What is an OE restored car? It is a car restored to "as it rolled off the assembly line" condition.
Original Equipment or OE car. Is a car that is as it was the day it came off assembly line. Correctly date coded parts for the time the car was built. Chrysler date coded parts for each removable part on the car. Some are sub assemblies that were shipped to the factory to be installed on the car. Others were off the shelf parts.
From body preparation to paint and type of paint used. A true OE restored car has assembly line markings, correctly dated parts and is as it would have left factory.
OE certified is a car that goes threw the OE inspection process and verified by the judges and paperwork proving its correct.
Anything less is not restored but "fixed up", a driver quality restoration. These driver quality restorations are the vehicles you see for sale on many web sites, incorrectly painted in base coat clear coat, exhibiting parts not original to the vehicle, and valued significantly less than what a true OE quality restoration will bring. Many are very nice vehicles, reflecting the passion of the owners. Even so, these vehicles bring substantially less than an OE Certified Vehicle. Complete unrestored cars in project condition can sell for more than many of these driver quality restorations. Many cars bounce from shop to shop resulting in poor quality and an inaccurate restoration. Many shops don't have the knowledge or experience necessary to actually restore a car, but instead take short cuts that will come to surface later in the cars life, thus killing your true investment value. You only need to restore a car once if done correctly, and that restoration should last decades.
What is a Day 2 car?
A day 2 car is a car that has been redone to customer likes. Most cars you see on the road are Day 2. Base Clear paint, chrome or mag wheels, other many not stock items on the car. And those are based on each persons likes on the vehicle they own. Like the Roadrunner I drove daily years ago.
From body preparation to paint and type of paint used. A true OE restored car has assembly line markings, correctly dated parts and is as it would have left factory.
OE certified is a car that goes threw the OE inspection process and verified by the judges and paperwork proving its correct.
Anything less is not restored but "fixed up", a driver quality restoration. These driver quality restorations are the vehicles you see for sale on many web sites, incorrectly painted in base coat clear coat, exhibiting parts not original to the vehicle, and valued significantly less than what a true OE quality restoration will bring. Many are very nice vehicles, reflecting the passion of the owners. Even so, these vehicles bring substantially less than an OE Certified Vehicle. Complete unrestored cars in project condition can sell for more than many of these driver quality restorations. Many cars bounce from shop to shop resulting in poor quality and an inaccurate restoration. Many shops don't have the knowledge or experience necessary to actually restore a car, but instead take short cuts that will come to surface later in the cars life, thus killing your true investment value. You only need to restore a car once if done correctly, and that restoration should last decades.
What is a Day 2 car?
A day 2 car is a car that has been redone to customer likes. Most cars you see on the road are Day 2. Base Clear paint, chrome or mag wheels, other many not stock items on the car. And those are based on each persons likes on the vehicle they own. Like the Roadrunner I drove daily years ago.
