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Assess Flood Damage and Plan Retrieval

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I Bought The Cheapest Rolls Royce Phantom Flood Car...It's DISGUSTING

What happens here

The video begins with the owners traveling to Michigan to pick up a Rolls Royce Phantom that was severely damaged in a flash flood. Upon arrival, they conduct an initial assessment of the car's exterior, noting its lowered air suspension and overall appearance. They open the doors to reveal a biohazardous interior covered in mud and mold, emitting a terrible smell. The trunk also contains standing water and a submerged OEM trickle charger. The owner explains the car's history, including how it was totaled by insurance due to the flood damage and his personal connection to the vehicle. He outlines his intention to completely gut the interior, possibly pressure wash it, replace the engine, and undertake a full restoration. The immediate goal is to safely load the non-operational and extremely low-riding car onto a trailer.

Goal: Understand the car's condition and formulate a plan for safe retrieval and future restoration

Tools and materials

  • Camera/Phone — For documentation
  • Rolls Royce Phantom — The vehicle being retrieved and restored
  • Tow Vehicle Ford F-150 — To pull the trailer
  • Trailer — For transporting the car

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if something cracks or crunches i'll stop so we are on the way to detroit right now to go pick up the single most expensive thing i have ever purchased in my entire life and we can't even drive it why is it in michigan well we'll fill you in on that story in a little bit here i actually have a personal attachment with this car i've known it since i was like 12 ish that was the first time i saw it we have never seen the inside of it can't drive it because it got flooded it's been sitting here since june when the the flooding happened through the whole process of it being totaled and you know buy it through insurance and all that stuff it's going to be very bad so it was in water i think about up to here just momentarily but it was never dried out afterwards oh boy um oh look at that headliner oh man get in there i'm not getting in there god spells should i grab it you gotta wash your hands after i feel like if i touch anything in here i'm gonna like melt they added sticks look at this thing it's a 2004 phantom v12 don't know if it works we don't know how bad it is i'm sorry i'm shaking because it's really cold it's okay but we got suicide doors and mold dude that steering wheel is not supposed to be fuzzy oh my god oh i'm excited to do what tear apart everything yeah we are let me just back away to talk about this thing for a second the plan is we're gonna get this thing back to north carolina we are going to tear out everything inside it everything has to get torn out i bought an ozone machine it's all going to get torn out bleach will freaking pressure wash the inside i don't know it's bad and then you know we can find out if the engine is any good but you know i don't want to use that engine because that wouldn't be fun if the engine's not messed up yeah we'll use it for something else we're not going to use it in this car damn it yeah it's right here they make it easy i'd love to see this engine in in something that has nothing to do with anything rolls-royce it has to be like a giant piece yeah oh it's sad oh mr forbes is going to be so heartbroken to see this thing so a little bit of backstory here my original garage where i built the escalade was owned by a guy who owned this car he bought it for his dad his dad had it for years didn't use that much and uh he died and then he kept it it's kind of like his dad's car didn't take it out that much but i remember him seeing driving this thing around like mr forks and this rolls royce like seventh grade…

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