<VV> Collector Car Insurance with no Garage

[Gary Swiatowy]

I wonder if your storage problem could be solved with a simple car cover?
Some of the zoning laws simply state the car must be kept out of view, a car 
cover can do that. And technically, if the town or city needs to verify what 
is under the car, they may need a warrant to search under the cover without 
your permission. There are also those temporary tent type garages available 
that can work out quite nicely and are much cheaper than paying for storage.

You could also add the car to your collector car policy and register it. If 
it gets stolen though, or damaged, it may raise a question why it was stored 
outdoors. You could always say that it was parked outside for a few days so 
you could work inside the garage on another project.

I do know of one instance where an "offending" car, actually a race car that 
was normally stored in a garage, was complained about if it was parked 
outside so the owner could work on his daily driver. Within minutes of him 
parking it outside, the police would be there. Problem solved when he parked 
it on his legally registered trailer...................much to the neighbors 
dismay.

Gary Swiatowy

>> From: RoboMan91324 at aol.com
>> Subject: <VV> Collector Car Insurance with no Garage
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>> Hello Gang,
>>
>> I have a storage problem here in Los Angeles.  I have a neighbor who can 
>> see
>> my 1964 Spyder from his second floor.  He complains about everything in 
>> the
>> neighborhood and has complained to the city about this non-op vehicle. 
>> The city
>> sent me a letter telling me that I must do something about it.  My garage 
>> is
>> already full of toys so that is not an option.  I do not want to move the
>> vehicle to an expensive and inconvenient off-site garage.  This limits me 
>> to
>> taking the vehicle off the non-op register and insuring it for the street 
>> even
>> though I will not be driving it.  If I insure it as a regular "driver" it 
>> will be
>> quite expensive.  Is there a collector car insurer that does not require 
>> the
>> vehicle to be in a locked garage?  Every one that I have checked with has
>> turned me down.  Any suggestions?
>>
>> (Yes, I have considered burning down his second floor but I thought that 
>> I
>> would try this first.)
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Doc
>> '60 Vette; '61 Rampside; '62 Rampside; '64 Spyder; '65 Greenbrier; '66 
>> Corsa;
>> '67 Nova SS; '68 Camaro ragtop
>>
>>
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