***some hammer and dolly work with some bondo and a blend job.***
Flooded car is considered a “totaled” car and are issued a “Salvage” or scrap title. They send it to the salvage yards in Missouri. Instead of salvaging or scrapping it, they will clean it, bondo it, repaint it, then send it down into Arkansas for a nice clean title showing that the salesman’s momma only drove it to church on Sunday.
No will ever catch on till they notice water in the oil, inside the doors, rust under the mats. and it begins to fall apart.
Arkansas has a reputation for getting brand new “clean” titles for ONLY $50.00 near here.
BEWARE OF ALL CARS SOLD IN ARKANSAS! Our company bought a brand new car off the dealer’s lot. A year later I noticed a slight variation in panel paint colors, and a close inspection showed it had been wrecked, rebuilt, and sold in Arkansas as a brand new car.
I worked in a truck factory. Sometimes there are wrecks that happen before the vehicle sees sunlight. They’re fixed and sold as new. The company isn’t going to eat a whole vehicle because they have parts cheaper than anybody and have teams of repair people.