although, this is ages ago i stil want to comment. It looks really ugly at the moment, but if you took the bonnet off, the guards, grills etc it wouldnt look so big a job. Did he ever end up getting the ute back? Im guessing no seeing as he hasnt posted in a while..sad

yer,if it' didn't get the chassis rails,it's fixable.hey,i fixed my 1200 coupe race car after it hit a tractor tyre(don't ask),& it did in the guards,the bonnet,the inner guards,the radiator panel,the lower valance,etc,but not the chassis rails,so it pulled out straight on a chassis robot.buy it back from the insurance morons & go for it,don't lose something you love due to some noddy dog-phuqer in a 4wd.

If you take the cheque will the insurance company notify you of the method of disposal, e.g. auction, etc? So you can buy it back. Unless the front rails and floor are rusty I can't see it being a big job to fix. Obviously the insurance company are determining the value by age weighed against the estimated repair costs. Around here if it reachs more than a third of the vehicles value it's written off. I'm sure if you don't buy it back there will be plenty of takers, I would if I was in Oz.

spewing

you gonna buy her back for parts or start over?

please tell me your buying another 1200!

its a bit of bad luck, one of my co-workers hit a bmw in his work ute just yesterday and did $2000 worth of damage to his car, he had a bullbar, apparently the beamers pretty knacked!