1982 300CD value - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

cmbdiesel · #31 03-12-2013, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mclearwater

So now the shop has decided it is un fixable sure to some rot on the inner fender well where the radiator support attaches. Bringing it to another shop tomorrow after the insurance company pays 1200 in storage fees. Am I just chasing my tail here?

Call around and find a shop that wants to work on it. Some shops don't like to work on anything with rust, or 30 year old cars either.
Although most likely scenario is that the shop owner wanted the free $1200 rather than the job. He wouldn't get the storage if he fixed it.

Volker · #32 03-12-2013, 07:19 PM

It is too old for body shop... maybe restoration shop?

barry12345 · #33 03-12-2013, 11:54 PM

Well it would seem a good inspection for existing rust might be in order. Some rust in any given area is repairable.

May not just be enough bucks in the job for the place you have it currently. Hard to tell. Also storage fees should not impact your claim as the insurance company dragged it's heels.

You personally should want to know just how much rust is in this car anyways. Locally to me there are many body shops that wil not touch either an older car or newer unless the bill wil be at least six thousand. And that is pretty easy going plus some paintwork. They are so busy they just do not care to do much of a serious nature. No dollar is particularily easy in the body shop line but some dollars are far easier than others. Those shops will not touch rustwork at all anymore.

cmbdiesel · #34 03-13-2013, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Volker

It is too old for body shop... maybe restoration shop?

As long as they can source the used parts, there is no reason why any body shop couldn't fix it. And the insurance company has to source the parts to write the estimate.

I would be sure that the shop owner just wanted the $1200.
Probably more than he would clear on doing the job, and he doesn't have to do a dang thing.
Most insurance companies will not pay storage to the facility that gets the work.
I sent jobs out of the shop where I used to work for this exact reason.

Codifex Maximus · #35 03-13-2013, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mclearwater

Alright, so here's the deal: The insurance company has decided, in their infinite wisdom, that my car is worth fixing. After an entire week of the adjuster trying to lowball me, he has come to the conclusion that my car is worth $10,000. As such, he now has to break out the checkbook until the total reaches $7500. My car is saved for now, until they try to pull something else. Now to wait on the shop.

Make sure you're driving a rental; as we said before - it'll speed things up because they don't like paying for the rental car.

JHZR2 · #36 03-13-2013, 05:56 PM

I don't see why the part couldn't be cut out with a replacement welded in - even if you pocketed the cost of that since it was a pre-existing condition.

But given that rust, where else is there rust? With rust, the "cherry" argument goes out the window and the potential of totaling becomes more real, unfortunately.

Skid Row Joe · #37 03-13-2013, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mclearwater

So now the shop has decided it is un fixable sure to some rot on the inner fender well where the radiator support attaches. Bringing it to another shop tomorrow after the insurance company pays 1200 in storage fees. Am I just chasing my tail here?

You may very well be........the insurance company has no incentive to settle anytime soon with you - your case is small-fish to them I'm afraid - as you have no insurance company hired to subrogate in making you whole again, for damage done to your car. On a car that is appraising for the astronomical dollars that model is valued at - I think I'd of carried FULL coverage on it were it my car.

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Originally Posted by mclearwater

Alright, next question, the body shop is telling me they can't find parts. Is there a source for sheet metal for these cars? I'm hoping the shop is just being lazy, but will the hood and fender from my 300d fit on the 300cd?

Expect the new paint and fender to not be up to the rigors of the original paint fender, in regards to color, and being more rust prone. BTDT, with our 77 240D when it's front-left fender was bashed by an eighteen-wheeler's rear duals while parked at a diesel fuel pump. The new fender and paint spray shoot held up like horse****.

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Originally Posted by vstech

NO.

30 years ago, they were from China, I believe - RE: our '77 240D's replacement fender......most unfortunate circumstance.

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Originally Posted by mclearwater

unfortunately, I do not have full coverage, so I am at the mercy of the other guy's insurance. I am not even close to throwing in the towel, and I will continue to fight to get this problem resolved. I have been driving my 300d for the past two months while the insurance company exercised every known method to screw me over. Then my 300d died. It was nothing wrong with the car, as it turned out, the GFI outlet that powered the block heater popped. Should have known there was nothing wrong with the car. But I called the insurance company, and they rented me, of all things, a bright red camaro. In New England. In the middle of winter. Then called a day later to say that they had revoked the rental because my 300cd was "driveable," according to the adjuster. Even though I had no headlight and no turn signal, they expected me to drive it anyway. Any tickets incurred were my responsibility, of course. After politely stating that the world would seem quite different with her head outside of her rectum, the adjuster hung up on me four times in a row, until I had my lawyer call them up. Instantaneously, I was told that my car could be brought to the shop of my choice, and work could begin. Now they're trying to total it. My lawyer is a friend of mine, and he does little things for free, but I don't want to over use his kindness, and I lack the funds to pay him for real, so now I wait. I have already emailed the NADA price report to the adjuster and the body shop, and I have not heard back from either of them. Hopefully, this new week will bring some answers.

Here again, as mentioned above.....

This is why it is important to carry FULL-COVERAGE, even on an old, only semi-classic, low-miles Mercedes-Benz.

mclearwater · #38 03-15-2013, 03:39 PM

So my indie mechanic noticed one of the jack points crumpled with rust. I'm now worried that I'm sitting on a time bomb. Is it a lost cause when the jack points start to rot out? Should I take the money and run? If so, anyone interested in a mechanically sound diesel with 110k? My 300d isn't worth a motor swap

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