someone is parting out an f355 on ebay

I agree---No one bid on these parts could be bad stuff......

 

Said the guy with bids on 30 items


One thing I hate on eBay is nibblers, they do nothing but raise the price

 

I would really like that rim to hang on my wall, I'll be bidding on it closer to the end.

 

Judging by some of the pictures, that car lead a rough life or sat outside for some time after the accident.

 

I sent the guy a message asking about any flood damage. The ad says the car was crashed, no mention of water damage--waiting for a reply...

 

damn he has every part but the ones I need, fiberglass wheel well liners...guess they got smashed in the accident.

 

Wow, talk about parting it out. Someone spent some serious time with the wrenches.

 

If you EVER buy a flood damaged vehicle to repair it. Make sure you are buying it for the SHEET METAL only, and even then be carefull. I can assure you parting out vehicles of any make... "ain't my 1st rodeo". To repair a flood damaged car, strip it down to exterior color parts and THROW THE REST AWAY. Replace E-V-E-R-Y other part with non flood / non fire parts.

If you are not reading between the lines above, what that means is "There is NO MISTAKING Flood (or fire) damage". Never buy on to part out. Or, better yet....just never buy a flood or fire damaged anything.

The 355 in question was not flood damage. It was hit in the front. What happenned after that is probably not the most "scrupulous" of doings. Appears the vehicle sat in wrecked condition for a couple of years. My guess would be INSIDE of a non-temperature controlled warehouse, garage, shed. (covered, but HOT...southern Texas). That accounts for everything inside being STICKY/ICKY/GUMMY. I've got a couple of vehicles that are stored the same way and can't drive them without 1st cleaning the sticky off of the steering wheels.
Somewhere during this time the frame/structure was pulled (or very crudely "jacked around on"). Appears this and some high quality beating with a hammer was performed for the SOLE purpose of making the vehicle APPEAR to be less wrecked than it was. (get that car back up on wheels, sorta straight looking, setting level, and sell it to some idiot that doesn't know it (ME).

I don't know much about Ferrari's. (I part out around 400 vehicles per year. 90% of those are Dodge Diesel Trucks, C4/C5 Corvettes, Mustang Cobra's). Of which, I actually don't know much about them either.
Years ago, I could spot a Chevelle covered with a tarp, a mile off the interstate, inside of closed barn, and tell if it was a Super Sport within the 1.5 seconds it was taking me to stop the car. NOW, One could pass me and I wouldn't look twice.
If there isn't a Bass Boat and a Lake involved....I'm just not there. That actually makes me better at what I do to pay the bills.

When it comes to what I do for a living (parting out wrecked vehicles). I do try to be the best. Year, make, model hasn't much to do with deciding the condition of parts. Just takes years of experience and even then....I do make mistakes. Just not very many.
It actually was, however, a Ferrari that made me see the "light" though. 25+ years ago I transported a 308 from AZ to AR for a fellow. In my own mind, I was "the man". Just a kid, showing up back home with a Ferrari on the trailer. Somewhere on the way, I looked it over. Car wasn't three years old and already had the signs of "just another used car". (one door wouldn't open, headliner falling down, showing used car wear all over. It disapointed me, but, stuck with me. No matter what, if it's a $40,000 Ferrari or a $400 Neon.....Their both "used cars" and both wear out, and nuts and bolts hold em together. (or glue if Porsche).

So, Based on experience.
NO, it's definately not a flood car.
YES, watch the electronics, and every other part off of it. Better yet, read the descriptions.
AND, IF I make a mistake....I do take care if it (just ask). And, pretty sure I made more mistakes before 5:00 this morning than most will make all day. (Bad part about that is....I was on the water till 8:00). Where have the fish gone????

 

Redliner, thanks for the insightful post, wish you had something I needed, but on the other hand, I'm glad I don't really need anything.

 

Not needing Ferrari parts would be a good thing.
Then again.....
Most folks don't go out every day with a handfull of 355 parts, tie them on the end of a piece of string, and begin throwing them at stuff sticking up out of the water.
Whoever decides how much to charge for Ferrari parts HAS to be next door to the guy that makes up prices for fishing lures.....

 

But when all the parts are assembled the right way they do make a pretty good lure.

 

Thanks, Redliner. Guys like you make life interesting for partswhores like me!

 

Lol!

 

So true....