RE: IML: '63 Le Baron vs American Family Insurance

["Matt Hopkins" <mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't call this an American Family problem as much as the individual
adjuster. I don't think this adjuster is a "car guy" which is unfortunate.
My Dad was an American Family adjuster and one of his co-workers handled a
claim on a 65.  The adjuster called me because of my interest in Imperials
and I hooked him up with Bob in NE. He got the parts and got the car
repaired. email or call me and I may be able to facilitate help.
573-339-1393 eve or 573-335-5157 at my office.
Matt Hopkins
66 Crown
75 Lebaron
92 Imperial

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Hola

On Monday morning the kid up the street who has been one of the fastest
vehicles on the street failed to slow down after it had snowed.  Due to the
speed
he lost control of the '89 Jeep and from 55 paces away he started a hard
slide
into our '63 Le Baron, backwards.  When I asked what happened ( duhhh ) he
stated that he was only going  10, maybe 15 mph.  ( At such a slow speed
this was
able to knock the Le Baron over six feet backward into the neighbors parked
'78 F150 long bed.  The 'Le Baron-F 150 package then went another foot
before
stopping. )

Yesterday ( 30 Nov '04 ) when the American Family Insurance rep called it
was
in her second paragraph that she used the words of "just total the car out".
When I told her that was not going to happen, she then said they would send
out a person to "take a look at the damage".

Today this guy calls and didn't have a clue of what it was that he was to
come and look at.  But he did use the same " total it out phrase". ( It must
be a
cheap way for the insurance company to get out of paying for speedy up the
street. )  After some time clueless calls back and wants to know which
engine
did I have in the car.  " ... a 413, which was the only engine for the car"
I
replied.  Clueless then said, " ... and how many cylinders does this engine
have
?"  I started to laugh but since I was in the mountains the cell phone went
dead.

After a couple of minutes clueless calls back and wants to know why the door
panels are off.  I had to let him know that I had taken them off for restro
reasons.  This time he wanted to know if there was a place for parts for the
car.  I told him about the Neb and Calif connections.  Then clueless asked
for
their numbers.  He said that he would get back to me when he found out the
value
of a '63 Le Baron.

I'm so glad that I went in the house and took pictures while the skid marks
were fresh on the snow.

I told the local NAPA what had happened and they called my Gla Blue Le Baron
"...a cream puff".  I liked that.  They also said they would gladly print
out
every item that I have purchased whenever I thought the car needed that
part.

MY VINTAGE AIRSTREAM SONG

Oh Lord,  won't you buy me a Vintage Airstream.
My nieghbors have a Ford truck,  but that is not my dream.
I'll use a Coachworks Le Baron,  with a big four thirteen.
Oh Lord,  won't you buy me a Vintage Airstream.

Oh Lord,  won't you buy me a Byam beret.
My friends all wear stetsons,
But that is not my way.
Please show that you love me,
And buy one today.
Oh Lord,  won't you buy me a Byam beret.

Oh Lord,  won't you buy me an aluminum trailer.
My friends all drive new RV's,  but that's a poor spent dollar.
I'll work hard with my buffer to make it look cleaner.
Oh Lord,  won't you buy me an aluminum trailer.

Oh Lord,  won't you buy me a new sewer hose.
My old one is broken,  my wife's holding her nose.
I need a brand new one,  so I won't stain my clothes.
Oh Lord,  won't you buy me a new sewer hose.

Oh Lord,  won't you buy me a Vintage Airstream.
My nieghbors have a Ford truck,  but that's not my dream.
I'll use a Coachworks Le Baron,  with a big four thirteen.
Oh Lord,  won't you buy me a Vintage Airstream.


           Rodger & Gabby
                                                       Colo Spgs

'47 De Soto Custom w/Fluid Drive & passenger door mounted swamp cooler
'63 Le Baron w/F-Sweep trunk lid & std A/C
'66 Le Baron w/dual A/C & reverbed AM/FM
'70 Overlander - InterNational
'77 D150 w/360, NP 4 Spd, 12 Bolt Axle, OEM Buckets & etc


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