Justin,
Sorry to hear such bad news, but i'm glad everyone was okay. The MG frame is
pretty strong, you might be okay.
I can reccommend two MG garages on the peninsula they might be able to
reccommend someone for body work.
BURNETT BRITISH AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
2825 EL CAMINO REAL, PALO ALTO, CA 94306
Phone: (650)326-9653
(Very clean shop, very efficient, only do british cars, but they never did
any major work for me. they moved a couple of blocks recently, and this is
their old address, but the phone numebr worked last time i tried)
BRITISH & EUROPEAN AUTO
683 E EL CAMINO REAL, SUNNYVALE, CA 94087
Phone: (408)738-2629
(The owner - brandon - is a very friendly helpful guy, very generous with
his time. He certainly knows MGs, and did excellent work on my car over the
summer).
Bear in mind that both places are on the peninusla so work is a lot more
expensive than say sacramento, or laurie. If you are looking at serious $$$
it may pay you to tow the car somewhere cheaper!
cheers
Joe
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Dr. Joseph Garner
University of California
Department of Animal Science
One Shields Avenue
Davis
CA 95616
USA
Phone: (530) 752 1253
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Lehrer [mailto:justinl8@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:50 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Very Sad-my MG crashed.
>
>
> My '79 MGB was in an accident yesterday near San Francisco.
> My girlfriend had the car, and she rear-ended one of those
> god-forsaken Mercedes SUVs at about 10mph. Nobody got hurt.
> The passenger side has most of the damage--hood is bent a
> bit, front fender is bent down and digging into the tire.
> Axle looks like it might be bent also. Windsheild also
> cracked. I think my dogs head went into it (dog is
> fine--he's got a hard head!). Needless to say, I am
> devastated. The insurance adjuster hasn't come yet to
> appraise, but I fear the frame may be bent. The whole front
> quarter of the car is bent down towards the ground. I have
> some questions for the list:
>
> 1. Can anyone recommend a body shop that works on MG's in the
> SF Bay area? On the peninsula would be ideal, but I am open
> to all recommendations.
>
> 2. Does anyone have any advice for me with regard to the
> insurance appraisal? My concern is that since these cars are
> not all that common, and probably wont be in the computer
> systems for instant parts quotes, that the insurance guy will
> lowball me or declare it a total loss. Anyone have
> experiences with this they can share?
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