Shady business

[Moparman82]

A couple weeks ago I posted pics of a bunch of flooding here in Nebraska.  One pic included a 78 ext short box that was in my buddy's shop when it flooded.  Well some dude came and bought it, cleaned it up, and it now selling it claiming "super clean, clean title, and near perfect" lol anything to make a buck right?

[torredcuda]

How high did the water get? Did water get into the interior, engine, trans?

[Moparman82]

Water was almost 5 feet high dude.  This pic is the water level, same building

[PLUM72]

Looks like a clean truck.  What was done after it was flooded?  It depends on how the guy markets the truck.  If he didn't do anything and said it wasn't in a flood, well...  If the motor, trans and everything was gone through then it might not be bad, just ask for the receipts.  If the price reflects some potential damage to the engine, trans, electrical, etc.  That's another option.

Flooded vehicles don't bother me, so long as I know that upfront.  Anything is repairable.  Just look at what some of our beloved e-bodies start out as, and what they have become.

[js27]

The biggest problem with flooded vehicles are the electronics and with the newer cars/trucks EVERYTHING is electronic. I would not buy one-
JS27

[torredcuda]

The biggest problem with flooded vehicles are the electronics and with the newer cars/trucks EVERYTHING is electronic. I would not buy one-
JS27

Newer car - no way, but old vehicles don`t really have that much to replace so not a big deal.

[anlauto]

With all that water it must be "super clean" 

[screamindriver]

You'd be surprised just how much gets damaged even on the "older" vehicles from flood water..I looked at a 73 RR that had gone through a flood..Waterlines were up to the gauges..Literally, you could see the high water mark through the gauge cluster.. Even though the owner quickly did everything he could to dry it out it still was a total disaster..The whole instrument cluster was junk from the flash rust as well as the water soaked electric harnesses...You'd pretty much be committed to replacing the entire electrical system and components to do it correctly...
    What's amazing is how some will simply clean a flooded vehicle and deal with the problems at hand replacing only what's needed for the quick sale..And the next owner has a multitude of problems down the road from the trapped moisture/corrosion in all the systems...An honest seller will disclose the situation..And a dishonest seller will...You know the story....

[Moparman82]

Called my buddy Dave who owned the truck, he said this guy bought it a week ago for $1,000 as is.  So not sure what all he did in the last week to get it up for sale, but I had my buddy call on it and ask some questions, seller mentioned nothing of the flood and emphasized clean title again.