Genuine 40th? I only ask because my 95 has a 40th sticker above the V8 badge, but its not a 40th anniv car. Anyways, sorry to hear about your car getting hit, that's why I refuse to let ANYONE, including my parents, drive or borrow my car. It just makes me REALLY oncomfortable when someone besides me is driving. Hope everything works out for you.
advice: 95 LX 40th (might be totalled?)
I have a 95 LX 40th Anniversary.
It has 161K miles on it.
Let my mom borrow it yesterday...
and someone smashed into it
. (mom is ok)
I kept it in great shape. It has new transmission in it. (october '01)
I'm still not sure of the damage costs on it. but it was driven to my local autobody shop. (it was hit in the rear passenger side, behind the door)
I bought it used from a company who used it as their corporate car.
I had just paid it off too.
I am still paying off the loan for the transmission. I have looked up the trade-in value on kbb.com and it says its worth all of $1500
NADA.com says $2760.
If my insurance won't pay for it to get fixed, or totals it what should I do??
I'm sure it doesn't help that the moron who plowed into my thunderbird did NOT have insurance!
I really have enjoyed this car. My dad had a '87 T-bird that went 280,000 miles!
I was looking forward to souping it now that it was paid off too.
Any place I have ever brought this car to for service has always commented on it and how smooth it runs.
I don't think this car deserves to be totalled, it is a pretty rare edition and I know there are lots of people that are into these great cars.
Thanks for any input you might have for me.
Buckle up and watch out for crazy drivers!!
Thanks,
+Lyzard
It has 161K miles on it.
Let my mom borrow it yesterday...
and someone smashed into it
. (mom is ok)I kept it in great shape. It has new transmission in it. (october '01)
I'm still not sure of the damage costs on it. but it was driven to my local autobody shop. (it was hit in the rear passenger side, behind the door)
I bought it used from a company who used it as their corporate car.
I had just paid it off too.
I am still paying off the loan for the transmission. I have looked up the trade-in value on kbb.com and it says its worth all of $1500
NADA.com says $2760.
If my insurance won't pay for it to get fixed, or totals it what should I do??
I'm sure it doesn't help that the moron who plowed into my thunderbird did NOT have insurance!
I really have enjoyed this car. My dad had a '87 T-bird that went 280,000 miles!
I was looking forward to souping it now that it was paid off too.
Any place I have ever brought this car to for service has always commented on it and how smooth it runs.
I don't think this car deserves to be totalled, it is a pretty rare edition and I know there are lots of people that are into these great cars.
Thanks for any input you might have for me.
Buckle up and watch out for crazy drivers!!
Thanks,
+Lyzard
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That sucks .
Well, I'm no insurance adjuster, so I can't say wether it's totaled or not.
But, if it is - BUY IT BACK, and GET ANOTHER TBIRD!!! You'll have a fresh tranny for her whenever your next Tbird's tranny goes, and a slew of other parts.
The sale of a motor alone would cover the buyback value (10%?), and you'd have piles of other still good parts.
Still - that's a shame to have an accident happen to a 40th....
.Well, I'm no insurance adjuster, so I can't say wether it's totaled or not.
But, if it is - BUY IT BACK, and GET ANOTHER TBIRD!!! You'll have a fresh tranny for her whenever your next Tbird's tranny goes, and a slew of other parts.
The sale of a motor alone would cover the buyback value (10%?), and you'd have piles of other still good parts
.Still - that's a shame to have an accident happen to a 40th....
Hey I asked first on the parts,
I have a 40th and a registry and dont even have floor mats, Key chain (I got the key chain on ebay... arrgggg paid like $35 for a tiny key chain too), and I never even seen a full window sticker of a 40th. I have been trying to get a copy of a window sticker from it for over a year. Hey Lyzard, If you cant get a good scan of it can you take it to a Kinkos or wherever and see if they can make a full copy and let me know what it cost and I will send you a few bucks in the mail for it (or paypal).
Please let me know on that.
BTW, what exactly was damaged... Just the rear fender area? That is fixable... a shop can take one cut off of another tbird and weld it in there then just paint it. I have heard of a couple people doing this because the rear fenders and roof are actually one piece. that shouldnt be too bad if thats all that was hurt. It might be a different story if its the rear fender, door, bumper, trunk lid, etc. Either way please let me know the outcome. If you want your car on the 40th registry just send me some info and I can do that. (If you are on there already then Im sorry, I sometimes dont remember people by their email name and their online posting name.) I can just make a note at the bottom that it is no more if that is the case. But would still be cool to have more on the registry.
Best of luck to you on the insurance stuff,
thanks
-Shawn
I have a 40th and a registry and dont even have floor mats, Key chain (I got the key chain on ebay... arrgggg paid like $35 for a tiny key chain too), and I never even seen a full window sticker of a 40th. I have been trying to get a copy of a window sticker from it for over a year. Hey Lyzard, If you cant get a good scan of it can you take it to a Kinkos or wherever and see if they can make a full copy and let me know what it cost and I will send you a few bucks in the mail for it (or paypal).
Please let me know on that.
BTW, what exactly was damaged... Just the rear fender area? That is fixable... a shop can take one cut off of another tbird and weld it in there then just paint it. I have heard of a couple people doing this because the rear fenders and roof are actually one piece. that shouldnt be too bad if thats all that was hurt. It might be a different story if its the rear fender, door, bumper, trunk lid, etc. Either way please let me know the outcome. If you want your car on the 40th registry just send me some info and I can do that. (If you are on there already then Im sorry, I sometimes dont remember people by their email name and their online posting name.) I can just make a note at the bottom that it is no more if that is the case. But would still be cool to have more on the registry.
Best of luck to you on the insurance stuff,
thanks
-Shawn
Ah ah ah shawn, I asked first. check my second post real closely.
Anyways, best of luck with insurance and I pray that it can be fixed. Since the silver 2-tone is really only vynil layed over the paint, if they do fix it, you should look into getting it painted the two tone. Weren't you looking into doing that to yours Shawn? Let us know how it goes, we wanna know whether to hold a recovery party or a funeral...
check my second post real closely. Anyways, best of luck with insurance and I pray that it can be fixed. Since the silver 2-tone is really only vynil layed over the paint, if they do fix it, you should look into getting it painted the two tone. Weren't you looking into doing that to yours Shawn? Let us know how it goes, we wanna know whether to hold a recovery party or a funeral...
Lol. I don't need them, I just wanted them. Anyways, good luck with your car and tell us how it turns out.
Anyways, good luck with your car and tell us how it turns out.w00000t!!!!
the insurance settled everything with my auto body shop!!
they are going to fix my T-Bird!!
$3,400 worth!!
looks like a recovery party!!
now i gotta go get a rental till next week.
Happy Happy Joy Joy!
the insurance settled everything with my auto body shop!!
they are going to fix my T-Bird!!
$3,400 worth!!
looks like a recovery party!!
now i gotta go get a rental till next week.
Happy Happy Joy Joy!
i'm gonna see if i can get some shots of it
tomorrow before they start working on it.
I don't really have any digital pics of my car ... yet.
tomorrow before they start working on it.
I don't really have any digital pics of my car ... yet.
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