Insuring a County with a 3.9EFI/Auto modification

[BilboBoggles]

Hello All,

Has anyone had any experience with insuring a County V8, which has had a later model disco 3.9 and Auto Transmission installed. The other modification is that the rear diff is a disc brake Defender Salisbury, and the front diff is a 6pin heavy duty diff.

So anyone tried to insure something like that?

[red_tj]

Hello All,

Has anyone had any experience with insuring a County V8, which has had a later model disco 3.9 and Auto Transmission installed. The other modification is that the rear diff is a disc brake Defender Salisbury, and the front diff is a 6pin heavy duty diff.

So anyone tried to insure something like that?

Hi Mate I had a LS1 Gen3 and a 4L60E auto in a TJ jeep, just sold it and I had it insured with Shannons cost me about 57 per month with a agreed value of 22K

hope this helps

Steve

[Offender90]

Have a similar agreed value with Shannons for my 90 and 120, both of which are modified.

The 90 sounds similar to your County (3.9 EFI V8, with an R380 instead of an LT77). With the 120, I increased the agreed value after turbocharging and intercooling it. They wanted details of upgrades, and since I did all the work myself, I sent in photos of the build as proof. They were happy with that and offered a higher agreed value than I had in mind.

HTH

Bojan

[BilboBoggles]

Thank you for the responses - Did Shannons ask for an engineering certificate?

[barney]

It would make things a lot easier if you have one. Most, if not all insurers will want a car to be road legal before they insure it, so you should get a blue slip for it.
Of course if you dont tell them, and they find out, they have grounds to refuse a payout under the terms of your duty of disclosure.

[Offender90]

What Barney said.

I took it over the pits and got it registered with all the modifications, however didn't require an engineering certificate as there were no structural modifications (only component upgrades).

If you've had to move or change engine mounts, I'd expect you would need to have them inspected by the vehicle inspection centre at the very least. If they request an engineering certificate, then you would need to produce one.

With any insurance company, I think it's best to be honest in declaring what a vehicle is. If they find any discrepancies, they'll likely try to void the claim. IMHO, that's a headache I don't need.