Date:         Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:00 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: van wrecked; documenting selling prices
Comments: To: eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM
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damn..  i just saw your westy not that long ago when u were down here and
we met at that JY.  .. that sucks man..  it was a pretty clean van and i know
u took it to alot of vw camping and LiMBO events so quite a few of us know
that westy..

is it too bad to be fixed?

good luck w/ the ins. co..   and for a grand, id definately buy it back if
i were you..

chris


In a message dated 6/17/09 3:32:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM writes:


> Last Friday on the way to a VW camping event, another driver was making a
> turn, swung over into my lane, and crashed into me. It was clearly her
> fault, and her insurance company (Geico) is taking responsibility, but now the
> work has to start on my part to show what my van was worth. They have
> declared it a total loss, saying that the damage is more than $7,000. Our
> vehicles colided on the driver's sides. The damage to my van is from just
> outboard of the headlight, to the wheel arch, driver's door, lower part of the
> middle panel under the camper inlets, and both driver side wheels, as well as
> likely suspension damage on the driver's side.
>
> I have started to look online at various sites to document to the
> insurance company what similar vehicles sell for. So far, I'm looking at or will
> look at The Samba, eBay completed listings, GoWesty, Poptop Heaven, JDB
> enterprises, cars.com, autotrader.com.
>
> My van was a 1985 Vanagon Westfalia, that Hershey brown experior with the
> usual brown interior. The interior was in very good condition, the body was
> very good except for a few rust spots (but very litttle noticeable seam
> rust), and a different color brown slider and passenger door. The skylight
> was new, the tent was in escellent shape.
>
> If anyone has any leads on a replacement similar to mine, or if you have
> recently documented any similar vans for insurance/valuation reasons, I'd
> appreciate some input. I'm about to call the adjuster back, who has some
> numbers for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Ed Duntz in CT




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