Man who bought flood-totaled Bentley Continental GT for $9K manages to fix it for just $330

  • This man bought a ‘dead’ Bentley
  • It was riddled with issues and wouldn’t start
  • But he was able to fix it for just $330

Published on Dec 31, 2024 at 1:46 PM (UTC+4)
by Siddharth Dudeja

Last updated on Jan 02, 2025 at 3:14 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Kate Bain

This man bought a 15-year-old flood-totaled Bentley Continental GT that simply wouldn’t run despite his best efforts, and he managed to fix it for just $330 (and a lot of patience).

Back when he got it, this luxury car’s future wasn’t looking bright.

The car was riddled with electronic issues and saltwater from a flood inside the cabin.

Despite all that, he was committed to getting it back up and running.

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Flood-totaled Bentley Continental GT had a hopeless future

YouTuber Samcrac bought this ‘dead’ Bentley not so long ago, and he paid $9,000 for it.

Shortly after his purchase, he quickly realized why nobody else wanted it — the more he looked, the more problems he found.

Although you may be wondering why anyone would touch a car that had salt water inside it, know that Sam knew what he was getting himself into.

It wasn’t his first rodeo.

He previously fixed a supercharged Camaro ZR1 with a ‘bad clutch’ in just three minutes.

He also purchased a fire-damaged Ferrari F430 and got it running in 12 days.

Despite all his extensive knowledge, he got stuck at a chokepoint.

Sam went through most of the electronics and found that some of them had been tampered with.

As shown in a recent video, however, he managed to conquer even that.

Tinkering with the electronics

This Bentley Continental GT had an immobilizer module — or a Cassie unit — that wasn’t working.

In simpler terms, this module connects all the electronics together, and if it’s broken, anything with a computer will refuse to function.

The usual option is to replace the unit along with every other part that requires it to function — which would cost around $40,000 for a car like this.

Fortunately for Sam, a friend of his was able to clone this unit so nothing else would have to be replaced.

And that cost just $300.

Add in a $30 fuse box, and this car was running again.

Granted, it still had a ton of other issues — but the biggest problem was now gone.

Now Sam just has to decide whether to sell the Bentley as is, or fix it further to make it fully driveable.

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Siddharth is a tech nerd with a secret love of all things cars. He has been writing for a few years now, and on his free time you would find him gaming when he's not procrastinating.