Personally there are 2 classes of these modern-classics of ours - Bufty cars (restored or not needing it) and daily drivers - and in the end even the daily driver will need a restore - and what do you do when it's restored? Try and keep it Bufty, even if it gets you to work and the supermarket?

I guess mint MINT un-restored cars will always be thought more genuine and worth more money.

Just find one first.