Posted On: February 28, 2005, 5:11 pm CST

Posted By: Joe CA

Have you ever priced a 19 year old Olds Cutless? You can expect to pay 30K plus for a restored 442. The fenders, doors, dashes, hoods, front ends are worth a lot more than the car itself. Before becoming an agent I spent several years as an adjuster in Philly. Some of the body shops would not even wait until I left to oder panels, by color. Sure as God made green apples within a week, a same model car would be stolen. Guess what? When it was recovered it was only missing certian parts. In a way the insurance industry paid twice for one claim.