It will diminish the value though . Barn finds no matter the condition come with a clean title usually. I was in the car biz for 35 yrs and the term “Salvage “ freaks people out . Even if it was some innocuous reason for being totaled. Human nature…
A few years back I was rebuilding 4 wheel drive pickups. Had to take 10 or 15 percent less then retail, but mostly farmers wanted them to work the farm. They knew they were going to be beat to death by the time they were done with them anyway