Salvage / Rebuilt title

[3MAX]

Question on a Blazer with a Salvage title in its history. The truck has been through a complete frame-off build, with a “new” frame being used. No rust and it’s in good shape. It’s got about 45k miles on it since the rebuild. Looking at the title history, it was Salvaged in 1997, but somehow now has a “clean” title, not a rebuilt title. How much does the salvage effect the value, if any? This probably a $25-$30k truck otherwise.

 

[imiceman44]

Question on a Blazer with a Salvage title in its history. The truck has been through a complete frame-off build, with a “new” frame being used. No rust and it’s in good shape. It’s got about 45k miles on it since the rebuild. Looking at the title history, it was Salvaged in 1997, but somehow now has a “clean” title, not a rebuilt title. How much does the salvage effect the value, if any? This probably a $25-$30k truck otherwise.

In some states once it's salvage it can't be cleared like here in CA
It affects newer cars more than older ones because the old ones have their value higher in spite of age and condition

 

[HankScorpio]

A salvage brand on a title affects insurance. Some companies wont even cover one. If you have one that miraculously now is a clean title then some real shenanigans have occurred. Don't buy it, that's some real scammer stuff there.

There is a guy in UT right now up on 15 felony charges for trying to get duplicate titles on a bunch of salvage hail damage cars he bought out of WY through copart. He was trying to clean up the titles, there was a bogus notary and some forgery involved too. You don't just end up with clean titles, salvage brands are irrevocable.

 

[nvrenuf]

I’m not saying it’s right but sometimes retitling a vehicle in a different state used to be a way of clearing a salvage title, most states have closed this loophole now.

@tarussell and I worked at a Toyota dealer parts dept a looooong time ago and we had a customer that rebuilt destroyed auction trucks and 4Runners in Mississippi then retitled them to sell through a dealer in Alabama which cleared the title (almost all of these trucks were sold to someone in So America).

 

[3MAX]

The title history shows it was salvaged in 1997, but somehow since then it was issued a clean title. The truck was completely rebuilt much more recently and it’s a well done build. It’s currently insured with a “clean” title. I’m just trying to get an idea of how much the salvage issue really affects the value of there’s nothing physically wrong with the truck.

 

[imiceman44]

The title history shows it was salvaged in 1997, but somehow since then it was issued a clean title. The truck was completely rebuilt much more recently and it’s a well done build. It’s currently insured with a “clean” title. I’m just trying to get an idea of how much the salvage issue really affects the value of there’s nothing physically wrong with the truck.

Well I have 2 ways to look at it:
If I want it to keep it, I buy it and don't worry.
If I intend to resell it then no, I wouldn't buy it