Changing the colour of the Elan

[Snoozy]

I am nearly at the stage of getting the Elan re sprayed. It's original colour was red and my intention was to put it back to that colour. However I am contemplating changing it to Medici Blue, would this effect the value and history of the vehicle or would people see it as another step in the vehicle's life. The Elan is an early 1966 S3 and had a 4 bolt crankshaft engine but I have changed that to a 6 bolt crankshaft so that is something different already. ( I see have the original engine components ). So, should I stick with the red or go with blue? Thanks.

[Snoozy]

Thanks for your views, I won't be selling it any time soon, I've done too much work on it to sell it straight away. When I got it was orange with black bumpers. I spent 5 months just taking it back to it's gel coat and making sure the bodywork was up to scratch. I think blue is the colour then.