My 77 308 may be totalled..Houston repair facilities?

I knew they'd provide you with encouragement, Steve is a great guy. YES - their shop is immaculate and yes we've eaten breakfast in the shop but not off the floor!!

Carol

 

Steve is indeed a good guy.

 

Parts is parts...

It's hard to imagine you need more than the car is worth, from your description.

Good luck!

 

The thing to remember is not all parts may fit correctly with a hand made car, I've seen this first hand all to many times. Even though using donor parts or not, it maybe quite a task if not a problem in order to get the panels to fit correctlly.

 

wrong and wrong . i bought a 78 308 gts with documented frame damage from another member of this site and repaired the car in my spare time. State Farm settled for "total loss" and allowed the owner to keep the car to do with as he wished. true, Greg may not get 100% of the $28k (?) agreed value, but the car is worth fixing from the description. i need another car like i need the flu, but i wiill buy the car right now, cash if the price is right. i would like to see pics of course and see how bad the frame damage truely is. these cars are tube frame and easy to cut and weld. you should see how much of a pain a pressurized aircraft is to repair with all the temperature extremes they go through.


usually they will settle for "$x" and allow you to keep the car. as a salvage car its worth less than $10k after the insurance settlement, but would leave Greg with pleanty of cash to buy another car and not deal with the hours of phone calls and towing hassle to have her fixed. i paid around $9000 for the Marrone 78 308gts and it took me about 4 or 5 months to fix it for fun.


Greg, let me know if i may be of any help, whichever way you choose to go.


Michael .

 

No, there's usually either a contractual or statutory right for the car's owner to buy the salvage at a certain % of value - I think like 20% is normal. This prevents insurance company abuse. Imagine if he'd somehow had the car insured for $10k and the insurance co. could sell a minor "wreck" for $20k at auction. You think they'd wait 2 seconds before totalling it and paying the insured the $10k and making money on the deal?

 

i hope it works out for you, and glad you were not hurt. if you dont intend to sell the car, i would let them total it, use the cash to fix her, and invest any that is left. the salvage title is no big deal if you intend to keep the car forever anyway. also you can wait a few years and have the state inspect the car and give it a clean title. its legal and done all the time on regular cars here in georgia. i know an inspector .

 

Take a number. I already asked.

 

Greg.....

Sorry about the wreck. I sent you a PM with my #. Here is mine at $24K. You will need to take care of some rattling in the front end (I did put new shocks and bushings a few months ago). The paint is decent with no dents.

Let me know! If interested, I'll drive it to Texas.
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I believe this is a wet sump. VIN: 23003. 98Km

 

thats a nice car i'd take it if i where you

 

It's a wet sump car Greg.

 

Hope so too - FYI, FoH has a car bench frame machine - the only factory authorized machine for frame work on Ferraris; same paint booth like the factory uses and Steve has lots of years of experience doing body work. I know that if "Sophia" ever required body work, she'd go back home to FoH.

Good luck and hope she looks like new.

Carol