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Re: Big Bang - S. Cal Body Shop, GT6 Repair

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Subject: Re: Big Bang - S. Cal Body Shop, GT6 Repair
From: billsohl@interactive.net (Bill Sohl Budd Lake)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:47:13 +0000
Per the story below...

RUN, don't walk and get a copy of the old cars price guide
(usually can be found at Barnes & Noble).  This will at
least help establish a value that is not simply a couple of hundred
dollars for any old car.

There are other price guide references that can be found also.

Bill Sohl, VTR


>     Sitting on the couch last night with my 20 month old daughter, I heard 
> this big bang. It was obviously a car collision of some magnitude. Then I 
> heard the sirens. And then came the fateful call from the apartment complex's 
> front door. One my neighbors informed me that I was needed by the police 
> department - about my triumph.
> 
>     A young lady driving in a 35 mph zone rear ended a parked Honda Accord 
> (now Honda Accordion) in front of the complex with sufficient force to total 
> it. The Honda Accordion hit the BMW parked in front of it with force enough 
> to drive the BMW trunk to the rear passenger seat. The BMW hit my poor little 
> GT6. The impact did significant - but hopefully repairable - damage. The rear 
> panel of the basic body shell was damaged along with the rear bumper. The 
> triumph ended up on the sidewalk. 
> 
>     The young woman was okay. But I suspect that all four cars are going to 
> be totaled. The GT6 simply because the cost of repairs exceeds its value. It 
> is really too bad, the GT6 was a really nice daily driver that just needed a 
> little minor body work and paint. Now it needs a lot more body work. 
> 
>     She has not returned my telephone calls (two) this morning about who to 
> contact about the claims ...not reassuring. The police department gave me the 
> name of her insurance company. Her insurance company (Sterling Casualty) only 
> accepts voice mails to start claims...not reassuring. Well it loks like the 
> start of another car insurance story. 
> 
>     I would appreciate any suggestions from Southern California members about 
> affordable and reputable autobody shops familiar with Triumph body 
> repair/restoration in or near San Diego. 
> 
> Thanks FOT, Cary Perket
> 
>     
> 

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