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Re: Bent Bonnet Pix

To: "MGB" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Bent Bonnet Pix
From: "Dave Wood" <djw69@idt.net>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:30:52 -0700
Eric,

Who's the panel beater?

Dave 72 B
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>
To: MGS@autox.team.net <MGS@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 7:15 AM
Subject: Bent Bonnet Pix


>OK, I must have been more upset than I thought because my photography is
>usally better than this, but here are some pictures of the now infamous
>bent bonnet of my '68 MGB. The photos are pretty dark and I have just
>thrown them into a directory without any explanation, yet, so make of
>them what you will.
>
>I will just say that, in case you are wondering, the bonnet is propped
>up sideways so that you might be able to pick the bends and twists
>better and to show off how the hinges were ripped off the alloy (with
>some close-up shots of both the bonnet side and remaining hinges inside
>the engine bay).
>
>http://www.erickson.on.net/mgb/sobstories/
>
>I actually thought, on second glance (and with some wishful thinking)
>that it wasn't in too bad shape but now even the insurance assessor
>believes it is written off.  The argument, however, now starts with what
>they are going to allow me to spend on its replacement.
>
>For a painted steel bonnet I am up for about $AU600 and for a painted
>alloy bonnet it is about $AU2000 (yes, you read it right - it is getting
>tough to find a 'new' allow bonnet these days in these here parts). 
>With some minor other panel work, damaged when it flew up, you can add
>another few hundred dollars.  My insurance excess is $200 so you can see
>that I won't want to skimp and do any of this myself.  If I have to pay
>that excess then....
>
>You can imagine which option the insurance company wants to take, but I
>DO NOT WANT A STEEL BONNET.  They want to assess the car and see if I am
>really after the originality factor of the alloy bonnet - if the car is
>a rust bucket/basket case then they will insist on the steel/cheaper
>option.
>
>Has anyone got any good arguments I can put to the insurance assessor?
>
>
>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
>


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