Appraised value for 67 Falcon Club Wagon Deluxe

Well the appraiser for Nationwide insurance has come up with a value for my 67 Falcon Deluxe Club Wagon. He rates it as a 3 and gives it a value of $8k. Does any body have any sold comps for value. Any sold comps would help my cause. It is looking like they are going to total it and I may be on the hunt for a new van. This sucks as I have been enjoying my ride and sunk lot's of cash into getting it right. Any help would be appreciated

what exactly did the fire take out? just the carb and wiring, hoses etc? might be better off in the long run to bite the bullet and just redo the wiring and engine stuff, if it isn't too bad. would hate to see them total your van.

got any pics of the damage?

Anything that could burn did. Alt, all hoses, coil ,new Mallory hei distrib, weber two barrel carb, wire harness, insulation, spark plug wires, starter, and the list goes on. I'm hoping if they total it I might be able to buy it back for a decent price. There is a lot I would swap out for another van that I installed since I bought it.

Don't know how mechanically inclined you are, but 8K would go a long way into van restoration. If I liked the van, then I would take the insurance money and buy the van back from them. I could completely restore one of these vehicles and have money left over with 8K. Good Luck Mike

Just to be clear-the agent says it was worth $8K before the fire?
What is the value now if you want to buy it back?

I had a fire under the hood like yours with no insurance, and it was salvageable.

Wheels are spinning lot's of options. It's going to be to much time, and work for me to restore myself.I have my eye on a really great deal for a a van I like. I will buy the other van, and swap out the upgrades I put in the old van. Then I will sell the old one for a project to some one else. Looking at the bright side, I probably shaved a year off of my resto timeline.