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Not a lot can be said from the scant info you gave. Basically a 180HP (L46) 350 built in Feb 1976. Whether you got screwed or not is based upon the price you paid vs. the shape the car is in.
Look here. Allegedly a SALVAGE. Hope you got a good deal: https://www.nicb.org/vincheck
It's a 76 so they might declare it totalled even with minor damage.... but there it is-- declared a Total Loss in Januray 27, 2015.
Last edited by carriljc; May 27, 2021 at 12:28 AM.
reading this reminded me i have an appointment to get my 75 cleared salvage. and i ran my car's vin and it comes up clean. maybe it doesn't come up on this database until after it clears salvage, i dunno.
I don't have photos yet because it hasn't been delivered to me. It has a clean title so I don't understand the total loss reported. How can it have a clean title. Weird??
i also have a 2015 RAV4 that is reconstructed. but when we went to NJ DMV with the reconstructed PA title we got back a clean NJ title that does not say rebuilt salvage. and it comes up on this site as salvage history. so some states issue clean titles after cleared salvage. now, if it needed paint when it was hit, the value is depressed. so the amount of damage it takes to total it would be a lot less. my 75 was a very light nose hit. but horrible checked-crazed flaking off paint. was totalled and salvage title said it needed a hood and nothing more.
Last edited by derekderek; May 27, 2021 at 01:45 PM.
Here in N.M. it's called title washing. I bought a 93 from a local guy. He said I could have the car if I paid off his loan at Title Max which was less than we agreed on. Paid off his loan got a perfect title from title max. Went to DMV and all kinds of bells and whistles went off. Not a salvage car but REBUILT. The title was washed in a little town for a couple bucks I guess. DMV said nothing I could do.
