I spent a good part of the day yesterday looking at insurance carriers and they're all about the same: 500'ish/year, limited use and mileage, etc.. But, there's one or two people at ffcobra that
allegedly went through Progressive and got roughly the same deal with no use restrictions (milege, yes, but no use). I called Progressive thinking maybe I'd get lucky since they insure our dune buggy, but no luck. They wanted almost 2K/year for no restrictions on use. One guy at ffcobra stated that he just had to "find the right agent" for Progressive to get the good deal. Of course, he's in Florida and that doen't do me much good here. So, is there anyone out there who has a good Progressive agent in Cali that is getting great rates without the use restrictions, or is this just a tall tale? If this agent exists, who and where are they???
BTW - At the breakfast at Cassidy's I mentioned to some of you about our Empi Sportster project. Since I have PhotoBucket open on another tab, I thought I'd share. It's almost done and now I'm kinda glad I'm not going through another build right now since we bought a completed car. This thing has been an awful lot of work...
Historically, the Sportster is "the" first production dune buggy. It's built on a shortened (12") VW pan and has a steel body. They were made available 3 ways: as just plans - to build your own, as a kit, and as completed vehicles. Introduced around 1960, the Sportster faded away in 1968 after competition from Bruce Meyers and the Meyers Manx and the introduction of it's sucessor, the Empi Imp. Both had fiberglass bodies and are what people generally think of when they think of dune buggies. I have only tracked down a handful of these rare cars despite their generous magazine exposure and popularity in the early 60's. They're virtually forgotten now. Here's a cover shot of two Sportsters on the July 1963 issue of Motor Trend:
Nearing completion..
Cute little booger, ain't it?
Does anyone have Progressive Insurance?
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