Date:         Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:51:54 EDT
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: van wrecked; documenting selling prices
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In a message dated 17/06/2009 4:02:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        Ed, I'm REALLY sorry to  hear this and glad your OK !  NOW, you
gotta do your homework.   DO NOT let the insurance company undervalue your van.
 GET as much  documentation as you can.  This is one of those cases that a
good recent  evaluation by a certified automobile evaluator would have  been
priceless.  I had my '87 done after a friend of mine went through  exactly
the same story as your going through.  GET your van evaluated now  before
it's too late.  These vans are getting close to 30 years old BUT we  have put
untold hours of labour and untold amounts of dollars into them.   This needs
to be documented to get the best deal from the insurance company in  cases
like this.  NEXT - are you SURE it's not repairable ?  Post or  send me and
Ben some photos.  We have brought back some awful looking  wrecks in the
past.  If the body is sound and not rusty then the best deal  would be to
repair what you got !



>>>>van wrecked; documenting selling  prices<<<<<




Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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