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Apr 21st, 2021, 13:53 | #81 |
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Excellent progress again, nice one.
As you’ve discovered, the vented scuttle to a-pillars to sills design really doesn’t work very well if the car is parked under a pine tree! Cheers |
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Apr 21st, 2021, 14:57 | #82 | |
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Can one validly, legally, honestly claim on insurance for pre-existing damage? Stephen .
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Apr 21st, 2021, 15:27 | #83 | |
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Your query though raises a huge question of ethics over the insurance industry as a whole though. Think about premium increases when you haven't had a claim allegedly because more people are having accidents more often. If you haven't had a claim then why should you pay for those that have? Tit-for-tat in some ways. Bottom line is we as motorists expect to be ripped off by insurers and for the most part we are. It's a mandatorily legal form of gambling. We don't get our stake back or any other reward once the bet is complete though. Just an "invite" to renew the bet with (generally) a higher stake each year, regardless of our driving history. However if there's a blot on the landscape of that history, it enlarges the stake increase.
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Apr 21st, 2021, 16:51 | #84 | |
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Dave. Is it really a metter of when you decided to insure it? The crack in the screen appeared before you insured it. pre-existing damage. Best regards Stephen .
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Apr 22nd, 2021, 08:49 | #85 |
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I don't think it's unusual or even discouraged to put in a windscreen claim without knowing precisely when the damage started, or even if it started in your ownership of the car. For example, I suspect many claims will happen when an MOT tester fails for a crack, which may have been there several years, developing into a prescribed area. Or from people who have just bought a car and realised it has a chip / crack, and putting in a claim.
Yes, this is different, and for the record, I haven't decided what to do yet. However getting into a debate concerning ethics and insurance will make it turn into one of 'those' threads, so I'll try to keep this on track by posting a small update. I sealed the bulkhead in 2 pack epoxy, which I may paint body coloured at some point (most of it will be hidden). I took a little trip to a place some here may recognise. This allowed me to pick up a few bits I needed, including the brake line clips for the crossmember so I could secure the pipes. I can then start on connecting the brake brackets and hoses. As you can see I'm using new braided hoses, as the original rubbers were long gone. I think I have everything to start properly putting the front suspension back on now. |
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Apr 22nd, 2021, 10:33 | #86 |
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There is no debate to get in to about insurance. We are told that Dave knew the damage was existing. Now yes indeed, your very interesting thread. Very best wishes for the restoration. Stephen .
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Apr 26th, 2021, 13:47 | #87 |
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Some more work completed, self explanatory photos.
Took a stab at this bit. Floor and inner sill repaired. |
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Aug 16th, 2021, 13:55 | #88 |
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I'd hoped to have this finished by now but frankly the good weather has been a curse rather than a blessing. I find it really unpleasant to be fabricating and welding in the hot sun, and so I've spent most of the time away in my campervan instead.
I've just got back to tinkering with the mechanical side of this. I am confident the trailing arms are savlagable with very little welding. The tank doesn't leak, I may get away with treating and sealing it. The fuel gauge was dead when I got the car. This doesn't look initially promising. However a little pressure on the wiper arm produces a reading. And at the other end. Readings seem plausible. Sadly the pump is completely siezed. I did do a minor bit of welding. It was genuinely too warm for that, so I continued by doing the timing belt, tensioner and drive belts. Working on this car is ridiculously simple and straightforward. I love it! I did the injector seals too. They were quite grim. Rad crossbar rust treated. With all work on the front end basically complete, I put the engine bay back together and started refitting the front panels. it's starting to feel like a car. |
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Aug 16th, 2021, 21:19 | #89 |
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Excellent thread (and work on your motor car), well done.
Alan
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Small weldathon yesterday.
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