Thread: Expensive Defender roll over

Originally Posted by cactipus

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I had considered getting a mechanically old defender and upgrading it with all the good stuff including the firewall dash and mechanicals.
The only issue is the engine change but an engineers certificate normally sorts that out.
The real issue is that if you did the upgrade on a 94 Defender, it's still a 94 defender, all be it a nice one, but not the same value as a 2010, that it was.

Richard

It will be interesting to see what it goes for. If you could put together a 2010 puma in 1994 clothing for way less than the current market price for a puma, you might be happy with that. But if you're going to spend money restoring a 94 you'd be better off restoring it to factory spec IMO.

Originally Posted by landy

Can someone tell me,

If I do something stupid and write off my car my insurance will pay out X amount and thats tough for me.

But, if someone else hits me and writes the car off I can insist that their insurance, assuming they have insurance will repair my car.

Thoughts?

I sought advice on this... nope is the answer.. value only

I went through this a couple of years ago when I got run into from behind. The insurance company carried out repairs (eventually) and I never did hear from them exactly how much the repairs to the 110 cost, but the panelbeater hinted at a figure a couple of thousand above the "market value" of the 110, plus they paid about $700 for repairs to my trailer.

Complicating factor was that his insurance company was the same as mine, and also it took four months and about twenty hours on the phone, although this seems to be the par for any insurance claim.

I posted a comment on the Expedition Centres Facebook about it being a shame & Daniel replied.
We agree with you. This Defender had a roll over. Most importantly however is that both occupants walked away from the incident. One with minor scratches, the other with a broken rib only. Regards, Daniel @expeditioncentre

Man, that is so fixable.

All you need is a heat gun, couple of hammers, a dolly and some gumption.

A bit of spare time too.

That's gumption as in enthusiasm, not the bathroom cleaner.