Project L99

Jesus Ted, I hope you make out okay from all of this crap, don't let them off lightly and don't F up your back worse than it is! Make sure everything is documented and go to the doctor if you have to...I too hope that idiot has insurance, if the car was being used w/out permission things could get fishy!

thanks we will find out more tommorow when i go get the rport from the police. i hope i can at least get a good insurance apprasial. should i give the appraiser all the info on what I have done to it? like befor and after pics? recipts.

Ted, print out or somehow show them your pictures, and receipts for either new stuff, or big money items. Don't say too much that you don't have to, keep it simple and make the car sound nice, don't mention stuff like deleting the A/C and things you were planning to do because then they'll be like "oh, so it needed work?"

You did a lot of the work yourself which won't net you a receipt, but if the appraiser is cool sometimes they'll value the car to be in tip top shape. When my Blazer got hit, I was on the way to the car wash, haha. When the appraiser was coming, I washed the truck carefully without removing "evidence" of the accident and made it look great so I'd get a good appraisal, and I did. My truck was over 15 years old and had over 200K miles, and they still cut me a check for almost 2 grand to fix the damage. I retrospect I would have kept the money and just driven the truck the way it was or sold it for like 1800 bucks, but I was a sentimental idiot and put all the money into having it fixed...lol

The GOOD thing is you have witnesses and the police on your side, those water dept. guys, etc.

im so sorry man. i can relate this is almost exactly how i lost my first car... an 86 caprice i was rear ended at a red light by a drunk chick in a Mazda on my way to work. She tried to take off but her car was fused to mine. Im glad your son wasn't with you man

yeah thank god they were there because they are never there and funny i just detailed it for the meet about 15 min before. plus they saw they guy take off then saw me go after him and were like this aint good. I get road rage sometimes. but yeah they told the cops everything i told em so all our stories are good. cops accually liked my car to lol. she will live on in other cars or in my basement lol. i would be happy witch 1500 from them just to get another b body, I still refuse to drive anything but a b body gm car. what would scrap value be on something like this?

Depending on what you keep...maybe 300 bucks? I'd take stuff like the cat off yourself and scrap it separately then scrap the rest of the shell or whatever...sometimes they ask if you want to get rid of anything when they arrive to pick up the car so it's an opportunity to dump some things you'd have to pay the town to get rid of. I threw all the old carpet from my 93 Blazer (heavy) and a bunch of tires in a car we scrapped...lol

i was asking because if thats what the buy back would be then i would pay 300 for it strip it and scrap the shell. all i want are cats for loot, interior since it aint bad just faded, every new engine part ive put in.

sorry to here about your accident. I was in your shoes a few months ago. I went thru insurance. They suck big time. They wanted to total my purpala but the body shop I took it to fought with me to save it. With the help from the guys in this forum I got my baby fixed. I had to locate some parts myself. Two months later I got my car back. This maybe a blessing in disguise. Take that jerk for what you can. Goodluck.

That does really suck. Your car was one of the ones I was looking forward to seeing since the transformation.
Just glad you are safe, car is replaceable.

Saw the car today. Damn it's a sad sight. Looked clean as hell even looking like a banana after the accident. Frame is toast.

thanks guys, yeah its replaceable wish it could be fixed it could but alot of work needed. wish i didnt happen this was the last summer it was gonna be driven, was gonna store it and move on guess it speeds up the move on part lol. sad tho was a rust free car to. one tiny spot on quarter thats it.

it got the ass end lowered to lol. dash is twisted a bit to. now to make some money fast.

Sorry to hear about this, good thing your alright and caught this a-hole. Someone just listed a white 91 Caprice in CT for $500, do you want a B-body bad enough to take on an L03?

95brmw wrote:

Sorry to hear about this, good thing your alright and caught this a-hole. Someone just listed a white 91 Caprice in CT for $500, do you want a B-body bad enough to take on an L03?

L0L3

If Ted doesn't buy that car I will! Been looking for a stock 91/92 to MOLEST!!!!

i want a lt1 am destined for a lt1 lol. plus gotta wait for insurance mooney

Cadet57 wrote:

95brmw wrote:

Sorry to hear about this, good thing your alright and caught this a-hole. Someone just listed a white 91 Caprice in CT for $500, do you want a B-body bad enough to take on an L03?

L0L3

Here's the car BTW:

http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/2887824649.html

Ironfistdog wrote:

If Ted doesn't buy that car I will! Been looking for a stock 91/92 to MOLEST!!!!

x2

Here's an LT1 with a Caprice saddled with it lol
http://newlondon.craigslist.org/pts/2859321539.html

95brmw wrote:

do you want a B-body bad enough to take on an L03?

Hey! At least my car has floors in it!

TBI FTW!

95brmw wrote:

Cadet57 wrote:

95brmw wrote:

Sorry to hear about this, good thing your alright and caught this a-hole. Someone just listed a white 91 Caprice in CT for $500, do you want a B-body bad enough to take on an L03?

L0L3

Here's the car BTW:

http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/2887824649.html

That's pretty nice for 500. I think in MA you'd just need the reg. and bill of sale to title it here. The heater fan is probably just clogged with leaves and crap throwing the balance off, mine was when I bought my car, then fixed itself!

If my 305 ever died, I'd probably just put a TBI roller cam 350 in and be done with it, so I wonder if that is the case here...

I don't care what condition it's in. As long as it's 91/92 with skirts.
I wanna channel the body down 3" and chop the top 4", and have it lay out on rocker panels
It's a future project, just looking for a candidate ahead of time. If the floors were rotted out that would be perfect!

doubt it will be around in a few weeks.

