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Buying a rig with WA salvage/ rebuilt title?
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<blockquote data-quote="NotMatt" data-source="post: 1289103" data-attributes="member: 15947"><p>My understanding is that the state patrol inspection process is fairly simple. My dad just did it with a mongrel truck that he built out of spare parts (80's 1-ton dually chev frame, 66 Ford truck cab, big block 396 chevy). A lot of the inspection is just to determine if you used hot/stolen parts to rebuild. Of course, I would imagine you also have to have the basic road legal safety equipment as well... headlights, blinkers, wipers, etc. </p><p> </p><p>If I recall right, the officer actually came to my dad's place to do the inspection (for obvious reasons, since the truck couldn't be driven to them). Might make it easier/quicker if you were able to trailer it to them, but that's something to discuss when you schedule the inspection.</p><p> </p><p>Save all your receipts for the parts you use to rebuild, and your original receipt for the rig from Copart and you should be good to go.</p><p> </p><p>Better get exactly what you want, and plan on keeping it for a long time... it won't have fooey for resale value after with a rebuilt title. </p><p> </p><p>As far as Copart goes, they pretty much are selling you the metal that makes up the rig... it is what it is, and you don't get to do much (if any) testing. I bought a cheap XJ from a guy that was on here, can't remember his name... anyway, he bought the rig from Copart as a theft recovery with no interior... turns out the motor was also toast too (had a rod knock). They don't let you start the rigs or test drive them even if they are driveable. He re-installed an interior and did the state patrol inspection, but decided to offload it for what he had into it since he didn't want to mess with doing a motor swap. I swapped in a 4.0 I had sitting around from another rig I had parted out, and drove the shiat out of it before selling it a year later for about a grand more than I paid for it, even with the rebuilt title (it was a nice little rig).</p><p> </p><p>I can ask my dad for more details if you have a specific question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NotMatt, post: 1289103, member: 15947"] My understanding is that the state patrol inspection process is fairly simple. My dad just did it with a mongrel truck that he built out of spare parts (80's 1-ton dually chev frame, 66 Ford truck cab, big block 396 chevy). A lot of the inspection is just to determine if you used hot/stolen parts to rebuild. Of course, I would imagine you also have to have the basic road legal safety equipment as well... headlights, blinkers, wipers, etc. If I recall right, the officer actually came to my dad's place to do the inspection (for obvious reasons, since the truck couldn't be driven to them). Might make it easier/quicker if you were able to trailer it to them, but that's something to discuss when you schedule the inspection. Save all your receipts for the parts you use to rebuild, and your original receipt for the rig from Copart and you should be good to go. Better get exactly what you want, and plan on keeping it for a long time... it won't have fooey for resale value after with a rebuilt title. As far as Copart goes, they pretty much are selling you the metal that makes up the rig... it is what it is, and you don't get to do much (if any) testing. I bought a cheap XJ from a guy that was on here, can't remember his name... anyway, he bought the rig from Copart as a theft recovery with no interior... turns out the motor was also toast too (had a rod knock). They don't let you start the rigs or test drive them even if they are driveable. He re-installed an interior and did the state patrol inspection, but decided to offload it for what he had into it since he didn't want to mess with doing a motor swap. I swapped in a 4.0 I had sitting around from another rig I had parted out, and drove the shiat out of it before selling it a year later for about a grand more than I paid for it, even with the rebuilt title (it was a nice little rig). I can ask my dad for more details if you have a specific question. [/QUOTE]
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