i have a thread in the sand box regarding our crap weather. warmed up, rained like crazy yest, but it was still windy last night. at 2:30 i woke up to a LOUD WHUMP. the wife didn't hear it, so i went back to sleep. went out to get the paper and SURPRISE!!!! hope i'm still in good hands with ALLSTATE.

k

WOW, that sucks!!

On the bright side, you'll get some help financially with the demo and rebuild from the good hands people. At least if won't be completely out of pocket like it would have been otherwise. . .

Hope it all goes well with Allstate. They were pretty good when I had a small kitchen fire a couple years ago.

did you find the PC nate? tried to get thru to an ALLSTATE rep and gave up after waiting on hold for 15min.

Glad your teener wasn't stored under there! Nice truck Kev! That thing looks solid!

porsche content rick. the ford is a good work truck. i'll cut it out later.

Bummer Kevin!! How does the car look?

my guess is i'll be selling lots-o-parts jack. andy may be adding another vin to the dead list.

k

Oh crap! is that what's under the tarp?

good eye. 75' malaga red under the lowest portion of the roof in the next to last picture.

Dang it. ..let me know if ya need a hand Kevin...maybe Jack and I can come over and at least help get it off the cars...Like how i put you to work Jack..Bring your hand shoes .......BONFIRE WOOD

MikeC

At least the Taurus was spared! Seriously though, bummer about the car. If you are going to rebuild let me know what parts you need and I'll ship em out.

Sorry to see this, but as it says in your sig line;

everything happens for a reason. that reason may not be immediately understandable. trust me...you'll figure it out eventually.


Hope all works out well for you!

Insurance can be a great thing. Although it's never that great a thing when you actually need to use it

If we can be of any help just shout my friend

Hey Mike, I would be glad to come over and help.

Kevin, I will try to swing by this afternoon.

Ouch!

filled a 20yd dumpster with the carport remnants yest. the 75' is 'well fuched'. a call i got from a "disaster team specialist" sounds promissing. i'm not setting myself up for a big disappointment down the road just yet. can't start dissasembly until the local adj comes to my place next tues.

k

Good luck with the rebuild Keep us updated on the progress

We want to see the carnage!

Bummer Kevin, here is hoping insurance takes care of you.

I could use a targa top and a windshield.....
Oh, never mind.
I hope insurance comes through for you.....best of luck moving forward

Mayhem. Sorry about your cars.

I stopped by kevins today. Car is toast. I will let him post all the gory pictures. Add another vin to the dead list.

ruined. note the top of the door gap on the dr side. in the windshield top frame you can see and indentation. there's another on the pass side. the 2 dips are where the front top latches are located.

cleanup tools.

Sorry Kevin, RIP buddy, hope it works out.

Send it to Scotty B ....it will be like new!!

Parts car!

Kevin , Sorry to see that,
Everything is fixable Dents or Rust take your pic.

maybe not for you but someone will , that is/was a nice 914

Sorry to see that Kev. If I was closer... It looks like it was a nice solid car.

i'm surprised nobody noted the dash pad. prob one of, if not the nicest i've ever had. targa bar pad has 0 belms. both with be saved for future use at this point. lots of quality parts on the car. top shelve 75' style gage cluster with a 150mph speedo, nice int, axles, suspention bits, etc.

what you can't tell from the pictures is that the car is tweeked. the windshield frame may be bent back as well.

the adj is scheduled to show up on tues.

k

Kev, do your homework for the appraiser this weekend. Locate cars for sale and print the ads. It is very likely as nice as your appraiser will likely be he won't have a clue to the value of that clean car. Once his info goes into his computer and he locates some low value comps it will be harder for him to refigure his offer. Often his work is done in a data base and it's locked and uneditable. So best to help him up front that complain later.

Really, do it this weekend. Hand him the stuff.

I noticed the perfect dash pad . If I can do anything to help Kevin let me know. I have a nice 75 roller you can swap stuff onto. Already has a 5-lug conversion done

I noticed the dash pad too. Just was trying to be respectful of the recently departed.

Kevin,
Sorry to see this! Hope all works out well with the adjuster.
Tom

Jamie, Your'e the Mannnn..... Teener tuesday at Kev's for the summer.

Dibs on the trans if it goes to the parts bin

Don't want to be a vulture.

Sorry to see. Makes me thankful for mine.

My 2 cents....... If the bones of the car are as good as I think they are then it would make a great roller for someone to make a AX / Racercar out of. If given the chance I would keep all the "good" parts that you wanted and sell the tub off as a roller project. I hope all goes well with the adjuster.

Guys, looking at this most of the damage is cosmetic (from what I can see). I would be concerned about the damage at the drivers windshield. If it tweeked the windshield frame. But the windshield is coming out anyhow.

It is salvageable. If the car has no rust in the usual areas I'd look at restoration.

there's aspects of the damage that doesn't show in the pictures. the driver's window exploded and door opens about 2" prior to binding. 3 out of the 4 fenders. tons of ripples. i think the car sits askew as well.' jack engle has looked at the car.

k

Wow Kev, I missed this.

It looks like you may be getting a new carport, Allstate has been good to our family.

I'm in need of a nice dash, know anyone that has one?

I've fixed worse. It won't be cheap or easy but if it's a rust free car it's worth trying to save.

I you decide to strip it and transfer the parts to another car save the chassis. If it's solid in the hell hole I would be interested in it. I'm close to being ready to repaint this one. It was hit hard in the front. I saved both fenders and all the inner panels without using the Celette.

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I didn't even need any glazing filler or heavy primer after I pulled and bumped the inner panels back out.

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Check the rest of this thread Kev. Like I said. If I were closer...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=104128&hl=

I need those side marker lights to give to Rick Ollah, let me know if they are for sale.


Shoe

No worries shoe! Good luck with the appraiser Kevin!

" the fenders are an easy fix. just bolt new ones on."

"no. they're spot welded on"

"they are?"

fun times...

k

Kevin what the status on the insurance claim ??

i sent you a pm jeff.

Kevin,

I just seen the post sorry to hear about the car and carport! If you need a hand with anything let me know.

James

james, the carport debris were gone the thurs after the collapse on the previous sunday . the forklift and dumpster made short work of it. i appreciate the offer tho.

k

james, the carport debris were gone the thurs after the collapse on the previous sunday . the forklift and dumpster made short work of it. i appreciate the offer tho.

k