Wel if uur not interested in it then I'm gonna go buy it this week. I don't wanna step on toes. I also know where theres a 73k mile 91. But he wanted a fortune for it last time I asked, I might swing up his way and see if he died yet, cuz if he did the wife will let it go cheap!

buy it you want it. and you got cash i dont lol.

94classicss wrote:

im so sorry man. i can relate this is almost exactly how i lost my first car... an 86 caprice i was rear ended at a red light by a drunk chick in a Mazda on my way to work. She tried to take off but her car was fused to mine. Im glad your son wasn't with you man

Chick in a Mazda? Boxy caprice? Red light? Sounds effing familiar...


Ted I'm so sorry I know how you're feeling right now. Don't strain that back it isn't worth it just relax and watch TV all day and hang with your son.

What a shame to see that car go, I was liking it. You will get another one though, a better one at that! For insurance have the car clean and have ALL of your pictures and receipts and everything laid out ahead of time to show them how much THAT car was worth. They wil offer you a check for the value of the worst one online. Send them emails of total cream puffs fetching high prices too! It'll be an agonizing process but don't give up quickly!

Buy back sucks! 300 probably wont happen. I could walk away from the two door with one number, I kept it for a grand less!


Good luck with all of this! I hope you come out on top of it all. Again, I'm so sorry it happened.

i only paid 350 to keep my totaled 96 grand marquis 2 years ago and still ended up with 2900 then used that to buy my caprice and a few things i would have other wise never paid the money for (headlights,fiberglass bumper,sequential tails ect...) hopefully you luck out like me man. im sure youll find a worthy replacement makes me sad theres one less sweet looking l99 out there

i would be happy if insurance gave me 2k for it. honestly i dont care if i buy it back just as long as i can steal a few parts back from it.if i dont but it back, do they usually come same day to scrap car?

mega wrote:

doubt it will be around in a few weeks.

Nope. It's sold. Last night. Boo.

Indy did you buy it?

I was at work
Wonder where Dave was????????

There will be others. I saw one in NY with a cowl hood for $800
Gross color though.

I'd love to find another LTZ.

Damn that thing went quick. After my OCC I've sworn off TBI cars, well except for a 92 OCC

got the police report today turns out the truck that i was pushed into was the guys drunk girlfriend. they blurred out all there charges but there insurance is listed and the cops said if its listed they have ins. i hope there right. now to file this stuff faast.

Ill take a tbi 9c1

95brmw wrote:

Damn that thing went quick. After my OCC I've sworn off TBI cars, well except for a 92 OCC

I could help you with that, I just happen to know where there is one of those

V8Killer wrote:

I could help you with that, I just happen to know where there is one of those

But I called dibs, dammit!

now comes the waiting period, go in cantact with mine and there insurance, just have to wait for the appraiser to come now.

Cadet57 wrote:

V8Killer wrote:

I could help you with that, I just happen to know where there is one of those

But I called dibs, dammit!

Calling dibs, is not cash in hand.

V8Killer wrote:

95brmw wrote:

Damn that thing went quick. After my OCC I've sworn off TBI cars, well except for a 92 OCC

I could help you with that, I just happen to know where there is one of those

I know where there is one near me, but its not for sale
So, how about some details?

Cadet57 wrote:

V8Killer wrote:

I could help you with that, I just happen to know where there is one of those

But I called dibs, dammit!

No, EYE have dibs.

toomanytoyz wrote:

Cadet57 wrote:

V8Killer wrote:

I could help you with that, I just happen to know where there is one of those

But I called dibs, dammit!

No, EYE have dibs.

NO! You have enough cars!

(Also, I have no space in my driveway)

Like that ever stopped me...

Rookie.

What do you think the front lawn is for?

Cadet57 wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

Cadet57 wrote:

V8Killer wrote:

I could help you with that, I just happen to know where there is one of those

But I called dibs, dammit!

No, EYE have dibs.

NO! You have enough cars!

(Also, I have no space in my driveway)

You would if you got rid of the silver sauerkraut.

toomanytoyz wrote:

Like that ever stopped me...

Rookie.

Guilty....

95brmw wrote:

What do you think the front lawn is for?

For explaining to the code enforcement board how it counts as a lawn ornament?

IMPALADAKID wrote:

You would if you got rid of the silver sauerkraut.

It's going to be paid off in December, dammit!

And then... ALL THE WAGONS!

...AHEM so Ted, keep us updated with how this all works out. Maybe you should buy a 92 OCC when you're done.

sent out all my paper work so just have to wait. this was on the fire news this morning though.

YARMOUTH - In a one-day period, between yesterday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, Yarmouth police officers arrested six people on a variety of charges. At 1 p.m. Tuesday, officers arrested two repeat drunk drivers involved in a crash with each other on West Yarmouth Road. Susan H. Myland, 51, was arrested and charged with 5th offense OUI, operating to endanger and driving multiple times with a suspended license. At the same time, Burton Brent Morris, 51, was also arrested and charged with 3rd offense OUI, operating to endanger, leaving the scene of a crash and driving multiple times with a suspended license. The pair were scheduled for arraignment in Barnstable District Court Wednesday morning.

think im gonna get screwed, there insurace caled me asking my side, then told me they need to find out if they had permission to use the car. plus them being drunk, no licence. yay im screwed.

Even if their insurance doesn't cooperate, it seems like you could potentially sue and get a lot more than their insurance would pay anyway. Don't give up, and lawyer up if possible.

Ted,
It's YOUR insurance that deals with this.
I wouldnt say anything without talking to your insurance company.
YOUR insurance pays you & goes after THIER insurance company if they see fit (& they're BRUTAL chasing $)
Just do what was suggested earlier, gather receipts etc.
DONT get a lawyer. unless your going the personal injury route.
Let YOUR insurance companies handle ALL YOUR problems