[tcb] Re: The eskimo bus has been hit
- From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 18:44:13 -0700 (PDT)
The don't like to restore buses for sure...they worked
on mine, just because they are great guys (carb
work/tune up)...when I asked about doin' resto work on
it, they just smiled and said they 'preferred' not to!
They had maybe 20 bugs awaiting work...
--- singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good choice , but Earl's shop doesn't work on
> busses
> --- sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Oh man, wish I knew. Don't know if you would
> trust
> > him or not but James King does a lot of metal work
> > on busses. Also, Tim Drachenburg might have some
> > ideas for Houston. It's tough to find a regular
> > body shop that is willing to tackle an old car and
> > tougher still to find one that will and do a good
> > job. Kelly Huffman at the Bug Stop in Dallas/FW
> > does a lot but he doesn't actually do the work
> > himself. Might be worth a call. The only true VW
> > resto shop anywhere in the area that I could
> > recommend would be Earl Mann in Ok.
> >
> > Eskimeaux <cajun-eskimo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > With Hagerty I have that, and they know who he is.
> > I'll let you know.
> >
> > Sammie & Will who would you take your bus to if it
> > where you?
> >
> > Christopher Dirksen
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 06:18:50 -0700
> > From: bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: The eskimo bus has been hit
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Just one word: UIM! That's un/underinsured
> > motorists insurance. I don't have it with my
> > antique insurance through JC Taylor and don't know
> > if the classic insurance companies write it: But,
> > we are currently battling with 2 insurance
> companies
> > and contacting attornies over Shelley's recent
> > wreck. UIM may get us fully covered cause the
> other
> > driver's state minimum of $25,000 personal injury
> > protection probably isn't going to cover it.
> Also,
> > just had a friends daughter 74 bug rear ended by a
> > hit and run driver; rammed her in the rear then
> > backed up and ran. Her UIM is covering the damage
> > eventhough she doesn't have collision insurance.
> > Didn't know this before but UIM covers other
> drivers
> > in a hit and run when you don't even know who the
> > other driver is.
> >
> >
> > Eskimeaux <cajun-eskimo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} Just drove
> 7
> > miles to Mark and Em house to borrow some tow
> lights
> > for the bus to tow it to the Spring for a weekend
> of
> > fun. Half way back sitting at a stop sign, waiting
> > my turn to go and a drunk driver smashes into the
> > front drivers side of the bus! I get out look at
> the
> > damage he doesn't move then I see him trying to
> back
> > up but someone is behind him blocking him, I step
> in
> > front of his truck asking him repeatedly asking
> him
> > to off his truck and he looks at me with drunken
> > confusion, three minutes I stand in front of his
> > truck asking him to turn it off then he puts it in
> > drive and begins to roll towards me. I jump out of
> > the way and some cars behind me at the stop sign
> > swerve in front of him to stop him and he goes
> into
> > the ditch hit a 45 MPH speed sign and keeps flying
> > down the road. Two witnesses stayed one a pi and
> the
> > other a undercover
> > officer, the undercover agent try to chase him
> but
> > he gets away. Turns out the guy has already had 2
> > DUI's (well informed tow truck driver that knows
> the
> > officer) and the police know him. Couldn't drive
> the
> > bus as the fender, wheel well bent into the front
> > drivers side tire. Tow truck home 80 bucks, still
> > amped up on adrenalin and already wondering where
> to
> > take the bus to have it fixed. I didn't want to
> try
> > and pull him out of the truck (ford f 150 red) as
> he
> > was clearly wasted and much bigger then my lean
> > athletic frame small humor is a moment of sadness,
> > and once I saw in his eyes he was going to drive
> > over me I jumped. This is so not good! OK that's
> my
> > sad story. We have talked about insurance on here
> so
> > I will let everyone know how Hagerty full coverage
> > with a Agreed value of 20 k works out.
> >
> > Guy's where should I take my deluxe 1966 type II
> > too?
> >
> > He was turning right onto the road I was on swung
> > way wide and his drivers front end hit my drivers
> > front end.
> >
> >
> >
> > Didn't have a camera to take pictures at the seen
> > but soon I will have lots of pictures of the
> damage
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bummed out Cajun Eskimo AKA Christopher Dirksen
> >
> >
> >
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