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Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
If it was something I wanted. That water damage wouldn't stop me. I suppose the problem is that there will be a flood of them on the market all at once, and their time will be short.
Wow!
Too bad it ended up like that.
Too bad it ended up like that.
This would make a good opportunity For someone to get a decent car at a affordable entry level price. Yes to do it right is a lot of work, the payoff is saving classic cars and bringing in new owners.
polara71
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BigblueC
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I've seen much worst continue living, be it they were "more desirable" cars. This car doesn't look to be in that bad of shape. At a minimum the parts will be good, or if someone just has to have a car like this it will live on as a whole.
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LA - CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
Odometer:
669,790 mi (EXEMPT)
Highlights: Donated Vehicle Enhanced Vehicles
Primary Damage: WATER/FLOOD
Secondary Damage: BIOHAZARD/CHEMICAL
Est. Retail Value:
VIN: PM43K1F160509
Features
Body Style:
Color: BROWN
Engine Type:
Cylinders:
Transmission: Automatic
Drive:
Fuel:
Keys: YES
I'm struggling to find a water line... I agree with Carmine... this might clean up pretty good. Pull the seats and carpets to scrub them, and see what you've got when you change all fluids... the flood damage may not be what you think. By the mud dubber nests under the hood, this one sat outdoors or in a barn.
BTW... UNBRANDED TITLE
LA - CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
Odometer:
669,790 mi (EXEMPT)
Highlights: Donated Vehicle Enhanced Vehicles
Primary Damage: WATER/FLOOD
Secondary Damage: BIOHAZARD/CHEMICAL
Est. Retail Value:
VIN: PM43K1F160509
Features
Body Style:
Color: BROWN
Engine Type:
Cylinders:
Transmission: Automatic
Drive:
Fuel:
Keys: YES
I'm struggling to find a water line... I agree with Carmine... this might clean up pretty good. Pull the seats and carpets to scrub them, and see what you've got when you change all fluids... the flood damage may not be what you think. By the mud dubber nests under the hood, this one sat outdoors or in a barn.
BTW... UNBRANDED TITLE
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
You're watching too much Dateline NBC or similar "investigative" crap. I'll grant you in a modern car with micro circuits, airbags, etc. is a potential disaster.
Give me a pressure washer, hot sunshine, a gallon of bleach and some WD-40 and I'd get this back on the road in a week.
Cee Bodies
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I can smell that car through my computer.
You and Carmine are spot on, this doable. I would take it a little further and strip interior, Pressure wash seats and interior, inside of doors ect. Disassemble dash down to the bare bones ,clean all connections. Pull oil pan and trans pan and look for water contamination. Any found, disassemble motor and trans, clean and refreshen up w/ new gaskets and seals.
You would be amazed at what a good detailer can do... I once worked on a high mile luxury barge that was owned by a heavy cigar smoker... the nicotine stains and stench was thicker than the paint on the outside...
Next time I saw that car, I had been traded and sold. It was now lower mileage and smelled like a new car... the big giveaway for me was a tiny spot on the glass they couldn't reach... and it all happened inside the dealer I was working for so going to the "hard copy" files I was able to confirm it was the same car and the miles were altered.
I never played that game or was approached to do anything unethical. But I wasn't too surprised when the owners son was arrested sometime later for odometer fraud.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
I really don't watch TV , now what?
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
And you guys are going to take the time to do this on what was a 800 car before it got wet? Well then, by every sense of the word, I was wrong.
rapidtrans
Senior Member
I was thinking parts car myself. Maybe if you had a lot of free time and don't put much cash into it. If you really wanted that particular car.
2nd thing that struck me was the Sport Fury front end and interior with the Fury III exterior trim. The Grand Coupe trim must be a decontent package.
S.F.s have the rubber side and rear bumper trim.
2nd thing that struck me was the Sport Fury front end and interior with the Fury III exterior trim. The Grand Coupe trim must be a decontent package.
S.F.s have the rubber side and rear bumper trim.
If this car hadn't been in a flood, you guys would be picking it apart for the dings, dents, sagging rear and brown paint.
If this was a real desirable car, and it was in clean water, then buying and restoring could be good.... and that is based on if you can get a clean title to the car.
This is a 4 door brown mess and only good for parts. God knows what type of cesspool it sat it until the water went down. Nobody in their right mind is going to buy it to repair and drive.
If this was a real desirable car, and it was in clean water, then buying and restoring could be good.... and that is based on if you can get a clean title to the car.
This is a 4 door brown mess and only good for parts. God knows what type of cesspool it sat it until the water went down. Nobody in their right mind is going to buy it to repair and drive.
hanks71440
Well-Known Member
Totally agree....
but knowing me, I'd take it all apart and clean, reseal, new interior, and new wire harnesses
not gonna debate anyone on this car. as far as I'm concerned, everyone is here is right, based on their own experiences and skills with such things
so speaking only for myself, and knowing the bacteria/toxic content of MOST floodwater, you can never re-use anything in this car that ABSORBED that water (upholstery, headliner, carpet, etc.) ever again.
even if a "clean" flood water (like a pipe burst in garage), unless you RE-soak the soft parts in the strongest disinfectants/cleaners known, and they survive that "resoak" process, you're bound to get toxic molds (they are resilient fungi) somewhere later.
IF it could be cleaned up, my experience is the cost of that outweighs the benefit .. objectively looking at it (unless it were a HEMI Cuda or something high dollar when restored) for THIS car as was noted.
But, if it belonged to a deceased loved one, for example, maybe the economics don't matter. So in that case i replace ALL the "soft" parts, as others have pointed out, and check the "hard" parts for damage/retained water (not a trivial task for the electronics but "doable" with selected replacements of such parts)
guess we'll never know for sure, on THIS particular car, unless one of you gets THIS car and tries to rehab it and drive it for a while. I'd wish ya "Godspeed" on that task.
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