Insurance for Older Trucks

I need some clues!!!

Had the ACOO road registered for a month now but too scared to drive it out in public as I dont have any insurance, sat at the phone the other day trying all the usual companies and one of them put me on to the insurance council of Aust, (the mob you complain to when you get ripped) told them my problem and they gave me some more numbers to try but being holiday time not too many answers.

The problem seems to be
(a) its a truck.....eeek
(b) its over thrirty years old..... Duhhh
(c) its a truck and its not part of a business....

I only want Third Party just in case I collide with a volvo

Any Tips....
I am waiting for a bloke from Select Trucks to ring back, my only hope at this stage.

Sarge :-X

Mine has been insured with Shannon's since I brought it. However it was unregistered when I first insured it (to get it home on a permit) and it is on "Club Plates" so I am not sure if that makes a difference. They may be worth a try,

A couple of other Members with smaller trucks are with RACV but they won't tow anything the size of mine but will come to try to get it going again.

Sarge
GuddayM8
Try Shannons
N tell m U have restored an ol vehicle etc etc etc Oh by the way it's wot U call a truck thingy
LOL
cya
[ch9786]

G'day Sarge, Like bparo says, try Shannons. I have our 1963 Leyland bus/motorhome insured with them and admittedly it's on limited mileage (5000ks) but the cost is more than reasonable. Won't hurt to call them!

There is also LUMLEY SPECIAL VEHICLE Insurance. There have been a few changes in the past 18 months, so I am not sure what their current policy is regarding trucks.
www.lsvinsurance.com.au but well worth a try.

I'm with Shannon's as well for all three Bedfords and the Mack and Chev when I had them. 50% of the time I get guys who actually know what vehicles I am talking about and the other times I get girls who at least ask the right questions.

My Thornycroft was insured with Shannons initially. (Mind you they didn't get the particulars correct). I then later on moved it over to RACV as they have a Vintage insurance policy also. Was quite a bit cheaper at the time. (Believe the NSW version of RACV offer similar product).

The Inter is insured with RACV. But it is running full reg so I have that on just a normal insurance policy. Not a vintage vehicle restricted policy. Mind you it is insured as comprehensive not just 3rd party. The difference in cost was very minimal!

To be fair, Sarge, I have been considering moving to RACV as have heard good things about them. JB reinforces my decision.

I looked at moving to RACV with the whole fleet (the modern car is with them) but as my XP was on full reg they wanted $1500 a year to insure it for $4000 when I asked in 2003. It didn't qualify for their vintage policy as it was on full registration! They were not even interested in insuring int for $10,000 when I enquired about both the XP Ute and the truck for $25,000 before xmas indicating they might be interested in the truck at $3,000 but not the ute at more than $1500. It seems they were only looking at red book values.

Shannon's upped the ute from $4500 to $10,000 and the truck from $4,000 to $25,000 and offered to cover the increased value for $9.25 a quarter (in order to keep the insurance due end of March rather the
December). When I offered to pay the increase on the spot on the phone they waived the charge until March based on my long association with them (9 years). Both companies consider Mrs P and Myself rating 1 drivers and the combined cost of the Truck and Ute at Shanons is about the same as the AU sedan with a multi policy discount at RACV.

I have third Party Prop only on my Terry through RAA ... $117.oo per year.
Apparently they don't normally insure trucks, but I managed to talk the chick into getting the nod from up above. Course I also have four other vehicles, and home & contents insurance with them.