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Collector insurance: Hagerty, Grundy, or JC Taylor

So I'm looking to move the 88 to collector insurance from my ammended Allstate policy. I've gotten quotes from Grundy and JC Taylor for about $180 a year and from Hagerty for about $350 a year. I'd like to go with JC Taylor or Grundy as, well, they are cheaper;). Does anyone have either JC Taylor or Grundy and if so how are they?
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #1
My agent wrote mine through classic collectors, and it is super cheap(at or just below $100/yr), but I only wanted it written for the bare minimum, and i think I get 5k miles/yr.
87 Thunderbird LX
65mm tb, exploder intake, iron gt40 heads, 1.6 rr, a9l mass air swap, 9.5" Billet Dirty Dog TC, Built AOD, 4.10's, 31 spline TLoc, Superior Axles, full sn95 five lug swap.

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Reply #2
What are the benefits of collector policies?
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

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Reply #3
I had my Mark VII insured through Nationwide (not sure if it's in your area) I paid based on what I told them it was worth. Don't remember exactly what the coverage cost, but it wasn't much at all. Worth looking into if they are in your area.
2017 Subaru Outback
2007 Lincoln MKZ
1990 Ford F250 / Banks turbo diesel

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Reply #4
I have my 86 TC insured through Hagerty for $9500 replacement valve and it is only $104 a year. 1988 cars aren't collector cars yet and unless its a turbo car it isn't figured as a special interest car either.
  I know Grundy will insure all out show cars only, no projects or barn finds, where as in Hargerty will insure your project car. Of course it can't be the DD.
John

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Reply #5
So I got a better quote by calling Hagerty. It's $225 a year to insure the 88 for $8000. Not bad for me being 25 years old;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Collector insurance: Hagerty, Grundy, or JC Taylor

Reply #6
You can try American classic ins. That's who I use. I put a claim in to them when my hood blew onto my roof, and they were great about it.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

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Reply #7
Good info. I've been thinking about going with collectors insurance when I get the 88 back on the road.

I still have to look into it a little more though, I think my Geico policy will insure it for what I tell them its worth, so that oughta be cheaper since I'll have 3 cars on the same policy...
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

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Reply #8
I got a quote from JC Taylor today of $184. I think I'm going to be going with them. A clean driving record helps.

Just a FYI: if you are under 25 you're going to have a hell of a time getting collector car insurance. That's why I had to amend my Allstate policy as none of the collector insurance companies would insure me when I was under 25.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Collector insurance: Hagerty, Grundy, or JC Taylor

Reply #9
Quote from: thunderjet302;341300
Just a FYI: if you are under 25 you're going to have a hell of a time getting collector car insurance. That's why I had to amend my Allstate policy as none of the collector insurance companies would insure me when I was under 25.

oh geez well I gues I'm gonna have to get it written up on my Geico policy. Since I've got 3 more years to 25.....
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

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Reply #10
Babies.

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Reply #11
I've had Grundy on my '88 Turbo Coupe for a couple years,About $120 per year on $5,000 agreed value.They've been nice to deal with

 

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Reply #12
Grundy quoted me $188. I think my quotes are higher because I'm 25 and I want the agreed value to be higher than what most of you guys have. Basically if something where to happen to my car I want to be able to buy another one and modify it the same way.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.