I have a 2000 SS Camaro. I have always thought of restoring it to its once glory. I have never built a garage to do this in though.

I recently started to think about selling versus restoring.

I was told by street legal performance that they only made approximately 800 exactly like the one we have.

Does anyone have any thoughts on restoring versus selling.

Thanks,

 

I'm assuming a typo as there were no 2003 Camaros.
These cars (4th gen) can be hard to restore as parts can be hard to come by,not a lot of aftermarket support and dealers have little left being most parts are discontinued.
That said they are great cars and worth a restore if not too far gone,they are far from bringing the money of earlier models at this point but I think it will come in the future.
Wish I had the foresight to hang on to the '69 I had for 14 years and sold in 1991,worth a hell of a lot more now.

 

I meant 2000. The last year for this body style was 2002 with the racing stripes. Excuse me.

 

No worries,mine is an '01 SS and on the SLP registry.
Before you dive in on a resto job check around for what parts you may need,some can be hard to come by.

 

post up some pictures. most things can be found although new parts are hard if not impossible to find and getting more expensive all the time.

 

I will get some pictures posted. I can’t part the car out though, we’ve had it to long. If and when we sell it will have to be the entire car. The car is on the SLP registry.

 

I went a little bit restomod on mine,it was a very clean relatively low mile car at 86K.
LS6 heads,big cam and related parts,long tube headers and ORY etc.
I changed out all the stock suspension K-member on back with tubular bits with Strano lowering springs and bigger sway bars Koni Yellows and BMR bolt on subframe connectors. Changed out all the lighting to modernize it,upgraded the drive with an aluminum flywheel LS7 clutch and MGW short throw shifter,Prothane engine/trans mounts.
I didn't do anything that can't be put back to stock but given these cars will not likely join the collector car uptick in value anytime soon it's not really a concern.
I'll be 65 this year so no point in worrying about value 20-30 years up the road just built to enjoy driving it.

 

For each person the reason for restoring a car is different. Some do it because they want them perfect, some do it because they have a personal attachment and some do it for a profit. Hind sight is 2020 so it easy to say with some cars if I would have done this then if would be worth that but past performance should not be used to predict the future. You should really love a car if you plan on restoring it that way you never lose but if you restore a car just based on value you could lose a lot of money. There are a lot of restoration that never get finished because people think they are in love with a car so they start the restoration but they buy a 2018 SS as a daily driver and then decide they just like that car better and lose interest in the project. I miss my 2000 Z28 but I like my GTO is a better daily driver.

There is a common miss-conception that rare = valuable. It is simple not true. Just because your car has a rare color combo may be because the colors do not look good together and everyone hates it. I believe it is because people see "rare" car going for crazy prices but you have to remember they are very sought after cars that have millionaires bidding against each other that are looking for these rare spec cars.