12-02-2024, 10:14 AM
I, too, would agree that this is nowhere near beyond economic repair.
I'm concerned that modern write-off criteria are being applied to our cars and that some are being lost forever as a result.
When one considers the scale of restorations that many of us have carried out, working with not just the ravages of time, but ancient and poorly repaired accident damage, the repairs required on this little Ruby seem trivial in comparison.
We have a Seven in our shop at the moment that is banana-shaped in two planes, sheered, twisted, with one door opening an inch narrower than the other and one B-post short by a similar amount. It's run quite happily like that since an accident in the 1950s. I assume that the insurance company were never troubled with this one!
We expect to be able to make an 85% improvement to it for an entirely viable price. Any car that had sustained this level of damage in recent times would be cunningly disguised as a washing machine by now!
I'm concerned that modern write-off criteria are being applied to our cars and that some are being lost forever as a result.
When one considers the scale of restorations that many of us have carried out, working with not just the ravages of time, but ancient and poorly repaired accident damage, the repairs required on this little Ruby seem trivial in comparison.
We have a Seven in our shop at the moment that is banana-shaped in two planes, sheered, twisted, with one door opening an inch narrower than the other and one B-post short by a similar amount. It's run quite happily like that since an accident in the 1950s. I assume that the insurance company were never troubled with this one!
We expect to be able to make an 85% improvement to it for an entirely viable price. Any car that had sustained this level of damage in recent times would be cunningly disguised as a washing machine by now!