Car condition "brand new" in world editor

I wanted to transport my banged up pickup truck on the back of the flatbed (T-series) and the way I went about this is I paused the game and entered world editor. I had to rotate the car because it was faceing the wrong way. When I began to rotate the car, it automatically "fixed itself up" as if it was brand new. I didn't want that at all. But not sure why the game is doing this every time.