See my response in your other thread, but why make a claim at all? Do you have a chainsaw? If the damage is minimal you might think about cutting the limb up in small pieces yourself and take the pig down to a body shop to repair the damage. Or include it as part of your restoration price. You don't want to necessarily make a claim on everything that comes along...
"Another" 1971 Pig Build Thread!
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I'm coming around to this idea. I'm just not happy about having to fund additional body work when the wagon was already straight to begin with - a motivation for the purchase originally. But I completely understand your point. I'm going to wind up paying for it anyway, because my rates will just go up and it will still come out of my pocket.
I appreciate your post and your thoughts on it.
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Close Call!
Well, all things considered, it could have been worse. A LOT worse. It's still bad - but I think it's fixable. It's just going to look like someone had a dance party on my roof until it's time to do body work. 2 steps forward, 3 steps back.
I removed a lot of the smaller branches off the limb, and cleared the way to see the damage a little better. I'm going to need to fire up a chain saw this weekend to get the remaining big pieces off.
What do you think?
Well, all things considered, it could have been worse. A LOT worse. It's still bad - but I think it's fixable. It's just going to look like someone had a dance party on my roof until it's time to do body work. 2 steps forward, 3 steps back.
I removed a lot of the smaller branches off the limb, and cleared the way to see the damage a little better. I'm going to need to fire up a chain saw this weekend to get the remaining big pieces off.
What do you think?
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more pics of tree damage
More pics.
More pics.
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
Steven, I feel your pain its happened to us 3 different times except they landed on the house. Dont file the claim if you dont have to.
Thanks Bob
Thanks Bob
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Thanks Bob!
I owe you some measurements. I've been a little distracted (as you can see) but I'll get them as soon as I can. Still very interested.
Shoot that coulda been a LOT worse. Those pillars are pretty strong. My roof looked a lot worse after a roll in the snow. Do you still have a headliner? It's gonna have to come out (be replaced). I pushed out a few dents by lying on the back seat and putting my feet on the roof...the rest I live with.
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Yep. Original headliner. I thought I was going to leave it alone, but now I think I'll have to take it all out and push some dents out. Oh well - it was going to be a ground up restoration anyway - so now I'll just stay true to that idea!
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subzali said:
Ha ha - indeed. Thank God the whole tree didn't come down on it. Hard to believe all of this is just from one branch. The good news is that now at least I can go to the city and let them know what a hazard it is, and try to get tree service to cut the rest of it down before it kills somebody.
Ouch... them's not happy pictures. I run a tree service and know how heavy branches can be. That wasn't as bad as it could have been though. ( cold comfort, i know). I dropped a tree on my partners Ford in my early days.... oh well it was just a Ford!
I have to park mine under a huge tree in the winter and I get damage just from balls of snow coming out in a mid winter melt snap...
The pillars are strong, but the roof is pretty flimsy gotta admit. That's a benefit of a full length roof rack.
Cheers!
I have to park mine under a huge tree in the winter and I get damage just from balls of snow coming out in a mid winter melt snap...
The pillars are strong, but the roof is pretty flimsy gotta admit. That's a benefit of a full length roof rack.
Cheers!
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Damage
Took the chainsaw to the tree limbs over the weekend. Damage isn't terrible.
Took the chainsaw to the tree limbs over the weekend. Damage isn't terrible.
PabloCruise
SILVER Star
Just a flesh wound...
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
cut it down
Steven, cut the rest of it down. You dont want this. yes that was my grille and the Awesome Wakefield N.H. Fire department.
Thanks Bob.
Steven, cut the rest of it down. You dont want this. yes that was my grille and the Awesome Wakefield N.H. Fire department.
Thanks Bob.
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Yipes!! Certainly don't need any more headache - I'm on it. I'm getting estimates this week from tree removal services. Should be history in a few days. Sorry that happened to you! Hope insurance paid for a new grill. 
well that sucks about the tree, but it looks like the B pillar survived, which is good news, hopefully its just sheetmetal damage.
On my 77 I have 2 keys, one for the doors and tailgate window, and one for ignition. I'm pretty sure that this is the way it was stock. Once you take the cover off the back door, you can jump the junction block and raise and lower the window that way, assuming the motor is good and the plastic gear is not broken, which in your case is seems to work ok since it lowered. I had the same problem with the gunk in the bottom of the doors, causing them to rust from the inside out. I scraped it all out, drilled some more drain holes, and put a heavy coat of primer and paint inside the doors with a paintbrush.
On my 77 I have 2 keys, one for the doors and tailgate window, and one for ignition. I'm pretty sure that this is the way it was stock. Once you take the cover off the back door, you can jump the junction block and raise and lower the window that way, assuming the motor is good and the plastic gear is not broken, which in your case is seems to work ok since it lowered. I had the same problem with the gunk in the bottom of the doors, causing them to rust from the inside out. I scraped it all out, drilled some more drain holes, and put a heavy coat of primer and paint inside the doors with a paintbrush.
sorry to see your pig get nailed. Best of luck in getting it fixed. I always worry about my pig sitting outside under the pine trees in spring. ty 
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Thanks for the nice words guys - and I like the idea of making some additional weep holes in the doors. May try that! Today I'm taking a drive up to Snellville to meet with Charles Jones of Jones Chroming. He's going to look at all of my emblems and trim pieces and see if he can replate them all for me. They're all in pretty good shape except for one chrome piece surrounding one of my reverse lights - which completely deteriorated. I will have to replace it at some point. If Charles does a good job on these items I will also get him to replate all of my door handles and paddles. Wish me luck!
For what it's worth, my 72 has one key that works for everything. Tailgate, doors, ignition. No doubt in my mind that it's all original as well.
In your last post you mentioned getting the chrome trim for the backup lights plated. You do realize that is still a stock item for Toyota, right? I paid $22.41 ea for them and it comes with everything. New lens, new gasket, new chrome. All you have to do is install it.
In your last post you mentioned getting the chrome trim for the backup lights plated. You do realize that is still a stock item for Toyota, right? I paid $22.41 ea for them and it comes with everything. New lens, new gasket, new chrome. All you have to do is install it.
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I appreciate your post and your insight. I had the chroming priced yesterday, and it will actually work out to be cheaper to get my old parts rechromed than to buy new. I will have to replace parts that have completely deteriorated, and I'm sure I'll have to pay $20 - $25 for these. It works out that rechroming my parts will average about $15/apiece. I think this is pretty reasonable, especially when you consider that emblems are included.
