78 indi pace corvette, water damage repair
 

ok guys i found a deal. its a 78 indi pace corvette with 49k miles on stock engine for $4k ,but they told me that the car was submerged under water during a recent hurricane for four hours. it wasnt salt water so the interior wasnt too bad, the seats are perfect and the carpet might have to be replaced

they drained the car, filled the engine with deisel so it wouldnt fudge, and pretty much cleaned the car good.

what kind of parts should be replaced for being submerged under water for 4 hours?

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everything elecrtical. um.. it could be an entire resto job if you ask me.

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It's obviously going to be a pretty big PITA if they don't want to do it and want to dump it on you for $4k.

Matt

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so just replace everything except the body??

wow i dnt know water could be that destructive

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Ya....waters pretty fucked up.

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like the glie is probobly dissolved and ----.


and the water must have been durty as ----. theres probobly mold all over the god damned place.

Re:78 indi pace corvette, water damage repair
 

what the ---- is "glie" kain?

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thats what corvets are made from, solid glie :P

Re:78 indi pace corvette, water damage repair
 

what the fucks a "corvet"? ;)

Re:78 indi pace corvette, water damage repair
 

seven lover check your pm's

Re:78 indi pace corvette, water damage repair
 

failed attampt at glue.

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convertable? :P

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if the car is FI it'll be big trouble. If not it may not be so bad. motor could probably started with out puliing it apart. The bulbs, gages, radio will probably be bad but the actual wires shold be fine. but the interior will be shot. Have you seen the car cause it probably smels like ----. The seats may look fine but the fam is probably rotten, along with any soft parts in the car. And FYI if you're thinking you can redo it and make money, I don't think those cars are worth that much . so be careful.

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all the electric shouuld be fine as long as it didnt have power runing to it when it had water. (and if it is dry now)

like if there was no battery... or it was dead or something

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some electrical stuff will take water, if its not powered I just don't know about stuff like gauges. since they move and what not

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or maybe he's talking about the chevy covairs :D

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Dont walk away from this deal....RUN!!! The 78 is a dog on a good day, $4K is a lot for a perfect one. The water damage is the least of that cars problems. Corevet people dont even like them. I passed on a VERY nice 80(same car) a few years back.. The dealershp I was working at offered him $1500 on trade but the guy wanted $3000 for it. I did some research before I gave him any money and found out he had been trying to sell it to every car club and dealer/wholesaler in the state and no one would buy it.And this was a garage kept cream puff, not a salvage title rebuild flood car.

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when i was 14 - 18 my dad has a 79 indy pace Mustang (i'm 28 now). turbo 4 cyl, 5 speed. that car was the ----!!! even tho he couldn't drive stick for ---- anymore, i guess.?.?. he went thru a clutch every year he had it... but what "we" (mom and i) didn't know it, but, he was prolly racing teens w/ imports back in the early 90's. lol..... he was the "OG" in my book!

if i had the chance to snatch one of thos up for cheap... i definitly would!

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you're gonna buy a $4000. headache. unless you got money to burn, go right ahead and buy it.