[V8] KY 1993 V8Q

[cobram at juno.com]

Usually no, there are tricks of the trade.  If you let a car air out long
enough, HOSE the interior and pressure wash, followed by a good wet-vac,
you can get rid of all smells, even decomposition.  Pressboards don't
warp much at all, they have to be pretty much waterproof, the car
companies assume people are going to leave windows/convertible
tops/sunroofs open in the rain on occasion.

I've seen professionals at work on an SL, top down, the driver died of a
heart attack, drove off the road, and was found 2 months later.....you
can image the condition of the car.  When the boys were finished with it,
it looked (and smelled) like it had been just been driven off the
assembly line.  

BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
 
dsaad at icehouse.net writes:
> Can't you smell a car that has been through a flood?
> Seems like it would be impossible to get the stink out of the seats 
> and other
> upholstery, not to mention the warped pressboard bits like door 
> panels.
> That water in N.O. was pretty rancid from what I saw.
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> Quoting cobram at juno.com:
> 
> >  Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > > KY is pretty far north from the Gulf.
> >
> > Means nothing, "Katrina Kars" have already shown up as far North 
> as
> > Alaska,  a few "refurbishment" centers (Georgia, Ohio) have been 
> busted
> > recently.
> > Caveat Emptor as always, I would recommend staying away from ANY 
> cars
> > that have spent time in places prone to floods, I worked in 
> Houston many
> > moons ago, and flooding in certain areas was a given, those cars 
> were
> > "recycled" through Dallas and Oklahoma by the local car dealers.
> > Most people have never had to deal with a flood car, if they did 
> they'd
> > check them out with a fine tooth comb before buying.
> >
> > BCNU,
> > http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> > Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.