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Mrmerlin

Daaaum.......... shes gonna take a lot to bring her back..... but it can be done
I would venture a guess of about 18,000.
Good luck with the sale

86'928S MeteorGrey

Blythe,

You would have a better chance selling this one after a long cleanup. The guards red is a non clearcoat color, and can usually be rubbed out with some polishing compund. I've seen some of the guards red cars that looked just like that come back with AMAZING results. Being a salvage title, you would definitely get more for it parted.... Post tons of photos showing the good and the bad...

Unless you paid next to nothing for this one, you might have stepped in it this time...

blitz928

Being that it is a salvage title that may not be original non-clearcoat paint and it may have clearcoat, since most shops do basecoat/clearcoat paintwork. If it is cleared it's f*cked and it'll need a full paintjob. Salvage/title with bad paint= bad news.
Great candidate for parts.

the flyin' scotsman

what exactly does a salvage title mean?

Was the car written off by an insurance company because of a bad wreck?

blitz928

In most cases, yes. Occasionally you'll find a theft recovery with a salvage title. Bur mostly they've been wrecked.

namasgt

It could have been a small accident and it costed too much to fix so they salveged it.

the flyin' scotsman

ok...............so how does a salvage car get back on the road?

namasgt

Insurance company pays for it if it has full coverage then they take it and sell it in an auction. some guy or a dealer will buy the car for cheap from auction and fix it then sell it with the salvaged title.

Imo000

Up here, it also has to be inspected by the Ministry of Transposrtation (proof of where the repair parts came from is also necesarry) before a rebuilt "salvage" title can be issued, then it has to go throught the same thing as any other used car to get it back on the road. I'm not 100% sure if a salvage titled car can or can not be imported into Canada.

James Bailey

about 50% of "totalled " cars get "rebuilt" put back on the road. Can be accident , fire , flood or stolen car not recovered quickly ( after 30 days the insurance company has to buy the car pay the insure) Typically a salvage title drops the value by about 50 % because it becomes a story car ..."it was fresh water....it was a minor accident...it was a very small fire "..... Basically the insurance company decides it is too bad to fix , the owner decides it was too bad to fix , it gets sold at action and flipped to someone who says "How much could it cost to fix that ? " Sme states and insurance companies brand them as none rebuildable just to make sure that they are not cobbled together and resold. Some insurance companies got in hot doo-doo because they DID NOT label the titles as SALVAGE (brings more money at auction) and subsequent buyers got screwed ! It is a rather ugly business dealing in salvaged title cars. You see MANY on Craigs list !

the flyin' scotsman

Many thx for all the 'salvage' info.

As Imre said not sure how/if the car could be imported we'll leave it alone.

tveltman

Some states (most?) here in the US allow registration of salvaged vehicles. Typically you have to take the chassis to the state police and they will do a safety inspection. If they deem it roadworthy, they will allow you to rebuild the car, and it can be legally bought and sold by anyone. I don't know if they will then subsequently let you retitle the reconstructed car with a full title once restored, but it is possible that they do.

UncleMaz

Like others have mentioned, it can often be a simple cost benefit decision by the insurance company. I would imagine even small damage on a 928 would salvage many of our cars.

I have put one salvaged title vehicle on the road (my 95 Jeep Wrangler which I rolled). In California, it requires a couple of extra steps: A VIN/safety inspection (State Police) and a vehicle inspection at a certified vehicle inspection center. The only tricky part is that those inspection centers are few and far between and can be a little shady. They will find something that needs to be fixed on the car (they prey on the non-DIYer). That said, nothing that a few trips to the DMV cannot solve (). There were extra fees and new license plates need to be issued. I also had no trouble insuring it. The rules may have changed, as I did this in 05.

All that said, if the car has been registered since, there are no additional hoops that need be jumped through. Register as usual.

James Bailey

most states the title stays branded but in a few states they issue clean titles so there is a "business" of transfering title to those states and "washing " the title before selling the car. Note that most dealers will NOT accept a salvage title car as a trade in for obvious reasons. Car fax can be your friend !