Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:50:05 -0500 From: "Rod H" <rodhoggnospamnet> Subject: Re: The 'jabberwocky' returns from the smash repairer!
"Craig's Saab C900 Site" <c900nospam.apana.org.au> wrote in message news:Pine.GSO.4.64.0708100910490.23887nospam.apana.org.au... > > I picked up my red 89 16V c900 back from the smash repairer on Wednesday > after A$4300 worth of insurnance-covered (except for the excess) repair > work! Major parts replaced were the A-pillar (not sure if that's new but I > think it is), driver's side door (good used), driver's side front guard > (brand new!), bonnet/hood (good used), and sundry small parts. > > The repairs appear to be very good quality, and the paint job on the > replacement parts and associated areas is excellent. Now I need to give > the rest of the car a full polish/wax to get it up to the same standard as > the repaired areas! > > The only thing I need to solve is a slight fit problem for the replacement > bonnet/hood and get a replacement door inner (none were available from > wreckers or from Saab as a new part so we agreed to keep the old one which > has a little chunk of the foam knocked out!), but otherwise it's as good > as new. > > Pictures of the car in it's repaired for are located at: > > http://www.classicsaab.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7710 > > I've got some replacement foglight brackets coming soon too and then I'll > put the foglights back on the car and attempt to figure out why they > didn't work the first time I had them fitted even though I used a relay > and fuse in the 'prescribed' locations and put a switch on the socket I > found floating in the dash wiring which had the correct wiring... That > still puzzles me. > > Craig. > > -- > Craig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney > .au > http://nospam/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other > URL's > Email: c900nospam.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts > World-Wide! > Alternate: saabonautnospaml.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, > etc. car looks good. I can't even see any weld marks where the doors were welded shut. I also find it amazing that your insurance forked out that much for repairs. but i also find it amazing some of the horror stories about what happened to people after hurricane katrina in regards to insurance claims. rod
