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Originally Posted by Ark2
I really hope you got paid something extra for that.
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I was the manager at the time, but the first 2 detailers that were asked to do it with a hefty bonus, got about 10 minutes in and couldn't do it. We ended up renting a couple fresh air suits, and me and the shop foreman just dug in, and started stripping out the interior of the car, after the shop was closed one night.
And to answer Cecil's question, when we got the car, most of the brain and stuff had been removed by the paramedics or coroner, whoever it was that extracted the body. There were a few bits of skull that popped up, in a few nooks and crannies, plus the headliner was pretty messed up. The pellet dented the roof outward as well, kinda like reverse hail damage. However the seats were still soaked with blood, and that was our job to try and remove it, and the stench, as we had a special machine that was supposed to eliminate any odor. I ended up calling the insurance company after a few days, and told them, that we are 4 days and $1500 into this job, and unless you intend to replace every single piece of plastic, upholstery and wiring in that car, you might as well come pick it up and send it to the shredder.
I think the only reason they wanted to try and restore it was because it was a 2 year old Camry, and it was still worth a good amount of money. However, even if it was fixed, who would want to buy the car, knowing what took place, besides some Russian curber or something? This was long before the Carfax days as well, so it likely would have been sold to some clueless family or something.