Re: Disc Brake Question

["amc74hornet" <amc74hornet@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "amc74hornet" <amc74hornet@xxxx> wrote:
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, twa1950@xxxx wrote:
> > One more thing my insurance company said I had to have antique plates before 
> > I could get the classic insurance on the Gremmie. I guess that is why they 
> > don't really have any limits on the mileage. I know this isn't about Gremlins 
> > but do you guys want to hear a good one. My mother died last year and I went to 
> > change her old 83 Chevy into my name last week. They told me it was 
> > considered a classic and the value of it was $3,000 and the taxes was going to be $180 
> > to change it over. They said if it was an 85 it would be valued at $500 and 
> > the taxes would have been $30. I told them they were nuts and that I would be 
> > glad to sell it to them for half that much. The car isn't worth $180
> > Terry
> 
> No such problems here with haveing to have classic plates to get classic insurance. In fact I had classic insurance on my Hornet before it was 25 years old. It was 1 1/2 years from being 25 years old when I put it back on the road after siting for 8 years while I was seroiusly ill. I had to hunt for an insurance company for a while as most classic ins. companys required me to have a car that was not more than 7 years old as a daily driver. I have a 77 Malibu. I hunted through the adds in Hemings and found a bunch of places to call and got mine from a guy that actually was not only an agent but a collector himself. He said since I had owned the car since it was new that he knew I was comitted to it and got me the insurance at a slightly higher rate than it would have been if it was 25 years old. When it was 25 years old the rate dropped. Also they require a picture of the front, back and both sides before issiueing insurance to make sure you are not trying to insure a junk. I called the agent which is an hour away and said I bought another Hornet and he said give me the vin# and take the pic's, before I sent the pic's 2 days later I had my insurance cards to register the car. Say AMEN & AMC
> "Doc"

Being my mothers guardian I asked my lawyer about my mothers car, it's an 84 Reliant "K" car wagon with every option there was to have. My father bought it in oct of 84 and died in feb of 86 putting 7000 miles on the car. Since then my mother put 3000 miles on the car and I have personally serviced the car every 6 months since 86. To bad it wasen't an Eagle wagon as the old man turned traitor and bought slowpar. It has just over 10,000 miles on it and I just gave it as a gift to my son. No tax no mumbo jumbo. It's going to make a nice AMC parts hauler my son said. Th car is mint but to make it road worthy again since it has sat for 3 years is going to cost some money. It still has the original tires on it and I wouldn't trust a hose, belt or anything rubber on the car. Luckiy my son works for a Slowpar dealer and gets parts for cost.
"Doc"