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Water damage... It really depends on the damage itself. It will have a salvage title for the rest of its existence. But it might clean up, new carpet, new upholstery to get rid of the smell it might have... Then there is the electronic issues that will come with water damage...
Nice car, low miles, would make a good LS swap car honestly... Since you pretty much have to rewire the car...
Water damage... It really depends on the damage itself. It will have a salvage title for the rest of its existence. But it might clean up, new carpet, new upholstery to get rid of the smell it might have... Then there is the electronic issues that will come with water damage...
Nice car, low miles, would make a good LS swap car honestly... Since you pretty much have to rewire the car...
True plus it doesn't have the electronics of a new car. Its a shame thou because it was low mileage ,you can LS swap any high mileage car and end up with the same result /value but a low mileage original car is more unique than a cars modded.
It's probably not worth a whole lot more than the current bid at $750, but if you were looking for a low mile clean car, it could be worth it to pick up even more than it is now
Realistically it's not worth much of anything. It was maybe a 5-10k car before it was flooded. It's always going to carry a salvage title from now on that tanks the value. It wouldn't even make a good project, since the title would stay with the body and tank the value of anything built on it. The body is the only part with any value left, since the drivetrain is nothing to write home about, the suspension sucks, and any cloth part of the interior is suspect. I'd have bailed before the bidding hit $500.
Someone write down the VIN, bet this one shows up on Ebay with a magically clean title at some point in the near future.
^^Looking at the sun visor damage, looks like that car might have been completely submerged and who knows for how long. Still a good parts car though.
looking at that tree deodorant it must smell good lol .. but yea nice catch ,sad to see this happening. I don't care what weather is outside....if i live in a area that can ruin my car I take the damn car on the roof ,i get it on a mountain .I always wonder wtf are people thinking when they leave rare cars to get submerged in rain.
Years back, my room mate bought a Jaguar from a kid that had been flooded. He'd parked it on a city street, and there was a heavy rain that overwhelmed the storm drains. Several city blocks had a foot or two of flash flooding. The Jag ended up with water up to just below the gauge cluster.
Once it'd had a week or two to dry out, it started up and ran/drove okay, aside from some flaky warning lights on the dash, and some other minor electrical gremlins. I remember the worst part of the first couple weeks was getting a soggy ***, because the leather seats took FOREVER to dry out. I don't really remember what happened to that car, but seems like it eventually had a transmission problem? Of course that car had the benefit of only sitting after flooding for a week or two before it was opened up and allowed to dry out.
Cars like this firebird that are left closed up, no bueno. You can bank on the moisture evaporating out of the carpet and seats, and condensing on the roof, and inside the glass. I'd expect mold and water damage to anything that is porous. With water soaked jute under the carpet, it wouldn't take long for rust to get started in the floor.
I bought my first 87 Buick Grand National in 1994, and it had been in a flood. It had a few electrical gremlins, too. It took out the electronic brake booster, the engine would get an intermittent miss from time to time, and 2nd gear went out of the transmission right away. The inside of the dash was pretty ugly, too. The car looked great....but it sure had issues. I only had it about a year and got rid of it. I'd never own another flood car
Years back, my room mate bought a Jaguar from a kid that had been flooded....... it started up and ran/drove okay, aside from some flaky warning lights on the dash, and some other minor electrical gremlins...... but seems like it eventually had a transmission problem?
Sounds like that Jaguar might have gotten more reliable after the flooding, not worse.
12-14-2018, 07:39 AM
