I thought so, too, until the wife crashed her VW Jetta. We got the
"totalled" payout, plus the car, which we then sold to a shop for a couple
hundred bucks. They fixed it and resold it (it was all body damage).
I always thought like you did, but when they gave us the car AND the check,
I asked no questions.
Andrew Holmes
'66 MkII Spit
>From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
>Reply-To: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
>To: "David A Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>, "Joe Curry"
><spitlist@gte.net>
>CC: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>,
>"Spitfire Mailing List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: 1965 Triumph Spitfire MK2 on ebay
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:24:32 -0700
>
>What I don't understand is that if the insurance company declared it
>"totalled" and presumably paid off the owner, how is it then that he
>retained possession of the car to sell? I thought that once the insurance
>company paid off, the salvage rights belonged to them?
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Jeff in San Diego
>
>'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
>Jeff's Classic '67 Spitfire Mk3 site
>http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/spitfire.shtml
>home of the NEW Totally Triumph Auction
>"By Triumph enthusiasts, for Triumph enthusiasts"
>http://www.ohms.com/cgi-bin/TRauction.cgi
>
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David A Templeton <davidt@opentext.com>
>To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
>Cc: Banbury, Terrence <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>; Spitfire Mailing
>List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 9:02 AM
>Subject: Re: 1965 Triumph Spitfire MK2 on ebay
>
>
> >
> > Boy, the buyer of that car is in for a real "project" then :-)
> >
> > David A. Templeton
> > Open Text Corp.
> > Waterloo, ON
> > Canada
> > N2L-5Z5
> > http://trandmustang.homestead.com
> > - 74 Spitfire - "Spit-Six"
> > - 76 Spitfire 1500 - Parts
> > - 95 GMC 2500 Ext LB 4x4
> > - 99 GMC Safari
> > - 66 Ford Mustang (the wife's)
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
> > To: David A Templeton <davidt@opentext.com>
> > Cc: Banbury, Terrence <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>; Spitfire
>Mailing
> > List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 11:59 AM
> > Subject: Re: 1965 Triumph Spitfire MK2 on ebay
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > David A Templeton wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Is that a bondo crack I see over the rear wheel????
> > >
> > >
> > > No, Actually it's a "Mondo" crack! :)
> > >
> > > Joe
> >
>
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