Nothing these people can't fix (non Volvo car but still impressive)
Russian mechanics at work on a totaled car
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oragex
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Russian mechanics at work on a totaled car
Several Volvo Repair Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... s0FSVSOT_c
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precopster
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The moment I saw that damage I knew it would buff out!! 
Current cars VW Transporter 2.5TDI, 2010 XC90 D5 R Design
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RickHaleParker
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Reminds me of some guys from India who where tapping out replacement body panels from sheet metal. We ask them if they could tap us a 57 Chevy .... they said yes.
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1998 C70, B5234T3, 16T, AW50-42, Bosch Motronic 4.4, Special Edition package.
2003 S40, B4204T3, 14T twin scroll AW55-50/51SN, Siemens EMS 2000.
2004 S60R, B8444S TF80 AWD. Yamaha V8 conversion
2005 XC90 T6 Executive, B6294T, 4T65 AWD, Bosch Motronic 7.0.
1998 C70, B5234T3, 16T, AW50-42, Bosch Motronic 4.4, Special Edition package.
2003 S40, B4204T3, 14T twin scroll AW55-50/51SN, Siemens EMS 2000.
2004 S60R, B8444S TF80 AWD. Yamaha V8 conversion
2005 XC90 T6 Executive, B6294T, 4T65 AWD, Bosch Motronic 7.0.
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mrbrian200
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I'm not sure I'd trust that one to hold up 'like new' in a major collision either. Chances are in Russia the vehicle was resold without disclosing the level of damage sustained to the new owner. Not that that isn't possible to happen here, but it is getting more difficult. Some states will absolutely not allow you to register/drive a repaired total loss vehicle without detailed documentation of what happened to the car including pictures of the collision damage. Indiana is one of those states. My sis works with somebody that moved in from out of state with a salvage title vehicle, sans collision/repair documentation Indiana wouldn't allow them to plate the vehicle.
I passed without hesitation on a very good looking salvage title '08 S60 for sale in Illinois because the seller (a used dealer on Cicero Ave in Chicago) didn't have that documentation that I would need to port the vehicle into the state of Indiana. Illinois is just as strict from what I understand. But it doesn't matter whether the state of IL had previously certified the vehicle safe to drive: when you cross the state line that documentation must stay with the vehicle/current owner.
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Rattnalle
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It really doesn't matter how well he makes it look. That car isn't anywhere near as safe as it was when sold as new. The roll cage for example is most likely severely compromised with those welds in the special high strength steel used for such parts.
In Sweden cars imported from the east (and to some extent from the US) is shunned by default since they might be repaired total losses which no one will drive knowingly. Even though we have one of Europe's oldest fleet of cars we're very conservative when it comes to what repairs are done. In part of course because the insurance companies don't want to pay for major repairs when they can scrap the car for parts to use in other, cheaper, repairs.
In Sweden cars imported from the east (and to some extent from the US) is shunned by default since they might be repaired total losses which no one will drive knowingly. Even though we have one of Europe's oldest fleet of cars we're very conservative when it comes to what repairs are done. In part of course because the insurance companies don't want to pay for major repairs when they can scrap the car for parts to use in other, cheaper, repairs.