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Tim Ayers · 10-07-2015, 09:00 AM

Man, love the Bertha story.

Reminds me of a story. For a short time, I was an insurance adjuster. I got called out to do an estimate on a elderly lady's car. Got to her house and she open the garage. There sat an as new '72 2-door robin egg blue Ford Maverick that one of our folks rear ended. This was in the late '90's and I think the car had 32K on odometer. The interior was truly like new and she said she always garaged it since new. Boy, did it look it.

By the book, it was totaled. I called my boss and said we can't do this to her or the car. I broke out my trusty Hemmings and worked with the body shop to fix the car for the lady.

10-07-2015, 09:00 AM	#68
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 6,276	Re: original paint cars Man, love the Bertha story. Reminds me of a story. For a short time, I was an insurance adjuster. I got called out to do an estimate on a elderly lady's car. Got to her house and she open the garage. There sat an as new '72 2-door robin egg blue Ford Maverick that one of our folks rear ended. This was in the late '90's and I think the car had 32K on odometer. The interior was truly like new and she said she always garaged it since new. Boy, did it look it. By the book, it was totaled. I called my boss and said we can't do this to her or the car. I broke out my trusty Hemmings and worked with the body shop to fix the car for the lady.