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physast
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 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:58 am Post subject: Engine conversions and auto insurance |
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I am looking at purchasing a vanagon camper with a subaru engine. I have been calling around trying to find an insurance company but no one will insure the car due to the engine conversion.
How do others insure after a conversion??
In fact I am also restoring my 67 bug and was told by three companies that they will not insure that car either because I have upgraded the original engine from a 1500 to a 1600 engine  |
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*Darren
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:14 am Post subject: Re: Engine conversions and auto insurance |
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| physast wrote: |
I am looking at purchasing a vanagon camper with a subaru engine. I have been calling around trying to find an insurance company but no one will insure the car due to the engine conversion.
How do others insure after a conversion??
In fact I am also restoring my 67 bug and was told by three companies that they will not insure that car either because I have upgraded the original engine from a 1500 to a 1600 engine |
You need to stop being so forthcoming (joking) at least with the bug, you should really state that it has a non-original STOCK engine. This would also come in useful as in some states, you would have to register the car as a street rod, rather than historic vehicle. I know, just bureaucratic bs. As to the vanagon - that one can't help with and again, what somebody did in CA or VT, may not help you out in DC (as far as either registering or insuring) - yep, it can be a major pita, friend went through it in PA with a lowered bug - could not register as historic and then ran into insurance problems. Again, good luck. |
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physast
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:26 am Post subject: Re: Engine conversions and auto insurance |
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| *Darren wrote: |
You need to stop being so forthcoming (joking) at least with the bug |
This is becoming very apparent (unfortunately), the more companies I call. |
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danfromsyr
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while this is likely good here in the General section you may want to inquire over in the vanagon forum
this is a vanagon specific insurance question that many other vanagon owners fall into the same boat.
I insure mine as a regular car, I do not own anything nicer than I can or can't afford. so I don't have any useful input, other than on my insurance I have the 'conversion van' interior insured for $3500 fwiw.
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physast
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| danfromsyr wrote: |
while this is likely good here in the General section you may want to inquire over in the vanagon forum
this is a vanagon specific insurance question that many other vanagon owners fall into the same boat.
I insure mine as a regular car, I do not own anything nicer than I can or can't afford. so I don't have any useful input, other than on my insurance I have the 'conversion van' interior insured for $3500 fwiw. |
So do you insure your van's interior separately? Sorry, I might not be understanding correctly. |
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danfromsyr
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it's just entered on my policy that it's a coachwork conversion interior with a stated value of $3500..
don't mix up that I drive my van like any other car, daily and on extensive trips.
it's also not a high end shiny van, so being less than $20k isn't a big deal for me.
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