KevinR Posted December 29, 2015 Report Posted December 29, 2015 Spotted this in the Daily Mail today - A TR6 being recovered from the floods in York.
dougbgt6 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 Wow! A whole new area of restoration. A car caught in the floods is generally a write off. But we would want to repair a Triumph. What arrangement would you come to with the insurance? Would you even tell them? What would you do?
JohnD Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 "A car caught in the floods is generally a write off. " Not always! Told this story before, so keep it short. When working as a garage workshop floor sweeper in school holidays, I was sent with the apprentices (yes, apprentices in those days, and enough to fill a minibus, in just a large BMC dealer's workshop!) to a car pound where a dozen brand new MGBs had been caught in a flood. We stripped all the seats, trim and batteries out, blew the water from the engines by, plugs out, turning them over on the starter from large trolley battery, and they were shipped back to the factory to be retrimmed and fitted. I don't know if 'our' firm sold them to punters, or sold them on, but they must have smelt funny in wet weather! John
dougbgt6 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 John, I think you've told me that story before! I was an apprentice,. £3 19/6d a week. On those sort of wages repair was a viable option, but not any more I think.
KevinR Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Posted December 30, 2015 Not sure, it may be a trick of the light, but there appears to be a "tide mark" half way up the windscreen !
Colin Lindsay Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 A lot of green algae on the front bumper and spoiler... how long was it underwater???? My heart really goes out to anyone caught in these floods, it must be heartbreaking. I may gripe sometimes about the wind nearly taking my roof off due to my hilltop site, but to lose everything under water and face massive cleanup bills, with the added strain of never knowing when it will happen again, is a nightmare. I love York, I used to manage a yearly stay of two or three days up until recently, so here's hoping that great British spirit overcomes all to get back to normality as soon as possible.
thescrapman Posted December 31, 2015 Report Posted December 31, 2015 A modern car would probably be a write off, but an old Triumph? Dry it out quickly carefully and replace all fluids. If left in a pound for weeks or even months whilst the insurers argue over what is going to happen........
mishmosh Posted January 1, 2016 Report Posted January 1, 2016 no reason to write it off.The problem areas are trim and electrics. so really not a problem.
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