Need insurance help MK1

whiteboy · 04-14-2006, 05:14 PM

I was hoping someone could help me with this question. I have a 1979 MK1 Supra with 64,000 original miles. The car has new paint and is in excellent condition.
Recently someone backed into the drivers door denting the door and busting the glass. The body shop estimate was for $1795 to fix. The others person's insurance company says that since the car is 27 years old that they will have to total the car and send me "fair market value" of the car. I do get to keep the car and it only has a dented door and broken drivers side glass, the rest of the car is still excellent. But even at that I do not believe they will give me any thing near what the car is worth or enough to fix it.
The question is can anybody point me in the right direction to find out what my car is worth to a Toyota collector seeing how this car"was" in excellent shape for a 1979 MK1 Supra? Or what the fair market value of one is? Hopefully a link to an auction of one in great shape?
Thanks in advance

Supra2NR · 04-25-2006, 04:21 AM

if u live in chicago go to , craigslist.com go to the chicago page, look at cars and trucks, and look for the guy that is advertising the 60% off bodyworks i havent tried him but pple have been saying that he's legit , but hold me for this but u can ask him how much your car is gonna cost or how much its worth

hope this helps

theWeezL · 05-18-2006, 02:27 AM

be careful what you let this other guys insurance do. If they "total" the car that information will show up on Carfax and it will have a "branded - reconstructed" title (at least thats how it works here in Oregon). This WILL effect resale value of the car and since its a low mileage classic you dont want that!

I would try to work out a deal with the insurance company for a settlement that does NOT include "totaling" but still allows you enough to get the car fixed.

04-14-2006, 05:14 PM	#1
whiteboy Stock Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 1	Need insurance help MK1 I was hoping someone could help me with this question. I have a 1979 MK1 Supra with 64,000 original miles. The car has new paint and is in excellent condition. Recently someone backed into the drivers door denting the door and busting the glass. The body shop estimate was for $1795 to fix. The others person's insurance company says that since the car is 27 years old that they will have to total the car and send me "fair market value" of the car. I do get to keep the car and it only has a dented door and broken drivers side glass, the rest of the car is still excellent. But even at that I do not believe they will give me any thing near what the car is worth or enough to fix it. The question is can anybody point me in the right direction to find out what my car is worth to a Toyota collector seeing how this car"was" in excellent shape for a 1979 MK1 Supra? Or what the fair market value of one is? Hopefully a link to an auction of one in great shape? Thanks in advance

04-25-2006, 04:21 AM	#2
Supra2NR 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 1,643	hope this will help you if u live in chicago go to , craigslist.com go to the chicago page, look at cars and trucks, and look for the guy that is advertising the 60% off bodyworks i havent tried him but pple have been saying that he's legit , but hold me for this but u can ask him how much your car is gonna cost or how much its worth hope this helps

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05-18-2006, 02:27 AM	#3
theWeezL 12psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 376	be careful what you let this other guys insurance do. If they "total" the car that information will show up on Carfax and it will have a "branded - reconstructed" title (at least thats how it works here in Oregon). This WILL effect resale value of the car and since its a low mileage classic you dont want that! I would try to work out a deal with the insurance company for a settlement that does NOT include "totaling" but still allows you enough to get the car fixed.