If she loves this thing, she ought to buy it back from the insurer and have
it fixed. So what if it has a "salvage" title. As long as she documents (or
has someone document) what was done to bring it up to snuff.

I say all this sight unseen simply because I rebuilt a 1976 that had
SERIOULSY burned, and it wasn't too big a deal. Tell her to tell the
insurance so to structure a settlement with her buying back the van. Did
this with a 914 that I piloted through a T-bone (her fault). Got good coin,
and lots of great parts.

Cheers,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
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-----Original Message-----
From:   BRENT CHRISTENSEN [SMTP:bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM]
Sent:   Thursday, January 27, 2000 8:35 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Possible '80 Westy toaster FS

Well, remember the story the other day about the fire I put out in the '80
Westy?  Well it looks like the insurance company is going to total the car.
The owner told me that she feels like "Cinderella when her Chariot turned
back into a pumpkin".  I mentioned that there may be someone on the list
interested in picking up the car.

I don't know what the insurance company will want for it, but would anyone
be interested in a slightly toasted '80 Westy located in Santa Barbara, CA?
It looked like it was in decent shape, and it honestly didn't burn that
much.

Also, what kind of an adjustment should she expect from the insurance
company?  Any advice?

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA