train wrecked full of gto's
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Originally Posted by LS1obsession
Carfax won't find anything unless there is a record of it. I'm pretty sure there will only be a record if a claim was filed with the insurance company or something was recorded by the dealer, i.e. maintenance.
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know how you feel my car had been rearended like a bitch and no record of it.
So if the carfax comes up clean, theres still a chance that it was in a minor to moderate accident, but its less likely.
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not sure what its like around there but here if a train wrecks the goods can not be sold to anyone , they usually destroy all items that were on the train[liability purposes]
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I work for the railroad. THe guy that posted above is right. If there is any damage they destroy the cars. Usually at big derailments they will dig a hole and bury them in the ground. At auto facilities where they load them into railcars they have to be extremely careful. If one of the tires pops off the little spots the wheels are spotted in they consider them totaled. Where to get these cars for cheap...im not sure but I think they are destroyed as well
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Originally Posted by Badass02WS6
not sure what its like around there but here if a train wrecks the goods can not be sold to anyone , they usually destroy all items that were on the train[liability purposes]
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Originally Posted by 02 BLK WS6
The responsible railroad buys them and crushes them. They are then sold as scrap iron.
Nobody would never be dumb enough to do that. They are still worth plenty of money. Most of the time they be sold at salvage auctions(dealers only) and end up in used car lots. I got to dealer auctions and I see new cars everyonce in a while. Sometimes they have a caved roof from or extensive hail damage. I have seen a couple of wrecked new cars as well.
The weirdest thing I have ever seen was a performance crate motor that literaly feel of the back of the truck. It was not a pretty sight. I dont kow what it was because I'm no expert in the matter but it was a very nice one with aluminum heads and nice oil pan.
I would not be surprised if everyone of them were on the road today.
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Originally Posted by jfman
Nobody would never be dumb enough to do that. They are still worth plenty of money. Most of the time they be sold at salvage auctions(dealers only) and end up in used car lots. I got to dealer auctions and I see new cars everyonce in a while. Sometimes they have a caved roof from or extensive hail damage. I have seen a couple of wrecked new cars as well.
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The weirdest thing I have ever seen was a performance crate motor that literaly fell off the back of the truck. It was not a pretty sight. I dont know what it was because I'm no expert in the matter but it was a very nice one with aluminum heads and nice oil pan.
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Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
How much do these cars typically go for? (Broad question I know.)
Hard to say, depends on the mood of the people there(that's about 100 bidders) But it's not dirt cheap. Nothing goes for dirt cheap. A lot of people assume that salvage auctions are full of bargains but it's not the case. A fixable gto will still fetch $7-12k.
Most of the cars I buy are really nasty. The best deal I ever got was a lancer EVO for $4400 it had hit and wrapped a pole in the driver side.
I bought this 98 camaro for $2800 i was pleased witht the price and was willing to keep going to about $3300.
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That's the kind of deals you can expect to get as a dealer. Not bad deals but theres always risk involved. If that motor had been cracked from the wreck I'd have been SOL. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
BTW: all of the new cars that went thru Katrina were and are still being sold at auctions like these. A lot of them will get fixed and sold again. I see thousands and thousands of them sell thru copart. I never bought one because I dont mess with flood cars. But some people do.
Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
Ha, that's hilarious. I guess the internals were still ok?
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Originally Posted by jfman
Hard to say, depends on the mood of the people there(that's about 100 bidders) But it's not dirt cheap. Nothing goes for dirt cheap. A lot of people assume that salvage auctions are full of bargains but it's not the case. A fixable gto will still fetch $7-12k.
Most of the cars I buy are really nasty. The best deal I ever got was a lancer EVO for $4400 it had hit and wrapped a pole in the driver side.
I bought this camaro for $2800
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ht=organ+donor
That's the kind of deals you can expect to get as a dealer. Not bad deals but theres always risk involved. If that motor had been cracked from the wreck I'd have been SOL. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
Most of the cars I buy are really nasty. The best deal I ever got was a lancer EVO for $4400 it had hit and wrapped a pole in the driver side.
I bought this camaro for $2800
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ht=organ+donor
That's the kind of deals you can expect to get as a dealer. Not bad deals but theres always risk involved. If that motor had been cracked from the wreck I'd have been SOL. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
So what do you expect those GTOs would go for. I know it's hard to tell the damage from two pics, but? Is there any way around the salvage title? Especially if it was something like extremely minor damage. Some of those GTOs look barely touched.
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Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
I knew nothing went for super cheap, my friend used to work auctions and resell cars. Got my first car from him and he sold it to me for what he bought it for (hell of a good deal).
So what do you expect those GTOs would go for. I know it's hard to tell the damage from two pics, but? Is there any way around the salvage title? Especially if it was something like extremely minor damage. Some of those GTOs look barely touched.
So what do you expect those GTOs would go for. I know it's hard to tell the damage from two pics, but? Is there any way around the salvage title? Especially if it was something like extremely minor damage. Some of those GTOs look barely touched.
Let me find some goats in the system and tell you how much they are at now(I cant find out the final price unless I watch them sell the minute they sell but I can find out how much they are going now... sorta like ebay but once the car is sold, it disapears from the database)
Like this now going for $3300(it will come way up believe me)
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That's the kind of cars I would buy
This will prolly go between $3k and $5k
NOTE: PLEASE PPL dont pm me and ask me to "hook you up" I cant do it, it's not my company and I consider myself very lucky to be able to get in there when I need something but I cant start doing it for other people.
This will prolly go between $3k and $5k
NOTE: PLEASE PPL dont pm me and ask me to "hook you up" I cant do it, it's not my company and I consider myself very lucky to be able to get in there when I need something but I cant start doing it for other people.
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Originally Posted by Badass02WS6
not sure what its like around there but here if a train wrecks the goods can not be sold to anyone , they usually destroy all items that were on the train[liability purposes]
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Originally Posted by 00SS!
I can attest to that. I have watched with much sadness as brand new cars with seemingly little damage were run thru a shredder. Dude that brought them in filmed the carnage as proof for the insurance company.
Originally Posted by 99_C5_99
That sux, if I was there and they were all gonna be destroyed I would have to drag me one out of there and take the ls2 out of it.