How To Evaluate a Classic Car Trunk When Appraising a Classic Car

Part of the Video Series How to Check and Appraise a Classic Car

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How To Evaluate a Classic Car Trunk When Appraising a Classic Car
Next on the list is the trunk, you’ll want to take a look back here, sometimes this gives you a real indication of the condition of the car also. You look in here look at the bottom of the trunk is there a lot of rust in the floor pan? Are there rust on the sides? You can also see past damage body damage on a lot of cars because where this is you’re actually seeing the inside of the wheel well on this particular car, a lot of times what you see in here is the outside fender and you can see whether there’s been bodywork done or not. You can tell if there’s rust damage, this particular there’s no liner in this trunk but overall it’s in great shape back here, a lot of these cars older cars are promed to rust in this particular area right behind the rear window because it leaks, water gets down there, it builds up and it rusts that area so you want to take a look very closely right there.

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