Salvage Title Collectability

[oldschoolss]

Hey guys,

I have a slew of restoration projects sitting around my shop. But one of the latest vehicles I picked up was a 97 Z-28 vert m6 that spun out on the highway in the rain. The damage isn't severe and should be a easy fix (new quarter and radiator core support) it came with a salvage title when I bought it but that was from when it was stolen back in 98 not from the accident in 06. I only paid 2,300 for the car and it is as clean as can be. 67k miles on the odometer. I'm afraid that I'm going to stick a bunch of time into fixing it and it won't be worth anything down the road due to the salvage title. But then I got to thinking there are cars that have gone for over 100k at auctions that started out in worse shape than this car did.

So the point being here is do you think that in the future salvage titles on collector vehicles won't be a big deal? If it's fixed right how is that any different from a rust bucket that has had every piece of sheet metal, the frame, and other structural parts replaced?

Please share your thoughts.