Hi Everyone, I am the seller of this 2002.
First, I appreciate everyone's thoughts and inputs.
First, as to the originality. I maintain the car is maintained and preserved, not 100% original, nor do I attempt to make this claim.
I do though state the paint is original ,and the interior is mainly original, not 100%. As mentioned in the ad, the driver seat was recently repaired after locating a replacement inner hinge, bulbs have been replaced, shift knob, steering wheel and stereo and even some of the washers and screws in the glovebox have been replaced.
As for the originality of the salt and pepper / saddle brown combination of the interior. This is and always has been up for debate, and only yesterday Delia questioned me on whether the hinges should be chrome on a 2002 with an 05/71 production date. The Hoffman invoice only states skai leatherette, the dealer invoice makes no reference to options, and I have no receipts to think this was swapped otherwise. I continue to try to find some validation of truth in either direction, but have no reason to believe, other than the skepticism of others, that this is not the interior that was delivered at purchase. Read into that however you choose.
I swapped the driver mirror for the one shown, and added the passenger mirror. I like the symmetry from the front of both mirrors, and the additional safety features of the passenger mirror. The original mirror is in a box of parts I believe. I have no regrets for this change.
As for the wheels...I am curious, what wheels I should have on the car.
I am a casual enthusiast, no expert, and everything done to the car in my ownership is based on what I wanted to do with it, while attempting to not butcher it in the process.
I'll close by saying, when I purchased this car nearly 20 years ago now, I knew exactly what I was going to do with it. My plan was to maintain and lightly modify it and try to keep it to less than 100K miles 20 years later, and fully enjoying driving it 2K miles each year.