Re: insurance values/claims -- alfa-digest V7 #843

[richard bies <bies@domain.elided>]

A number of excellent points.  No-way is the typical repair anywhere close
to restoration -- almost inevitably, any damage leaves the car worth less
when repaired than before the damage (even where the i.c. tries to claim
an enhancement because of the use of new metal).

However, I do disagree violently on one point -- brazing.  It is mig/tig
welding which leaves the area rust-prone, perhaps even rusting before it
can be primed.  Brass cannot rust, and the near-by seems not particularly
rust-prone.  (But particularly where the surface is rough -- those little
fingers of wire protruding [as they typically are], rust is assured.)

r.m.bies

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