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Old 02-14-2004, 06:24 AM
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Default Re: rebodied with out salvage a title

Here is some other trival information on this subject.A car doesnt have to be damaged to be a repair liability.Did you know that doing simple things like adding bolt in frame connectors,traction bars,a strut tower brace or even a fiberglass hood to your car cant leave you open to lawsuits your insurance company dont cover?You may think nothing of buying a late model mustang,adding some frame connectors and a strut tower brace to it and thinking you did the world a favor.If you were to T-bone somebody with such a car and the crumple zones didnt crumple correctly,you could end up being in for a hard luck trip to the courthouse.If you are lucky,the damage will be limited to yourself and your insurance company not wanting to pay for your broken kneecaps,but if you fortifed hot rod were to plow into the side of somebody's car rather then crumple upon impact,you could be looking at loosing everything you own,even despite your million dollar liablity coverage.A good lawyer is going to look for a reason to hang you out to dry.When he sees those bright yellow slapper bars hanging under your springs,and he wants to know what they are for,and you tell him they help give the car more traction,and then he consults with an expert on how if they give a car better traction why dont all cars have them,and the expert tells him because slapper bars can cause the rear axle to lift under very hard breaking and cause the car to not stop straight,guess what he is going to look to pin the accident on.Not the little old lady who blew the light in front of you{his client}but rather on your super modified race car that was modifed in such a manner as to be unsafe for street use.
So with that said,there is a lot of potential liability in the automotive business.
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