All numbers match but have question

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Moms74C10

I have a '74 Chevy C10 short bed step side. It is all original, all the numbers match. We plan on restoring it and plan to have the engine professionally rebuilt, convert it from three on the tree to floor shift, and to paint it from the original green to something a little more stand out. I was told that painting it something thats not the original off the factory color pretty much makes the whole benefit of the matching numbers null. Does anyone here have any opinions or thoughts on this? Thanks in advance for your help.

Your already converting to floor shift. Its no longer original. That said, I still have never met anyone in person who actually cares about original with this generation truck. I've never once checked for "numbers matching" as it means nothing in real life. Maybe its just my area but thats how I see it.