alleyoopmgv
Well-Known Member
Glad to hear you wear ok. That sucks, hope it all goes well for you.
be slow to do anything, dont sign anything, dont take any money as:
1. any signature could be used to give access almost any records on you or the car including health records.
2. any money given to you relieves them of any future liabilities, so dont take not even $1, even if they say damaged uncovered later will be considered. are you OK?? what if your back starts hurting a few weeks from now?? this would also not be covered as their liability is relieved.
3. they want to pay you fast as this closes the case.
4. if you have any idea you will fix the car, make them send a check to the shop doing the work, this still leaves YOU open as you have not taken any money.
5. they have no one or no system to correctly estimate the value of the car, YOU are the only person able to give it a dollar value.
6. dont let them talk you into totaling the car, as then they will own the car and you will have to buy it back from them. it will also take the title and you will not be able to title it later. it is not their car and will never be their car----it is YOURS.
7. be an A-Hole from the beginning, and then you can back down later after they see you cannot be run over easily.
8. tell them you want to send the car down to Jeff Lilly in Texas to repair and restore it. he could totally do it but it will be expensive, he is one if the best.
8. the insurance company has one and only one agenda--to pay out the lowest amount of money.
was there a minor in the car with you? if so the court will make them hold the case open until the minor is 18.
maybe this helps, hope you get an adjuster who has some concept of old cars and will be human about it.
i am sorry, i am 57 and i cannot find but a few people i can trust anymore, no one or no company has YOUR best interest at heart (especially if they tell you that in the beginning).
PT in Tennessee
"She"..oh,oh.....:confused5:
The once original, virtually undisturbed car is no longer and can't be brought back. So in an effort to bring any of that value back to that car, I have to agree that taking it to a highly respected and well known MoPar shop is the only way to go. If you had to sell the car in the future it would be to your advantage as well as the buyers that it was done by a specialist. I guess it's brand recognition or something like that. For example, you have two hemis. One built by Ray Barton (or some respected big name) and the other by Joe Blow. Both built correctly with the same quality parts and the price is the same. Which one will sell first?
Sometimes it feels like the bad drivers are aiming for your car when you are driving a classic. No matter how careful you are, you know they are out there. :sad7: