[Shotimes] SHO recovery

[George Fourchy]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:40:27 -0800, Frank & Susan Malinowski wrote:

>Anyone had to deal 
>with this where they took the car back from the insurance company and 
>fixed it after the insurance company totaled out a car? I do not have 
>the insurance proposal yet but I want to be ready to deal with it. I 
>would like to fix my SHO if at all possible. If not I will be back for 
>SHO substitute suggestions like maybe a V8 SHO with low miles.

It depends on where it is damaged.  If it is in the front, you're looking at quite a
job..engine, electronics, alignment of suspension.  If the sides, that's bad also. 
There's a lot of infrastructure there that is very hard to straighten out....the
center door pillar, the floor, roof, rocker panels, etc.  If it is in the rear,
that's not too bad.  I had a new rear end from the front of the back seats back
grafted onto the Lowrider, a '90, last spring.  The replacement car, complete, rust
free and low mileage, was 200 bucks total.  The labor was $3000.  It went together
fine.  Paint was additional.  The car was/is only worth $1650 to the insurance
company, but it's worth $25K to me, so I fixed it.  Most folks wouldn't, but I'm not
most folks.  I had to send several pictures of it to the insurance company, so they
would cover it again after it was fixed.

>Second question, does the SHO use a standard wheel size.

The wheels are standard wheels, regarding bolt pattern.  The only thing you need to
worry about is clearance of aftermarket brakes.  I have a parts plus, and I roll it
around on standard spare tire doughnuts, after stealing the slicers for another car.

You just have to decide how much it is worth to you.  If you have a connection with
it, like I do with mine, then consider fixing it, depending on the estimate.  If
it's just a car, get all the good parts off of it and have it hauled off.  Sell or
use the parts on another one.  It's a buyer's market for SHOs.

George