The market's clearest lesson in this corpus: unmodified survivors get the big money, and irreversible modifications destroy value no matter how well executed. A 47k-mile original had an aftermarket sunroof cut into its roof in 2025 and the thread erupted, with the outcome universally called a costly mistake; a masterfully engineered ABF 16V restomod from a respected builder failed reserve while commenters noted an original car would have doubled the bidding. …
Originality is the whole ballgame
Volkswagen GTI (Mk1) · buying-advice