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Such a shame

Hope that you are OK

i watched the whole thing from inside the service station i was a little distraught (ohhhhhkay maybe a lot) when it happened but insurance came through the elderly man who hit me was sent to hospital to be checked over but no serious injuries.

Meet my new project...... "Baby V" i bartered for weeks to trailer this baby home!!!! paid for out of my insurance shes my standard 1256 HC Viva ive had her since my yellow beasty got crushed and shes been a labour of love long hours out in the shed and all work completed by yours truely.... here she is....

aaaaand here is what she looks like now

Very sad indeed , Could it not have been repaired ?

New one looks nice, you'll have to change your nick to myXX1256.

The yellow one looked a beauty too, what do you mean crushed, surely not? Compared with some of the resto projects some have tackled it looked eminently repairable, failing that it would have been a goldmine of usable parts, keeping an unknown number of other cars on the road.

You should have insisted on salvage rights or find a more accommodating insurer; if the law insisted on it being crushed I would hope NZ classic car enthusiasts can get militant and get such asinine laws themselves crushed.

Hope it wasn't really crushed, too rare, too cool for that -would be a terrible waste.

Good luck with the new one, pity it isn't yellow too, it'll be less thirsty than the 1800, but is that any consolation.

Shame for the Yellow one, what was its reg number? Good job on the 1256 one.

Peter

The rego for the yellow one was "BNW357" And the rego for the 1256 is "GB7918"

The Insurance Company didn't crush it but when they seized it after my payout they sent it to the auction house who then sold it on to a place called "pick a part" i salvaged what i could from it on my own bonnet, bumpers, wheels, brake cylinders, boot lid, door locks, door cards, windows, seats etc. i felt a tad ripped off having to pay for what was already mine but what can ya do?

after being in the yard for a month they crushed it, apparently it had no more salvageable parts and it was taking up space where they could put another car. :'(

all in all the 1256 has become my new obsession and i refuse to part with her no matter what the offer.
although i am having a bit of engine trouble with her at the moment i think she has a bent intake valve as shes backfiring through the carb?? and running really rough any ideas guys.....??

oh and it had severe rear end structural damage the fuel tank was cracked in half and the internal wheel arches folded put the wheel alignment mega out of wack and the panel damage was incredibly costly to repair i had many many quotes done before i let the insurance company take the car