Only from the repair end, Bluebarry...only from the repair end....

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Jim, please keep us posted on the answer from Haggerty, knowing insurance companies as we do, it would be interesting to hear their response. My policy just went up 25 % here in Calif. but its so cheap I just don't count on them ever paying off on any claims. Hope I'm wrong about them.

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Well, my '69 is back together and running.. about a grand if I'm adding all the estimates correctly.  So far I have a new gas tank, new fuel pickup, new rubber fuel hoses at the steel pipe, new fuel pump, and a rebuilt carburetor.

Hagerty is sending an inspector (yesterday or mon) and will then decide if this is a covered event.  Police won't take a report until the junk in the fuel system is analyzed by Hagerty.

I left the car with the shop for them to swap the straight steering column with a tele/tilt steering column I picked up a few months ago.

I'll let you know the ultimate outcome.  By the way, I bought the insurance from Hagerty but my insurance cards say "Essentia Insurance Company" from Canton Massachusetts.

However it goes with the insurance, the car should finally be back on the road.

Jim

PS  and no tank sticker/build sheet.  This already had a replacement tank.


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Glad to hear it didn't mess up your engine! At least you got it back now (sort of)! Hope the insurance works out but at least you know what the problem was!

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Got the Vette back today!  Just as it should be, except running a little rich.  I still need to figure out which parts I need for the horn button.

Expecting the insurance decision tomorrow too!  I'll let you know.

Jim,

Wow, sorry about your luck. that makes me glad to be from a small city in Canada. If that happened to me ,I would have done somthing to deserve it. Around here the styrofoam packing peanut does a great job, the gas turns them liquid, then the air mix turns them gummy again.

Don't give anybody any ideas, Craig! I had never heard that one! Man, people have always told me I should have a locking gas cap on mine. Gonna have to do it now! You guys are scaring me!

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Got a letter from Hagerty today denying my claim.  They think it was water in the fuel tank causing rust pieces to settle in the various parts of the fuel system.  I think it is a plausible explanation.  I wouldn't have thought of sugar if my mechanic hadn't mentioned it.

Case closed.  Only think, I wish the adjuster had called me on Wednesday instead of just sending a letter.  Oh well.

Jim

At least you got it fixed! And I put my locking gas cap on yesterday just to be sure! Hope you now can enjoy uninterrupted cruising!

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 Thanks for sharing Jim. Considering how low their rates are the response is understandable, I'm sure it would be the same with any ins. company though. I'm just hoping they don't make excuses for all claims. I mean, the wording on their policies is pretty restrictive. You can only travel X amount of miles per year, and only use the car for shows and gatherings and don't ever stop off in a parking lot unless that's where the show is. I guess I'm just expecting the worst of any ins. company, as in , trying to weasel out of responsibility instead of stepping up. Anyway, I'm considered a collector (3 or more cars), and their rates are great and I don't see many options really. I would just like to actually use my cars for any and everything without the fear that they might not be covered if something bad happens. Here's hoping the Guardian Angel of Corvettes is watching over us.

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