I ran into it and did something about it. I started
doing car appraisals. In Idaho there is no licensing
required. I already have abusiness so I ran it through
there. I just printed some letterhead and now
everything looks very official. For my insurance
comapny I do appraisals for them. 125.00 for photos
and written text. add $75.00 for a full video tape of
the car. 2 caveats, no charge for people I like and
I'll do 2 cars at the same time for the same price.
I at first thought this was a ryal pain for insurance
companies, but we had a fire at the high performance
rod shop and 2 of its customers had my tapes and the
cars are being rebuilt to the taped specification. No
other pictures lived of the custom work. I also make
arrangements if the person wants a 1/2 completed car
shot. Then they have then and now shots.
Don (just trying to support the HABIT) Miller
68 1600 for sale
69 turbo V-6 New rear gears tomorrow
70 2000 waiting for Cal
Meridian, ID
--- Ken Pearce <kpearce@engr.ukans.edu> wrote:
>
> I called my insurance agent to make sure that the
> policy on my 68-2000 had
> enough coverage considering the fact that I put a
> bunch of money in to it
> this winter (new engine). As I suspected, they said
> that the most they
> would reimburse on a total loss would be around
> $2900. I said that I
> would like to change the policy to a "stated value"
> policy and that I
> would be happy to show them receipts and pay the
> extra premium.
>
> They told me that they require an appraisal on the
> car by a licensed
> appraiser. Now, I'm definitely not in the mood to
> spend another $125-$200
> bucks for someone to tell me how much my roadster is
> worth. I know how
> much it's worth.
>
> So now I'm moving ALL my policies to another
> insurance company who said
> they had no problem looking at the car themselves
> and looking over my
> receipts and giving me a stated value policy.
>
> Who else has run into this and was an appraisal
> required? Can anyone
> recommend an insurance company who is in tune with
> classic cars (pun fully
> intended)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken Pearce, 68-2000
> Lawrence, KS (B.C. or bust starting tonight! Woo
> Hoo!)
>
>
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> Ken Pearce
> Engineering Computing Services
> School of Engineering "The best
> time to take action
> University of Kansas toward a
> dream is yesterday;
> the worst is
> tomorrow; the
> kpearce@ukans.edu best
> compromise is today."
> www.engr.ukans.edu/~kpearce
>
> Alvah Simon
>
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