Car interior is covered in white paint following collision
A £35,000 car has been “written off” after its interior was covered in gallons of paint following a road accident.
Footage shows the vehicle’s dashboard, wheel, seats, carpets, doors and roof splattered with liberal quantities of white paint.
The car, which is thought to be a Toyota C-HR, has been left with a specialist vehicle restorer after its interior was unintentionally given a fresh coat.
A video posted on X, formerly Twitter, shows at least seven large paint containers strewn across the back seats of the stationary car.
You've seen the photos, so here's a video. Some of the paint has dried, but I'm pretty sure some of it never will. pic.twitter.com/GX3w6M2YOS
— LUDEN Automotive (@LUDENClassics) March 14, 2024
The video suggests the five-litre pots, which were left in the rear of the vehicle, had exploded during a road accident.
It is believed the car may have been involved in a collision which dislodged the lids, causing the paint to cover the car’s interior.
A spokesman for Luden Automotive in Upminster, east London, declined to explain exactly how the car came to be so paint-soaked but said: “Someone did not have a good day.
“A lot of the paint has now dried but I am pretty sure some of it never will. It has left the interior looking like a sculpture.”
A classic car expert said that it is highly likely the vehicle will be written off because the cost of cleaning it could far exceed its value.
Howard Watts, who runs Britain’s oldest garage, in Boxford, Suffolk said: ”It will almost certainly be scrapped.
“The cost of cleaning or replacing the interior would be more than the vehicle is worth.
“The paint will have got everywhere - under the seats and carpets, into the roof lining, behind all the instruments and controls – to replace that lot would cost thousands of pounds – almost certainly more than the vehicle would be worth.
“And even if it is cleaned up and repaired it is still likely to need a completely new interior. It will also always be regarded as a vehicle that was damaged and repaired.”
