Cant believe this is being Broken

[Ballistic Banana]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/310551.htm

Ok you cant see the full extent of the damage ( chassis) but there doesnt seem to be a mayjor amount of body damage, More cracked top to bottom than the usual complete shatter disintergrate.

A shame that they are coming to this now the prices are low

BB

[Ribol]

The problem is that repairs simply cost so much more to do than on "normal" cars.

Added to that the salvage value will be relatively high. Not an ideal situation for owners or future insurance premiums.

What sort of damage would it take to write this one off?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/203714.htm

[Barreti]

My guess is the body is broken in two just in front of the wheelarch.
Nothing car be done if that is the case, its what wrote off my Griffith and that looked like it had no damage at all on the opposite side to the tree impact.

[Zumbruk]

It's simple economics. If cars are worth more as parts than as whole cars, then they will be broken up.

[Chassis 33]

It looks like the whole boot section has been damaged. If you look at the first shot there is a crack down the arch on the NSR, the crack in the boot line below the bumper trim and the damage behind the door on the OS. I would guess that the NS door area is damaged too as the door appears to gaffer taped shut. Probably Cat C, if things like the fuel tank or rear chassis/suspension are damaged it certainly will be.

To professionally repair the car you're probably looking £2 to 3k for a car that's probably worth only worth £7k tops give its "history". Sadly that's economics for you.

Regards
Iain

[jellison]

Best not to Crash - I always stick to this simple adage!

Edited by jellison on Friday 21st December 18:34

[That Daddy]

The spares have to come from somewhere,how else would alot of our cars stay on the road

[Ribol]

That Daddy said:

The spares have to come from somewhere,how else would alot of our cars stay on the road

If there are more cars out there on the road then there will always be parts suppliers because they can make money at it.
If loads get written off that will leave fewer customers for parts and suppliers will stop producing parts because it isn't worth their while.

That will be the end of these cars

Having said all that, if you decide to break yours I might be interested in a spare diff

[That Daddy]

Ribol said:

That Daddy said:

The spares have to come from somewhere,how else would alot of our cars stay on the road

If there are more cars out there on the road then there will always be parts suppliers because they can make money at it.
If loads get written off that will leave fewer customers for parts and suppliers will stop producing parts because it isn't worth their while.

That will be the end of these cars

Having said all that, if you decide to break yours I might be interested in a spare diff

Funny Ribol,actually i would like a spare GKN diff tooi suppose you may have a point about these cars

[Barkychoc]

The car is on ebay aswell now, here's the picture link from the ebay listing which is much clearer

http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx...

and here's the ebay listing

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TVR-Chimaera-4-0-1998-damage...

Looking at the drivers seat does it look bent / broken / distorted ?

Chris

Edited by Barkychoc on Saturday 22 December 18:35

[crackedfinger]

http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=399791&image=92835748&images=92835736,92835738,92835740,92835742,92835744,92835745,92835746,92835748&formats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0

isn't the outrigger missing?

Edited by crackedfinger on Saturday 22 December 19:15