Bongo Fury

Some may remember that I gifted my Bongo camper to a grandson a few months ago ..

Unfortunately a woman as run into the front / side of the Bongo damaging the front / chassis / suspension and the insurance have written it off ..

It's a 1998 JAL V6 LPG one previous (Bongo Fury local) owner in good rust free nick well loved / maintained (as some of the pictures I have posted should verify) ..

Just messaged me to say the insurance have come straight out with a £5500 settlement figure .. he is just wondering if he should take it ... or haggle ..??

I would have suggested he takes the cash ... and the salvage .. but he lives 200 miles away from me and I don't know if I want the hassle ..

I could be interested in the salvage at the right price where is it located?

That sounds low for such a nice motor.

Best to get prices of similar Bongos for sale and go back to them.

Obviously salvage depends on the amount of damage.

And what b****y bad luck.

I think its not bad if you get the salvage ?

Depends on the damage, let's hope its not too bad, but you're right,it will be worth a fair bit.

Ben as not taken up there offer .. I have 'advised' him to hold out for more cash .. or take the offer .. and .. the Salvage ..

I have not seen any pics of the damage .. he says it's the O/S wish bone ... I changed all the ball joints last year, I know the wishbones are relatively in expensive .. so I don't know what else as put it into a write off category ..

Ben is a life guard at a Caravan park in Hartlepool so I assume the Bongo is in a garage around there ..

Trouble is to bust the wishbone there must be a good bit of body damage and quite possibly chassis.

Even a new wheel and tyre will cost insurers more than we can get one on here.

Hi,

definitely haggle. When 'er in drawers wrote off our first Bongo they came up with a value based on the engineers report and what a "comparable" vehicle fetches on Fleabay. I pointed out to them that it was purchased from JAL and told the broker to look at their website to get some idea of what I might have to pay to get the equivalent vehicle. After some grumbling they upped their offer quite substantially and we didn't come out of the deal too badly. It was declared Cat C, and there was front chassis damage, but it was repaired and put back on the road.

Peter

What a bl**dy shame. Hope that lovely Bongo can be salvaged and repaired.

Sorry to hear this depressing news, it was a stunner. Very good nick and you clearly put some serious work in to a high standard as well. Fortunate there was no serious injury I hope at least. Sad all round but that does indeed seem a bit low of an offer for such a well kitted out vehicle. This comparative ebay price, there are a load of rust buckets on there largely uncared for I suspect that are not in the same league as a Bongo of this calibre.

I guess insurance companies deal with data and less interested in what people paid and have done to keep their Bongos in good condition.