Certified Restoration

[jfarmelo]

I've got a 1986 535i that I bought a year ago for about $1,800. A neighbor of mine has been working on it, getting it running well and he was telling me that if I spent the money to get the car restored, it would be worth a lot of money. He said that it would need to be certified as restored, and it comes with a certificate to prove its authenticity.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm wondering if I put the money in to it, to have it restored, if I will get the money back when I go to sell.

Thanks for any info!

[Lanc3r]

There is no financial benefit to restoring an E28 unless it is an M5 and even then good luck. At this point it as all about the love.

A model that has a great following and good resale of restorations is the 2002.

[jfarmelo]

thanks for the info. that is what I keep coming back to.

I do like the 535i, but at least need to be reasonable about what money I can get back out of it, if I do a bunch of work on it.