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GYC FIXING WRECKED CHARGER

Started by cdr, November 27, 2013, 07:46:39 PM

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cdr

GYC FIXING THIS WRECKED CAR for the insurance company ?

https://www.facebook.com/graveyardcarz?hc_location=timeline

the car was in an insurance auction that i saw on fbbo ,strange ?

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Charger55 by Charlie Keel, on Flickr

Indygenerallee

Damn Charlie that one had it's ass SMACKED!!!!  :icon_smile_big: (and while it's not my color! Sorry Stu!) I think I would have gotten out after that and either cried or flipped!!!
Sold my Charger unfortunately....never got it finished.

Brass

I skimmed the comments.  It looks like the insurance company (Haggerty) tried totaling it.  If there was an agreed value, there shouldn't have been an issue unless the repairs came in over that amount.  I'm no expert but it doesn't look totaled to me...  It is disquieting that they would even try.  Btw, I'm glad the 70's had tall seat backs!

Ghoste

It even broke the seam where the 1/4 panel joins the roof panel. :o

charger Downunder

Looks like it was someones pride and joy. A member here or at the 70 site.?
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Mike DC

    
There is a good chance that really is a totaled car from an insurance point of view IMO.  


They aren't getting ANY free labor in the repair process.  

They cannot control costs by shopping at swapmeets & hunting deals for several years while it slowly gets fixed.

They aren't planning on eventually dumping more into it than its replacement value just because they love that particular car.

 

cdr

LINK TO MY STORY http://www.onallcylinders.com/2015/11/16/ride-shares-charlie-keel-battles-cancer-ms-to-build-brilliant-1968-dodge-charger/  
                                                                                           
68 Charger 512 cid,9.7to1,Hilborn EFI,Home ported 440 source heads,small hyd roller cam,COLD A/C ,,a518 trans,Dana 60 ,4.10 gear,10.93 et,4100lbs on street tires full exhaust daily driver
Charger55 by Charlie Keel, on Flickr

69bronzeT5

Quote from: cdr on November 27, 2013, 09:30:56 PM
read the entire thread

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?62420-1970-Charger-RT-XS29-not-mine-(Wrecked-in-Oklahoma)-No-bids-yet

I have the owner of the car on my Facebook. From what I understand, he got hit. Hagerty tried totalling it but another company he was insured with is fixing it via GYC. Not sure why it was on Copart? I'm under the impression the guy that owned it when it got hit still owns it...
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C_stripes

Does anyone have a link to the rolled over bee that is mentioned on the other thread?
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Mytur Binsdirti

Well that sucks, but perhaps they can put on the right exhaust tips this time around. 

RIDELIKEHELL

I've seen that car on FB as well but didn't know the story..how do you have 2 insurance companies?
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Ghoste


Benji

Quote from: RIDELIKEHELL on November 28, 2013, 07:39:01 AM
I've seen that car on FB as well but didn't know the story..how do you have 2 insurance companies?

Two insurance companies?  Now THAT is totally illegal.  It is obvious this car was rearended by someone else and it is his insurance company that must to fix it, not Hagerty.  Back in the day this would have been an easy fix.  Find another Charger that was hit in the front (85% of all collisions are of a frontal nature so finding a good rear clip would not have been a problem) and back halve the car.  Back in the 80s I worked for one of the best collision shops in Fort Wayne, Indiana and we fixed a number of cars this way.  Then I heard that some idiot back halved a car using pop rivets and the car was T boned and the car split in half killing the occupant.  It didn't take long for all insurance companies to stop authorizing collision shops to back half anything.

Benji

Ghoste


bill440rt

Insurance companies won't "authorize" back-halving anything because it's not an approved repair method by nearly all of the auto manufacturers.

That car is not an easy fix. The damage extends well into the unibody. Check out the gap at the vent window, the whole roof structure is pushed forward. There will surely be damage to all of the inner panels in that area, something that none of us can see right now.

Well, at least the owner is having it fixed and it's not another lost cause with a tree growing out of the hood.  :yesnod:
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1974dodgecharger


It is illegal to have two insurance companies on one car....odd it's on my Facebook also.....



Quote from: Benji on November 28, 2013, 08:18:50 AM
Quote from: RIDELIKEHELL on November 28, 2013, 07:39:01 AM
I've seen that car on FB as well but didn't know the story..how do you have 2 insurance companies?

Two insurance companies?  Now THAT is totally illegal.  It is obvious this car was rearended by someone else and it is his insurance company that must to fix it, not Hagerty.  Back in the day this would have been an easy fix.  Find another Charger that was hit in the front (85% of all collisions are of a frontal nature so finding a good rear clip would not have been a problem) and back halve the car.  Back in the 80s I worked for one of the best collision shops in Fort Wayne, Indiana and we fixed a number of cars this way.  Then I heard that some idiot back halved a car using pop rivets and the car was T boned and the car split in half killing the occupant.  It didn't take long for all insurance companies to stop authorizing collision shops to back half anything.

Benji

RIDELIKEHELL

I didn't get what you guys were saying about the 2 companies.....clearer now  :lol:
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XS29L9B2

that is a bad new for this car :-(
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Highbanked Hauler

 being hit in the rear the car is a "property damage claim" and the company that caused the loss can be forced to pay up to "actual cash value" or agreed figure. Least it used to be that way when I ran a shop.
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Ghoste

It's probably in the link I didn't read but I'm hoping at least no one got hurt in that collision?  That thing got smoked pretty hard.

4cruzin

Wonder what the other car looked like . . . . sad situation.   :rotz:
Tomorrow is promised to NOBODY . . . .

myk

Time to increase my agreed value again.   :-\  And I still don't get the "two" insurance company deal...

bull

Could someone please ask/comment about the two insurance companies thing again? I don't think 4-5 times in one page is enough. :D

By the way, where can you find GYC episodes on the internet?

surmanajaja

Quote from: bull on November 28, 2013, 02:13:00 PM
By the way, where can you find GYC episodes on the internet?

legally? no idea. torrents on piratebay if that is legal where you live....

aussiemuscle

Quote from: myk on November 28, 2013, 01:29:14 PM
And I still don't get the "two" insurance company deal...
if you hit me, there'd be some sort of negotiation between yours and mine.

Benji

The following came from carinsurance.com

Yes, it may be possible to have more than one auto insurance policy on one vehicle if there are two different people that want to purchase insurance for one car. However, finding insurance companies that would allow this "duplicate" coverage will likely be difficult.

Insurance guidelines differ so you would have to check with various insurance companies to see if you can find one that permits what you want. Typically this type of double insurance on a vehicle is not necessary and may go against company underwriting guidelines, since hopefully one policy would be able to cover all the drivers of the vehicle.

A situation that we can think where two car insurance policies might be placed on the same vehicle is if there is a co-signer on a car that wants insurance on it in case the primary driver does not keep their insurance on it as they should. This type of coverage is hard to buy separate from all the liability coverage that is required on a policy. Furthermore, a co-signer can request to be listed as an additional insured on a policy. They are then notified of policy status, just as a lien holder is notified.

Each person in this type of scenario would have insurable interest in the vehicle. If the drivers involved did not have insurable interest in the automobile, than it could be difficult for them to place coverage on it.

So while it might be possible to have more than one car insurance policy on a vehicle it might be difficult to find an insurance carrier or insurance carriers that would permit this since normally one auto insurance policy is typically all that is needed to cover a car and its drivers.