[Shotimes] Deadly Car crash (OT - Found on WEB)

[Zach Leahy]

Absolutely.  It's not like a SHO, there are not a lot of them running
around.  You go to extreme measures to repair these things, especially
the Duesys.  You can't just "raplace" it with another.

Now what I hear is that it was indeed insured by Hagerty, and this is
the first time that they have paid out on a classic car accident that
resulted in a fatality.  Now it's just hearsay, so who knows really.

Yeah, it will be restored.  Your not going to send a car that is worth
half a million bucks to the crusher, doesn't matter if someone died in
it or not.

Z

On 8/4/05, Tommy & Maria <thanasi73@videotron.ca> wrote:
> You think they are really going to restore that car after a family died in
> it?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Zach Leahy
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:11 AM
> To: David Rosicke
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Deadly Car crash (OT - Found on WEB)
> 
> I am rather involved with the Auburn-Cord-Duesenburg club, (by
> defasult since dad has several cords in various states of
> restoration).  One thing a lot of people do add to these cars are seat
> belts.  There is no judge or other in the club that will take a single
> point off of a car for the addition of seatbelts even though they were
> no on te cars originally.
> 
> As far as insurance, ifi it was covered by a collector car insurance,
> like hagerty, they probably would step in to make up for what was not
> covered by the volvo owner.
> 
> While the car may be a 500,000 dollar car, it may not cost nearly that
> much to repair it.  Looking at the car it is in suprisingly good
> condition for a fatal wreck.  I bet the total repairs are under
> 200,000 easily.  You just need to find the right people to work on the
> repairs.  Even just plain bodywork most shops won't touch becasue of
> the value of the car and the sheer amount of labor involved.
> 
> We had a 37 Cord Custom Beverly get run down by a semi truck, it got
> slammed pretty good, and Hagerty didn't blink an eye to write a check
> for 27,000 bucks.
> 
> That Duesenburg will be repaired, I garantee.
> 
> Z
> 
> On 8/2/05, David Rosicke <d.rosicke@snet.net> wrote:
> >
> http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4794575/detail.html?subid=22100415&qs=1;b
> p=t
> >
> > Remember that classics such as these don't have seat belts and it's not
> usually the classic car driver that causes the fatalities.  We are all too
> keen on keeping our cars in the best shape we can, but all it takes is
> someone else's stupidity.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave R.
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