Charlie's right. You're better off financially buying someone else's conversion.
Mike Drew once posted in the email forum that a converted car that's done correctly is worth around $5000 more than a stock car. This is no where near what the cost of the conversion will set you back. Ofcourse, a car that completely botched up will be worth less than a stock car.
Exceptions do exist. There's a STUNNING GT-5 conversion that recently sold in Arizona for A LOT of money. And judging from the pics, was well worth it. So the higher the quality of the conversion, the higher the price difference between a converted and stock car.
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