1991 Turbo Cabriolet (Damaged)
07-05-2010 | 12:41 PM
#47
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From: Fly Away
I am sure if someone offered him X over the buyback amount, he would arrange the transfer...
I can say, I saw (and may or may not have had a hand in pushing / moving) this car at the fest in Ohio, the drivetrain is squared away, and up until this the body was too!
Dan did a hell of a job on this one all things considered, and it is a sad fate for this car to go off to the scrap heap.
I can say, I saw (and may or may not have had a hand in pushing / moving) this car at the fest in Ohio, the drivetrain is squared away, and up until this the body was too!
Dan did a hell of a job on this one all things considered, and it is a sad fate for this car to go off to the scrap heap.
07-06-2010 | 12:57 AM
#50
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From: Fly Away
Dude, if they total it, buy it back, then decide what you want to do from there.
Lart cuts up bodies after all, and this is a fresh engine and such!
BEFORE the accident it is anyone's guess as to value... it WAS a very clean car, not concourse, but very clean none the less, and had TONS of fresh work... I would suggest a call to PCA might help in that regard, but you will need to be sure they know it was a fresh turbo engine and body ( http://www.pca.org/Membership/ValuationProgram.aspx ) not sure if you have to be a member, but it might be worth signing up!
07-09-2010 | 04:59 AM
#52
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From: Barcelona
Sorry to hear this! 
Especially after all the good work xsboost put into that car.
Cabs don't take wrecking very well, but this car can probably still be repaired on a jig and there are measurements in the FSM (Volume 3 'Chassis' Section 50, page 50-05c) to straighten the frame, but the cost to do this will easily exceed what the insurance co. will be willing to pay.
However, it is true that straight shells are out there sitting in junkyards for next to nothing. Amazing, considering only around 6K cabs were ever built, and less than 600 factory Turbos.
Depending on your finances you might consider buying a beater as a daily driver and moving everything over to another shell as a long term project.
I hope you can work it out to your advantage!
Especially after all the good work xsboost put into that car.
Cabs don't take wrecking very well, but this car can probably still be repaired on a jig and there are measurements in the FSM (Volume 3 'Chassis' Section 50, page 50-05c) to straighten the frame, but the cost to do this will easily exceed what the insurance co. will be willing to pay.
However, it is true that straight shells are out there sitting in junkyards for next to nothing. Amazing, considering only around 6K cabs were ever built, and less than 600 factory Turbos.
Depending on your finances you might consider buying a beater as a daily driver and moving everything over to another shell as a long term project.
I hope you can work it out to your advantage!
