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<div>Thanks for the great input. All that is required is for her to agree to a value. I have a lawyer, but my non-lawyer thoughts are:</div><ol style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: decimal;"><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Present my estimates which are lower than the insured values hoping she accepts the insured values. </div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Request the divorce be granted pending agreed valuation of the LBCs and designate an mutually agreed upon appraiser - certified or not.</div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>My “Certified Appraiser” may not be acceptable to her and a brief search revealed an appraisal cost of $300, kinda expensive.</div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Buy the auction (bid highest) if the Judge orders such.</div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Document purchase price of the car and add all restoration costs to determine a “basis” for the cars.</div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Since I owned two cars (not these), argue that at least two ane “non-marital” property and not subject to division. </div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Ask her to state “How much she thinks” they are worth and go from there.</div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Pick and choose, two each. </div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Sell them myself against court orders facing the consequences, but avoiding auction.</div></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Color Emoji", "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16px;'><div>Are there any judges out there? Can’t a man keep his LBCs? Seems a Judge has a duty to attempt to preserve assets and property for people in the district. I worked many hours on these cars and kinda like them. I suppose the loss of them is part of the pain of divorce and I could find others to fix up.</div></li></ol><div><br></div><div>Sent September 9:<br></div><div><div>I feel I know the fair market value for my cars - basically the price I’d sell them for. I also have them insured for a greater value due to the incremental way insurance is sold. Wife thinks they are made of gold.</div><div><br></div><div>I’ve owned LBCs for 35 years (not current cars) and done all work except paint. I usually struggle through repairs but finally manage. </div><div><br></div><div>I think I know the best way to find the valuation is to hire an appraiser, but short of that, does anyone have experience or thoughts how to handle LBC valuation in a divorce? </div><div><br></div><div>I have four cars, ‘72 MGB, ‘68 BGT, ‘73 TR6, ‘59 Minor. One solution is to pick and choose - I get two and wife gets two. </div><div><br></div><div>TR6 and MGB drivable. BGT & Minor not drivable. Paint on Minor original; all others over 10 years. </div><br></div>
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