In Vic there are 2 types of write offs- Stat write offs(total loss) with cancelled vins and Financial write offs with a current vin but would cost too much for the insurance companys to repair as labor is too much$$$and most will only use new parts .

Yep NSW had that too. Past tense... it's changed now.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

And the insurance companies ensure most of them are sold as enonomic write-offs. That way they are worth more at the auctions.

If the car is over a certain age (10 or 15 years?) then it's not put on the WOVR, so it can be reregistered with a normal RWC.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

But there is a clause covering collectors cars. So it does not affect us.

I understand that's how the Charade one make Rally Series came about in the 90's.....

A batch of new Charades caught on the dock in a huge storm and thus became unsellable....
but were fitted with basic rally gear and sold on "rally only" rego....
if I'm not mistaken Alan Vaughan had a big hand to play in getting it going....

To be honest, that car is dead. The entire chassis is deformed so much that unless it's a historic car, it should be scrapped. It wouldn't be safe to repair unless you threw everything away and started from scratch. Luckily they made a few minis and this sort of thing is inevitable, i.e. sh!t happens.

Pity the poor Veyron owned who collided with a semi on the autobahn, causing an estimated US$550,000 worth of damage. And when I say "pity", I mean "laugh at the rich twat"...