ5 (tie)

The Johnny come lately, throw big piles of money at E bodies types just gotta have the high impact colors.
Take your pick from those colors and you'll likely do fine.  :alan2cents:

Here's how they rank with known examples in the AAR registry
BL1 -1
DY3-1
EB3-1
FT6-3
EB7-4
TX9-35
FM3 – 53
FJ6 – 58
EW1 – 63   
FF4 – 76     
EB5 – 96 
EK2 – 96   
FJ5 – 90    
EF8 – 97   
FK5 – 98
FC7 – 114    
EV2 – 115   
FY1 – 165
FE5 – 215   

Quote from: JH27N0B on April 16, 2022, 06:58:17 PM
The Johnny come lately, throw big piles of money at E bodies types just gotta have the high impact colors.
Take your pick from those colors and you'll likely do fine.  :alan2cents:

So no brown cars ?  :D  I would love to do K5 Burnt Orange or B7 Jamaica Blue...but I agree....high impact is a necessity :takemymoney:

Not a white interior fAn but it actually looks better than black in a couple colors. EK2 Orange and purple. Being a fan of orange, I'd go that route but if you want best resale color, has to be purple.

I didn't mean to fill up your other thread with my useless drivel, but since you asked.... Black

Quote from: Mr Cuda on April 16, 2022, 07:18:29 PM
I didn't mean to fill up your other thread with my useless drivel, but since you asked.... Black

It was your comments that actually got me thinking about this thread :drinkingbud:

K5 and F7 are the only 2 high impact metallic colors,  I believe.
Love K5, have several.

Quote from: Mr Cuda on April 16, 2022, 07:45:21 PM
K5 and F7 are the only 2 high impact metallic colors,  I believe.
Love K5, have several.

EV2 is metallic as well :alan2cents:

FK5 is not a high impact color

EK2, EV2 & FC7 would be metallic high impact extra cost colors

I would think that looking at the sales numbers of current Challenger/Mustang/Camaro colours would be a good idea?

Silver with red interior? Maybe a red strobe too?

My definition of a "resto-mod" is a car that looks "restored" but has modifications with "modern" upgrades.

While a custom colour combo that wasn't available on the car you're modifying may look cool it may also be a colour combination that only a Mother could love and NOT the general masses....therefore NOT all that "resalable"  :alan2cents:

Now, like dodj mentioned, you could go with a "new vehicle" colour, but in the same sense, in my opinion, you have to stick with the "new" versions of the original colours....The modern plum crazy purple, or lime green, or vitamin C orange, would be nice, but you would NOT use destroyer grey or snakebite green if you know what I mean...

The idea behind building this car, and the question of this thread is what colour would attract the MOST POTENTIAL BUYERS with the deepest pockets of course :bigmoney: :haha:

    Not sure which color this is but when I think AAR this is what I picture.... not my all time favorite color but I believe it works great with this scheme....  :alan2cents:

(https://i.postimg.cc/PJmJ4KQk/P1010017.jpg)

I merely suggested newer colours because, with a resto-mod you are not catering to the purists, just the financially well heeled that are looking to spend 100K+ on a good looking car with a colour that catches their eye.

Quote from: anlauto on April 17, 2022, 07:26:53 AM
My definition of a "resto-mod" is a car that looks "restored" but has modifications with "modern" upgrades.

While a custom colour combo that wasn't available on the car you're modifying may look cool it may also be a colour combination that only a Mother could love and NOT the general masses....therefore NOT all that "resalable"  :alan2cents:

Now, like dodj mentioned, you could go with a "new vehicle" colour, but in the same sense, in my opinion, you have to stick with the "new" versions of the original colours....The modern plum crazy purple, or lime green, or vitamin C orange, would be nice, but you would NOT use destroyer grey or snakebite green if you know what I mean...

The idea behind building this car, and the question of this thread is what colour would attract the MOST POTENTIAL BUYERS with the deepest pockets of course :bigmoney: :haha:

I hear you and your right. But take a look at these two cars,  Even though they are Fords these REALLY caught my attention because they stand out as they are not what everyone else does. Destroyer Grey could be made to look good if all the other parts " matched" the theme . I think it was Vintage Car Craft magazine that had the theme " Dare to be different"  I kinda like different sometimes.  Just food for thought?  :slapme5:

I call those "Pro-Touring" a step above resto-mod in my opinion...

Quote from: Bullitt- on April 17, 2022, 08:05:00 AM
    Not sure which color this is but when I think AAR this is what I picture.... not my all time favorite color but I believe it works great with this scheme....  :alan2cents:

(https://i.postimg.cc/PJmJ4KQk/P1010017.jpg)

Looks like EK2 Vitamin C orange :twothumbsup:

The problem is ME....me having 35+ years of restoring OE Type cars, with this resto-mod craze, I find myself wanting to find a really clear balance of old and new....for instance, I still want all the little details to be correct...even though there are "no-rules" I still want the wiper motor restored correctly, not just painted black or heaven forbid, body colour.. :barf: I want all the latches, hardware etc...to be correct etc....with this last one, it will even have the correct bumper jack and spare in the trunk... :looney: but have a Gen III hemi under the hood... :lookatthat:

As I just said in regards to the two Mustangs....huge wheel flares, custom colours, roll bars, whatever....that's a whole different level of build....but that's another story....

I'm just wondering what colour will sell the best.... :bigmoney: :takemymoney:

For sure red, elastomerics, maybe AAR style hood

Quote from: YYZ on April 17, 2022, 02:13:07 PM
For sure red, elastomerics, maybe AAR style hood

White interior or black ? Vinyl top/louvers or slick top ? Bumpers for sure  :drooling:

Either a High Impact color such as V2 or C7 or black.  An AAR in black with black strobe stripe looks killer and real ones fetch a premium so I think it would also do well on a resto-mod.

