It looks like I may have lost my 80 B in an accident with a Toyota today...
To keep this short, I was in the right lane about two car lengths back from
the Toyota in the left lane. The 80 year old driver in the toyota decided to
make a sharp right across my lane into a parking lot. I tried to stop but I
cought his right bumper with my front left fender. His car rode up over my
rubber bumber ripping off the top if the bumper and crushing in the hood and
left fender badly, my driver door now sticks. He spun around and came to a
stop now facing out of the parking lot towards my car which had stopped
straight in my lane. I hear a bit of clicking from his car and motion to him
to shut off the car but he was confused. Seconds later the car starts
rolling towards me, I'm yelling for him to stop and he hits the gas and
T-boned me on the passenger side door completely caving it in. Yes, he was
found at fault but this does not bring my car back from the dead.
I have made many improvements to the car that have cost me thousands
incuding installing A/C, an overdrive, and suspension mods. I'm affraid that
the insurance company (both are state farm) is going to total the car, give
me a tiny check, and haul away all of my custom work and parts. I have
another B shell that I would ideally like to take what ever money I can get
for the damage to the 80 B and put it towards fixing up another non-running
B I have, so that I may again have a working B and preserve the work I have
done thus far.
Does anyone have any exprience with ins. adjusters regarding gettting a
reasonable value for my car? We all know that to the untrained eye this
might look like a tired old car but there's gold in them thar wheels. Any
advice would be appreciated.
I proposed to my wife in this car and, yes... I cried.
Chris Riechle
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