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Salvage Title?
How much is a salvage title shortbed truck worth? I've come across one and was wondering how much it would effect the value.
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Re: Salvage Title?
Generally it means the vehicle has been wrecked and totaled and repaired. Usually diminishes the value, unless the rebuild was done correctly, and can be proven.
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Re: Salvage Title?
Well I came across one thats' a good peice to work with. The downside is that's a salvage title, For a good daily driver or show I would have to put some elbow grease on it but I would have to do that anyhow with a clean title. How many out there would still buy a salvage title Shortbed? They are starting to get harder and harder to find....but there are plenty out there.
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Re: Salvage Title?
You usually cannot get comprehensive insurance or financing on vehicles with salvage titles, no matter how well they were repaired. Consider it a "parts" truck. You'll need to do a VIN swap to remove the salvage title, and that is illegal in some states.
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Re: Salvage Title?
A friend of mine is a car dealer, and I have bought a couple "salvage" and "damaged" vehicles from him. They are fine if you're going to keep it and drive it with liability ins. Most companies won't give you anything more than that. As far as value goes, if it says "salvage" you can take the current market value and cut it in HALF! One that is only "damaged" you can take 25-50 percent off. Hope that helps.
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Re: Salvage Title?
I would not hesitate to purchase a "salvage titled" truck IF it were to be turned into a project. As long as it is understood that the re-sale value will be dramatically diminished, and the ins. co. will cover liability only.
As long as that's no problem, salvage titles can be a inexpensive way to start a project.
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Re: Salvage Title?
Personally, I would only use it for parts. The beating you take when you try to resell it isn't worth the trouble.
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Re: Salvage Title?
A friend of mine had his '72 hit while it was parked on the street. The frame cracked at the steering box and his insurance totaled it out. It was valued at $12000 before it was hit and he got a huge check for it. He paid the insurance company $400 for his truck and it is getting a new makeover (it was damn nice before).
He will be doing a VIN swap with a good frame to clear the title. The appraiser said he would never get it back to the original value with a tainted title, even if the frame was new unless he gets a new VIN too.
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Re: Salvage Title?
How is a VIN Swap handled?
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Re: Salvage Title?
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Re: Salvage Title?
Lets keep this on the legal side fellas
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Re: Salvage Title?
If you end up rebuilding the truck, its not realy a vin swap. If you say bought a frame with a title and then put the body from a salvaged truck on it, as long as you use the non salvaged vin its just putting together an old truck.
IMO any way. now if you take your salvaged truck and put a different vin on it as is that is illigal in most states. I can see why, I wouldnt want to buy a salvaged unibody car that some on did a vin swap on. but on these trucks, they are usaly totaled because the insurance does not see thenm as worth much. If you look at it from the other way, lets sai you had a clean title truck that needed a new cab because it is rusted out, you buy one from a totaled truck that had a good cab, dose this now make your truck salvaged? I dont think so, are trucks are so old that most of them are pieced together ant way, if it was a new car that would be considerd salvaged. Ok I think I am done rambling...... |
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Re: Salvage Title?
I've bought and sold alot of salvage titled vehicles, and never had a problem getting full coverage insuranse. I bought my wife's Envoy from a salvage auction,(with a salvage title), and literally cut the back half off, replaced it with used parts, and she drives it every day with full coverage insurance. Not everyone wants one with a salvage title, but it doesn't kill the value. I have never had a problem selling them at about 80% of retail value,(repaired), but when I fix one, I do it right, or at least to the best of my ability. It wouldn't take much body work at all to total a $1000 old truck either. I've seen plenty of them totaled by the insurance company with very little or no noticable damage.
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Re: Salvage Title?
I have owned three salvage titled vehicles, drove them for a couple years, and sold them again. I would buy that truck in a second if I had the chance.
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Re: Salvage Title?
I have had/seen a couple of our trucks with slavage titles. These trucks when hit nowadays usually do not "book" out at a very high price. I was slightly hit once, estimates ranged from $1600-$2600 to repair and the insurance company wanted to total it. I said no way find me same model equiped truck for those prices and I will take out a loan and buy them all. they would have put totaled/salvage title on it.( they paid me and sent me on my way) I drove it 2 more years and sold it to person who was going to restore it to a $15K truck. The 2 I have seen were paid off to owner by ins. co. and then sold back. 1 had motor stolen the other had a couple of small dents from a parking lot bender. Neither truck was really in a wreck.
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Re: Salvage Title?
I have a 97 Chevy Cavalier that has a "rebuilt" title... NEVER would I buy another salvage title again!!! Just my 2 cents.
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Re: Salvage Title?
Here in WA, you have to get a salvaged vehicle reinspected by the state to get a new title issued. I have had a couple (one fire damage & one wrecking yard bought) that both had the original frame # & matching vin tag # intact. The state inspected and re-issued new titles/clear with the old original numbers.
When we put a truck together, from two different donors (frame # & vin tag # don't match), they issue a new vin# and state applied tag. Check with your DMV. It may not be too difficult...in CA it may be real difficult. |
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Re: Salvage Title?
By the time I sell mine after redoing it all, it will be a beater once again! SALVAGE OR NOT! LOL!
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Re: Salvage Title?
Unless you have collector insurance, even a minor accident will give most vehicles a slavage title. It really depends more on how much you want it than anything else.
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Re: Salvage Title?
back in the day, we would buy a salvaged title car or truck, take it to az from ca, register it there wait six months then re register it in ca and they would issue a new and clean title. but that was a few years ago...lol
times they do change....Dwayne
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Re: Salvage Title?
I bought my 72 from pick-a-part in Fontana,Ca. I talked to the tow-truck driver and he gave me the low down. A woman caught her husband cheating on her and sent his truck to the junk yard.Had all his clothes in the back. Was an original big block truck.He put in a 73 454 with a Milodon 7 qt oil pan,Mallory ignition,Edelbrock intake,headers,th400 with shift kit,and Dana 60 with posi 4.10's. I paid 1000. for it drove it for a year and resold it.The whole time I had it I had FULL COVERAGE on it. That engine was a 'mystery motor'. I had a 88 GT mustang with a GT40 302 with some real nice bolt ons and it ran low 13-high12.90's and my truck would eat it alive! Makes no sense. Anyhow BUY IT!
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Re: Salvage Title?
Did you buy it?
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Re: Salvage Title?
I dont know why anybody would worry about a salvage title on a 40 year old truck. I have heard that you cant get financing on them,but I personally dont know. I have driven nothing but salvage vehicles for the last 25 years. I currently have 5 reconstructed vehicles in my family "fleet" the only one with a regular title is my 71 shortbed.I have been rebuilding wrecks for a long time,I usually drive them for a while and sell them.I havent heard of anyone having insurance problems with any of my rebuilds.buy it drive it and sell it,its just an old truck
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