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Re: [oletrucks] Insurance (boring)

To: "Laney, Clifton" <clifton.laney@intel.com>, <ldfinley@juno.com>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Insurance (boring)
From: "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:04:17 -0500
Is it possible to just switch the bendix & keep the rest 12v?

Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Laney, Clifton <clifton.laney@intel.com>
To: <ldfinley@juno.com>; <safesix@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 4:11 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Insurance (boring)


> Can anyone in Portland OR suggest a place to go to get a classic truck
> appraised?  My agent suggested a chevy dealership but they were clueless.
> 
> - Cliff
> '49 3600
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ldfinley@juno.com [mailto:ldfinley@juno.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 7:26 AM
> To: safesix@worldnet.att.net
> Cc: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Insurance (boring)
> 
> 
> Hi Jack,
> 
> I am an agent for Allstate.  You might want to try us.  I have many
> customers (including myself) who drive older, antique, and classic
> vehicles, and we actually have three different ways to cover them.
> 
> They can be rated as regular vehicles, where settlement is based on an
> Actual Cash Value Basis.  Or they can be rated as antique cars, if they
> are not used to drive too and from work, and used for shows, parades, and
> other public interest functions. (I insured a '29 Model A using this
> method)
> 
> Or they can be insured as classic cars, where settlement is based on a
> stated value method.  This is what most people do who own vehicles that
> are appreciating in value. They are rated by us as new cars that are
> worth "x" number of dollars.  Some of the vehicles that I have insured
> over the years using this method are a few '66 mustangs, '68 GTO, '46
> F**D Coupe ($18,000 value), '49 Chevy AD Van ($29,000 value), etc....
> 
> The '49 Chevy Van was memorable because it had been totally rodded with a
> z-71 corvette engine, and had won ribbons at the Darrel Starbird's Rod
> and Custom Show.
> We depend on the customer telling us how much they want to insure it for,
> but of course you may need to back up that stated value with receipts, or
> appraisals at claim time, if the adjuster questions the value.  A $50,000
> 1951Chevy 5 window would definately need some documentation versus say a
> $5,000 one.   But the good news is that you can easily change the
> insurable value of the vehicle as you put additional $ into the vehicle.
> 
> Everybody should keep a file of their receipts of the $ they spend on
> their vehicles, and before and after photos are great.  Also, I have seen
> classic car books that are similar to the NADA books, and these are
> helpful in determining the value of your vehicle.  
> 
> One thing is for sure, the older these vehicle become, the more valuable
> they are.
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Larry
> '51 Chevy AD, 5 window
> OKC, Ok
> 
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959


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