The sc was innocently sitting in the back yard sunning it's self... when the neighbours giant "rotten" mango tree decided to fall over... got off quite lightly considering...but she's now sporting a basin size dent in the roof and numerous others dents and scratches.

So, I'm looking for a quality panel beater in the brisbane area that would be up to the task of knockin it back to shape... anyone here know of a good one?

Cheers,
dan

OH NO!

That's bad news

Hope u find someone good to do the work:thumb

damm

damn! saw the pics a while back and that was a hella nice ute. Hope you get it all back up to scratch soon...
Steven

Ouch!! :o

Hopefully you'll have it back in top shape again soon.

not cool. Have a bonfire in your backyard with the tree...

If they are paying for the repairs go see James Furner at 123 Restore behind Hardings in Rocklea, expensive but you get what you pay for...excellent job

Thanks byronbus... I'd completly forgoten about them!!

On the topic of who's paying....well, the neighbours got hm from their holiday a couple of hours ago... kinda felt for them having to deal with me before they unloaded the car but anyway...

all sympathy disappeared when questions of responsibility arose.... quote " it's not our fault the wind blew our tree over and your car was in the way" grhhhhh

lol well we agreed to talk again when I have an idea of the repair bill and they figure out if they're liable.... shit fight in the making me thinks?

cheers
dan

Good luck Dan, I hope all goes well.

What rotten luck!
Hope you get it worked out with the PPL next door without too much grief!
Rob....

Hey Dan,
What year SC is it? If it's a Bay I may be able to help with a panel cut for the roof if you need it.
Cheers,
Andy :thumb

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but in NSW and I assume other states too if a tree falls down into a neighbours yard you need to prove that the neighbour knew it was rotten etc and going to fall. Basically impossible to prove. I used to work in a claims environment and the only case i ever saw that was paid was because the neighbour had written to the council to cut the tree down because and aborist said it was dead and dangerous. The council disagreed and then it feel on the neighbours house. The council was sued by the insurance company no problems because they could prove that the owner of the tree did know and had tried to do something about it. Council stopped therefore they were negligent. Guess in this case all you can do is be nice to your neighbours and hopefully they may feel sympathetic and give a little help cash wise. Still it pisses you off.

yep your right type_one, discovered this morning the neighbours aren't responsible for any damage caused by their tree being blown over.... even if the thing was obviously rotten!

I really do not believe it’s fair though…. I mean accidents happen right? Insurance is about compensating the cost of accidents… my property got damaged by their property…how can the fact that it was blown over by the wind absolve them from any responsibility? Shouldn’t it be the owner’s tough luck…not the victims!???

What if the tree fell on my girlfriend? I’d like to see the insurance guy give me the “oh it’s just your tough luck son” line again! ;-)

Anyways, will let u's know how the cookie crumbles
dan

man

that f*#@^!!ng blows

Thats really not fair ... i hope you have some nice neighbours and that they at least offer to help out a bit with repairs, liable or not!

at least at this time of the year the tree isnt yet loaded with mangoes making the dent big, sloppy and sticky. on the bright side (a very dim bright side) its going to be at least 30 years till another tree gets that big so you have plenty of time to find somewhere else to sun the SC!

:sandrine
Sorry to hear about your accident Dan.
Yes 123 restore does do great work.
Hope all goes well for you
Judy (o\|/o)

Bloody trees, if it wasnt for all the greenies we could cut em down...but seriously, see if the neighbours will at least meet you half way...

cab, cab, cab in the backyard - watch out for that tree (read to george of the jungle music)

I thought it woulda been cover by someones home and contents insurance or something. Bad luck I guess.

PS - Got a picture?

looking to see a bit of destruction ay wes?

post us a piccie dan so we can see just how much damage a mango tree maketh.

Trees ....weeds gone hard!
MitCHeLl

its a crcok of crap really. you gotta wonder how it is that your cloths line is covered when a branch falls on it from a neighbours tree... but ya car aint if a tree falls on it.

hope you had insurance at least. if not i think i see a vw working bee and a party at your place.

just a though dan,

havent seen the damage yet but there was a nice looking rag top split sc kombi getting around wynnum there for a while with real high sides.

perhaps you could capitalise on the accident and create something different???
Col

Thats some bad Shiat Dan, But I know how you feel. A couple of years back, I had a 59 Sunroof beetle in storage at a mates farm, and the same thing happened, except, mine was a total throwaway.

N!

it sounds like it's repairable, which is a real plus! unfortunately things like this just happen sometimes....
i lost my pride and joy, '73 westfalia camper, which i had spent over four years restoring..... it was in a friends barn when the roof collapsed, a reinforced concrete roof the bus was totalled....

kai