<VV> Re: Flooded Mustangs in New Orleans

[Bill Elliott]

I'll make a prediction we see a bunch of these on Ebay in the coming months.

Corvair content:
In 1989 I bought a '64 Monza 'vert 110/4sp which had been submerged in brackish water for 4 days 
following Hurricane Hugo.

The heads (and cylinders) were full of sand and silt. Other than the stainless trim (and the trunkload of 
new Clarks bits!)  there was little easily salvagable. 

But even so I was able to sell off parts and then the remainder of the car (actually just sold the car last 
summer!) recovering my (very low) investment several times over. 

Bill

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:04:12 -0800, Tony Underwood wrote:

>At 12:55 hours 11/22/2005, Jeff Clark wrote:
>>Everyone's worried about these cars being cleaned up
>>and finding their way to market.  If they'd been under
>>CLEAN water for a short period of time, then I'd
>>worry, too.  But cleaning up flood cars and selling
>>them at auction is all about profit- if the scammers
>>can't make money, they won't even try.  As it will
>>cost them more to clean them, fix the problems and get
>>the smell out than they can even sell them for, I
>>don't think we have too much to worry about.




>Add to this the notion that they were under water for likely a week 
>or more, and that's SALT water.    Not much chance of those engines 
>being brought back to life without some serious massage.    Likewise 
>all the electronics and upholstery and anything else not rustproofed.


>They're project cars now, suitable for teardown and modifications 
>etc.   Either that, or junkyard fodder, part them out.