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Hello ALL ,
I drive a ford transit for work (i work for myself) and i am nearly done restoring (nuts& bolts) my Pride and Joy , a 1987 250 td mercedes estate. Now i had this insured last year , but i had to invoke the insurance ombudsman to get insurance ( i have driven transit vans for the last 15 years, no accidents, regular insurance companies do not insure cars over 20 years old , and i was advised by some insurance companies that they could only insure me if i would start with a car with a max, 1.1 liter engine , well i am 198 cm tall and i do not fit in a little shoebox like that, so i ended up paying fully comp on a than 19 year old car valued at 2000 € with a year premium of 3950 € ) i had the car on the road for just two weeks when a bit more work was needed on the auto gearbox and that took the car off the road for the year, the insurance policy ran it's full course. now a few people have been telling me that there is a specialist motor insurer here in ireland for 20 + year old cars, and i searched for hours on the internet and the phonebook, but no luck,so somebody out there??Any hints ??Please??
I drive a ford transit for work (i work for myself) and i am nearly done restoring (nuts& bolts) my Pride and Joy , a 1987 250 td mercedes estate. Now i had this insured last year , but i had to invoke the insurance ombudsman to get insurance ( i have driven transit vans for the last 15 years, no accidents, regular insurance companies do not insure cars over 20 years old , and i was advised by some insurance companies that they could only insure me if i would start with a car with a max, 1.1 liter engine , well i am 198 cm tall and i do not fit in a little shoebox like that, so i ended up paying fully comp on a than 19 year old car valued at 2000 € with a year premium of 3950 € ) i had the car on the road for just two weeks when a bit more work was needed on the auto gearbox and that took the car off the road for the year, the insurance policy ran it's full course. now a few people have been telling me that there is a specialist motor insurer here in ireland for 20 + year old cars, and i searched for hours on the internet and the phonebook, but no luck,so somebody out there??Any hints ??Please??