I have access right now to four 1970 Challengers, including one convertible.....I think if I was commissioned to build one of those....I would want a T/A Resto-mod or a Vanishing Point 2.0 with an all white modern version of the movie car.. :drooling:  I think that would be cool...

Though I don't mind the vinyl roofs on 'Cudas, the body line doesn't lend itself as neatly to one as a Challenger.  So I would say slick top - and either all red, or carry the Organosol to the roof and possibly the deck lid.

No belt moulding.

You know that I'm a fan of white interiors, however, they don't seem to be as popular in resale.  My thoughts would be to go with black, or even red seats with black door panels, dash and carpet.

Quote from: anlauto on April 17, 2022, 10:29:56 AM
I call those "Pro-Touring" a step above resto-mod in my opinion...

You think so? The '69 is just a front spoiler and after market wheels with a non-factory blue. If the decal is true, even a factory available motor - though a rare one.

Quote from: dodj on April 18, 2022, 04:22:37 AM

Quote from: anlauto on April 17, 2022, 10:29:56 AM
I call those "Pro-Touring" a step above resto-mod in my opinion...

You think so? The '69 is just a front spoiler and after market wheels with a non-factory blue. If the decal is true, even a factory available motor - though a rare one.

I didn't really look that close...it's a Mustang  :haha: :haha:

Quote from: anlauto on April 17, 2022, 10:51:24 AM
The problem is ME....me having 35+ years of restoring OE Type cars, with this resto-mod craze, I find myself wanting to find a really clear balance of old and new....for instance, I still want all the little details to be correct...even though there are "no-rules" I still want the wiper motor restored correctly, not just painted black or heaven forbid, body colour.. :barf: I want all the latches, hardware etc...to be correct etc....with this last one, it will even have the correct bumper jack and spare in the trunk... :looney: but have a Gen III hemi under the hood... :lookatthat:

As I just said in regards to the two Mustangs....huge wheel flares, custom colours, roll bars, whatever....that's a whole different level of build....but that's another story....

I'm just wondering what colour will sell the best.... :bigmoney: :takemymoney:

I think you're on the right track.  Exterior and interior should be stock AAR because the potential buyer is going to be someone who wants the look of an AAR.  As for exterior color, I personally don't like the red so much with the black hood and louvers.  To me, Vitamin C, Limelight, Moulin Rouge, and In Violet look awesome.  White interior works with the purple for sure but nothing else.  No vinyl top on any of them, but rear window louvers to carry the black from the front to the back.  If you wanted to deviate a little in the interior, I love the look of hounds-tooth seats.  Vitamin C exterior, black interior with black/orange hounds-tooth seats I think would be subtle but killer.  Any of the other colors done that way would work too.

Orange is kinda reaching out to me, either Vitamin C or Hemi orange  :thinking:

The FE5 - Rallye Red was the most popular color in 1970 for a Cuda. Likely attributable to the red brochure car and numerous magazine advertisements.
Next was EB5 - Blue Fire Metallic and then a close third was FY1 - Lemon Twist and fourth was FC7 - In Violet.
Today, I agree with most on this thread...FC7, EB5, TX9, and FJ5 will pull in the big $.

Quote from: Brads70 on April 17, 2022, 04:54:42 AM
Silver with red interior? Maybe a red strobe too?

I think that sounds sweet!  ...With some black steelies or some wheel that have some black in them.  Silver red and black all look so good together.


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Or black with a red stripe.  Niiiiiiice
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Only problem with a custom paint job like that is it really limits the amount of potential buyers...the exact opposite of the purpose of this experiment.  :alan2cents:

Quote from: anlauto on April 18, 2022, 06:26:45 AM
Orange is kinda reaching out to me, either Vitamin C or Hemi orange  :thinking:

As much as I like the Tor Red/Hemi Orange, with all of the black, you need a lighter color to pop against it.  Vitamin C is a better choice in my opinion.

If not black, then Vitamin C is my choice also.  It provides the contrast between the oranges in the engine compartment,  and pops with all the black

I agree, in fact I painted my 70 Challenger Deep Water Blue Pearl from the 2010 Challenger lineup. It actually gets confused as B5 (novices) but is shinier in the sun and darker at night. I thing a non-traditional color would attract attention but not $$$ sales.

Quote from: anlauto on April 17, 2022, 07:26:53 AM
My definition of a "resto-mod" is a car that looks "restored" but has modifications with "modern" upgrades.

While a custom colour combo that wasn't available on the car you're modifying may look cool it may also be a colour combination that only a Mother could love and NOT the general masses....therefore NOT all that "resalable"  :alan2cents:

Now, like dodj mentioned, you could go with a "new vehicle" colour, but in the same sense, in my opinion, you have to stick with the "new" versions of the original colours....The modern plum crazy purple, or lime green, or vitamin C orange, would be nice, but you would NOT use destroyer grey or snakebite green if you know what I mean...

The idea behind building this car, and the question of this thread is what colour would attract the MOST POTENTIAL BUYERS with the deepest pockets of course :bigmoney: :haha:

Our member Roy sent me an excellent article this afternoon that's well worth the read....

https://insider.hagerty.com/trends/mopar-color-premium/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_NA_EML_UN_SundayInsider_PullQuote&hashed_email=fbc517ac4fed74b40439352e486718b71f4704b6289790dd473b6f95f4400f93

 ...Very interesting... I guess that's why we need statistics....
  Thing is the two extremes in my mind are the most similar in many ways.
      It's not like orange is the opposite of yellow...  :looney: