Meanwhile, in Russia ....
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Can't see a British repair shop doing a job like that. That repair would probably cost more than a new car
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Thats some awesome skill 
Fascinating.Thats some awesome skill
The problem is that deploying those skills needs time and time is expensive in this country.
I wonder though how much body strength has been reduced where the metal has deformed and been restored back. Bending metal always introduces stresses that were not there originally.
Around 32 years ago I bought a Mk.4 Cortina Estate from a salvage yard, R. Windley at Tattershall, Lincs. which had been run into the n/s/r on the light unit, just missing the tailgate. We towed it back to Gainsborough to my mates garage/body shop where we used a very similar piece of kit called a "CarOliner". It was used to pull the nearside rear back out before we could repair the outer panel.
This video makes that process look very easy and believe me it was anything but. The Russian guy has obviously got immense experience with that equipment.
Tony.
This video makes that process look very easy and believe me it was anything but. The Russian guy has obviously got immense experience with that equipment.
Tony.
Great skill shown a talented man
Bloody hell what a hero, that guy knows his stuff, but like already stated, that car won't be as strong next time
I think its all just done for the vid / TV?
As stated above, normally a car in that state would go to the crusher.
As stated above, normally a car in that state would go to the crusher.
There are people everywhere that will try and pass a car off as kosher if they can. Am sure in Russia such a car commands a high value and I bet many turn a blind eye to repairs of this extent.
Something that had had a rear end impact. I knew people back in the day who would go to a salvage yard and cut a 1/4 out of a car then clean and cut out what they needed before fitting and painting etc. This is what made repairing written off cars profitable and one of the things which knocked their profits down, believe it or not, was special decals, transfers and such!!
Tony.
Am I missing something? There is no way in the world anyone I know of would put that kind of labor and expense into a car that's been totaled to end up with an auto with an accident record and a reconstructed title. There has to be some enormous profit to be made to justify that kind of labor and expense. I seriously doubt that the car's reconstruction record goes along with selling it. Who in their right mind would pay the price needed to recoup the expense of repair for a car that has been so badly damaged? And over here, the insurance companies jack up the price of your insurance several hundred dollars if they find out your car has been in a MINOR ACCIDENT, like a crumpled fendor even if it''s been repaired and it happened BEFORE you bought it and you had NOTHING TO DO with the accident. How f@@ked up is that? They warn you on the TV and radio that insurance fraud is a felony, but they neglect to mention that the greatest perpetrators of insurance fraud is the insurance comanies themselves. And no one punishes them..rant over...................Frankie
A lot of the crumpled steel was cut away and replaced with good panels. The front end was more or less totally replaced with good steel. When the "new" front axle, steering gear and engine are put back in the front of the car will be back to as strong as it's ever going to be.
In the UK I assume the car would have to undergo an engineers examination before being allowed back on the road, that's if it was recorded as being accident damaged in the first place.
The scary thing is, a skilled repair can fool skilled eyes
In the UK I assume the car would have to undergo an engineers examination before being allowed back on the road, that's if it was recorded as being accident damaged in the first place.
The scary thing is, a skilled repair can fool skilled eyes
Dead easy to spot for skilled people, as soon as I was to see the paint on the inner wings wasn't original I'd start looking deeper, or just walk away instantly.
People who inspect cars, who know what they're doing, know what the original spot welds look like, even if they don't, they will compare them side to side, you'd soon spot something amiss.
Even if I spot one panel has been painted I start to look deeper.
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As good a repair as it is and the guy is obviously very skilled I would not want to buy it.
In russia they got average monthly salary about $400 before tax, that's explain how such amount of labour could be justified. Also imported cars about 40% more expensive comparing to EU as result of custom duty. So bmw 4xx probably sells at about 20k $. Repair costs perhaps around 5k$. Makes sense, providing that human life cost nothing there. I wouldn't drive this piece of s..t though...