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OldBeachBob said:
This makes the blood, sweat, tears, and $$$ of the last year or so a little easier. I've had swine flu since the late 60s when I worked for Toyota. Over the years I've watched Bronco's, Scouts, Jeep's values grow. But the quirky swine stayed undiscovered, unloved, unvalued.

Because my love (affliction) was not based on expected returns, just on respect and love for something that works, has been so forgiving, and has saved my bacon over and over again (no matter how many dumb, dumb things I do). A little over a year ago I decided to put a little lipstick on my pig. Like everyone here already knows, easier said than done - parts are difficult or impossible to find, vehicles designed and built for extended off road use more than 40 years ago are difficult to work on. With their quirky looks, friends and spouses look at us and think, (or say) why????

Well maybe now others are discovering what we have known for some time. SF (swine flu) isn't built on what we think we will get - but what we can give. The fellowship, support, encouragement and understanding from this group of fellow 'sufferers" has been critical to 'Hanging in there!'

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I hope now that my "freshen her up" journey will be done by May (estimate revision 17 I think). Can't wait to spend days of summer with her traveling.

Thanks so much to all!
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Spoken from the Heart.:). Worth every minute and questions from others.:pig::pig:
 
OldBeachBob said:
This makes the blood, sweat, tears, and $$$ of the last year or so a little easier. I've had swine flu since the late 60s when I worked for Toyota. Over the years I've watched Bronco's, Scouts, Jeep's values grow. But the quirky swine stayed undiscovered, unloved, unvalued.

Because my love (affliction) was not based on expected returns, just on respect and love for something that works, has been so forgiving, and has saved my bacon over and over again (no matter how many dumb, dumb things I do). A little over a year ago I decided to put a little lipstick on my pig. Like everyone here already knows, easier said than done - parts are difficult or impossible to find, vehicles designed and built for extended off road use more than 40 years ago are difficult to work on. With their quirky looks, friends and spouses look at us and think, (or say) why????

Well maybe now others are discovering what we have known for some time. SF (swine flu) isn't built on what we think we will get - but what we can give. The fellowship, support, encouragement and understanding from this group of fellow 'sufferers" has been critical to 'Hanging in there!'

full


I hope now that my "freshen her up" journey will be done by May (estimate revision 17 I think). Can't wait to spend days of summer with her traveling.

Thanks so much to all!
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Beautiful...
 
OldBeachBob said:
The fellowship, support, encouragement and understanding from this group of fellow 'sufferers" has been critical to 'Hanging in there!'
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Pablo and Bob
When I wrote that it's guys like you that its about! Thanks for your help guys! Bob you were right the corner is coming out great!v
 
abqcruiser said:
I recently had my pig appraised for insurance purposes and thought I'd share the results. There are probably a lot of appraisal companies out there, but I went with this one, International Vehicle Appraisers Network ( I-VAN). The gentleman who came out is an independent appraiser, who also restores vehicles, so I figured who better than someone who knows what it takes to restore old vehicles.
He did a thorough inspection inside and out, photographed, and asked a lot of detailed questions regarding my build. At no time did he ask how much money I had spent on the build, so I feel this is a pretty impartial appraisal. He also informed me that appraisals rarely meet an owners expected value, so I was prepared.
So, the fair market value this pig is: $27,000.00

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That puts it pretty in line with Hagerty's valuation and about where I'd want to insure it for replacement purposes.
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Completely undervalued as that is possibly the top 2 Pigs Ive seen. What tires(and PSI), lift and size did you go with?
 
BBQ BOY said:
Completely undervalued as that is possibly the top 2 Pigs Ive seen. What tires(and PSI), lift and size did you go with?
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Thanks for the compliment, but I must respectfully disagree with you. Don't get me wrong, if someone were to offer me more, not that I'd ever sell it, than the appraised value for my pig, it would put a big smile on my face. That appraised price is my break even point, not factoring in any of my time. The engine, transmission, and transfer case are all original and un-touched. This is no where near the level of restoration as say Scrapdaddy's or JMack's. Although the appraiser was very complimentary with my work, the one thing that was stated in the appraisal was, "amateur restoration". That says a lot to me, as it is a hobby ( now passion). To get a better handle on values, try to convince scrapdaddy to get his appraised, as that is where the top of the bar has been set in this sty.

To answer your other questions, those are BFG KO2's r15x10.5x 33, around 38psi. OME lift, I'm guessing 2.5" lift, installed by the PO.
 
abqcruiser said:
To get a better handle on values, try to convince scrapdaddy to get his appraised, as that is where the top of the bar has been set in this sty.
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I sure appreciate that, but the only bar I set was for stupid spending. It took me a while to even own up to this, but a couple of weeks ago I had mine insured for $60,000, thinking I was close to that in parts. Man was I off, as of two days ago it rolled over $84,000. The only labor in that is paint, wiring and some fender adjusting. I'm still not done, but close. I'm not going to get it appraised, don't need to know what somebody else thinks it's worth, just going to use it with a smile on my face. Would I do it again, not to this extent, but to me well worth it.
 
scrapdaddy said:
as of two days ago it rolled over $84,000.
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Ha…. My wife still thinks the pig build is hovering around the 5K mark, I’m not going to say how much I spent on miscellaneous equipment repair last year but if you were able to build your pig for 85K I would say you’re doing it right. That’s a much smaller number than I would have guessed. :pig::beer::beer::pig:
 
To be honest, I feel a little foolish spending that on a camping wagon, but would feel a lot worse if I spent that on a luxury car just to drive to the store. A big part of it was the fun I had planning and building it, hard to put valve on those things, so no regrets!

J Mack, I won't say anything if you don't. :)
 
scrapdaddy said:
To be honest, I feel a little foolish spending that on a camping wagon, but would feel a lot worse if I spent that on a luxury car just to drive to the store. A big part of it was the fun I had planning and building it, hard to put valve on those things, so no regrets! J Mack, I won't say anything if you don't. :)
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scrapdaddy said:
To be honest, I feel a little foolish spending that on a camping wagon, but would feel a lot worse if I spent that on a luxury car just to drive to the store. A big part of it was the fun I had planning and building it, hard to put valve on those things, so no regrets! J Mack, I won't say anything if you don't. :)
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I’m with Farm Bureau and they offer “Agree Value” policies and that what I have, we both agreed on a value before anything happened. "In the event of theft or a total loss they will pay the Agreed Value."

You’ll want to look into “Stated Value” that some of the companies offer, "In the event of theft or a total loss they will pay the Stated Value or the Actual Cash Value, whichever is less."
 
J Mack said:
I’m with Farm Bureau and they offer “Agree Value” policies and that what I have, we both agreed on a value before anything happened. "In the event of theft or a total loss they will pay the Agreed Value."

You’ll want to look into “Stated Value” that some of the companies offer, "In the event of theft or a total loss they will pay the Stated Value or the Actual Cash Value, whichever is less."
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I wouldn't want to have to settle for the insurance company's ACV...
 
abqcruiser said:
From what I have been reading, you should always get an agreed value policy.
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I had State farm and my agent was passing his “Stated Value” policy off as an “Agree Value” and jerked me around for three months with smoke and mirrors on coverage for some of the stuff I was trying to get coverage for. In the end they were not able to give me what I needed and Farm Bureau was one of the few that could help with everything I need to cover with a no BS policy.
YMMV.
 
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