question

Yesterday bought a claim report for my 1988 irock from ICBC (insurance company of British Columbia), and report revealed that the car was seriosly damaged in 1989, which cost $6000 at the time.I have suspected this before because one of the fenders was repainted, but it is hard to tell when it happened, the paint looks fresh and the bumper was replaced, the rest of the car is original (paint started flaking off). How is it going to affect the value of the car??

are you planning on buying it and selling it right away??? if so, dont konw why your buying it. if your buying it to be your baby, then why should it matter? anyway, so long as the car wasnt totaled, and the damage was repaird, then it shouldnt have an impact.

As long as there isn't an R title on the car, it shouldn't affect value much at all. The only problem you'd have if you were selling it was that the perspective buyers are probably going to run a carfax too and you'd get stuck trying to explain it to them. :)

as long as there wasn't any frame damage, you should be ok

yeah I'd have to say the frame is the most important thing if a car has been in an accident. as lnog as the chassis and frame are not bent anywhere then it doesn't really matter if the cars been in an accident coz no one should be able to tell if they examine and check the car. In my part of the world the chassis and frame check is all that matters when buying a car. But the decision comes down to you.

the only reason i was thinkig of selling the car was financial problems.Also i have another question. $6000 in 1989 was a lot by todays standarts? I know that the whole car in 89 would be about $18000.