When to Restore a Car??

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The original plans for my 89 AZ DPS were to completely gut it and then restore it from the bottom up with NOS parts as I've done with my other cars. The problem is that the car still wears the original paint ( even still has the T-114 marker marking visible behind the rear plate from when it was put in service ). Even though it had numerous dents and scratches ( especially where the decals were scraped off on the doors and the light bar was mounted ), I compounded and waxed it last weekend and then spent 5 hours touching up the stone chips and scratches. The car actually looks really good from 10 ft. My question is, does the car look better original with battle scars or should I restore it to new condition. Opinions welcome!