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Cost of repairing crashdamaged cars gets blame for insurancem te hikes Be warned your car in surance rates will edge up wards again and increased costs of repairing cars damaged in crashes are to blame Most major insurance com panies are including such predictions in their premium notices to policyholders as they prepare their rates for the coming year State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co is telling its customers in form letters that costs of repairing and replacing crash parts have increased 27 per cent between January 1974 and July 1975 Crash parts is the term Ised to describe the sheet metal parts of car such as fenders hoods trunk lids side panels and bumpers and grilles The rise in costs comes from study done by one of Canadas leading appraisal companies for the Insurance Bureau of Canada Mutual says and it means com parable increase in the average cost per insurance claim It also means the insurance companies have no option but to pass on the increase to policyholders in the form of higher insurance premiums How much the insurance companies will be allowed to increase their rates will have to be determined by the federal antiinflation board the consumers new wat chdog recent survey of Toronto auto body shops showed the cost of repairs to cars damaged in accidents has risen by more than 35 per cent and is still going up SIMILAR INCREASES In Barrie all of several auto body shops and car dealerships contacted repor ted similar increased costs The parts mana er for Grandview Ford sai cost of fender for 1976 Mercury was $14355 in October As of March 31 it was $15360 an increase of 69 per cent front end grille was $10170 and is now $10885 while front bumper which was $10350 last year is now $10870 hood of 1976 Ford that cost $15320 to replace in Oc tober now six months later costs $16395 per cent rise He said the dealership gets revised parts price list from the major auto manufac turers two times year The average increase with each new listing has been to per cent for the past two years or so In comparison labor costs have only gone up 50 an hour in the past year at Grand viewhe said The parts manager of Sadlon Scott Motors said the RAY STEPHENSON of Barrie City Collision Cen tre removes damaged taillight To replace it will cost in excess of$100 and last parts price increase the dealership got from its General Motors supplier was inOctober About an or 10 per cent price jump in parts occurred then with the cost of body parts rising as much as anything Sadlon Scott is now waiting for its new price list the spokesman said But he did not care to predict how high the next hike will be He said one reason for the increases in the cost of crash Darts is the style changes the major auto makers introduce wch year COSTLY RE TOOLING These changes require costly retooling of the huge thats excluding labor costs The taillight assembly costs $8110 and the metal extension around the light costs $3340 The metal presses at the factory and keep the price of body replacement arts high This com ined with the high cost of packaging and shipping means the overall cost of body parts is not out line he said Roy Stephenson of Barrie City Collision Centre said in creased crash parts costs are definitely to blame for recent higher repair bills Again he said labor costs have risen about $3 an hour in the past five years while body parts have increased by as much as 50 per cent in some cases in two years He said everything in cluding the cost of repair ex tras such as paper paint increased cost of crash parts is the reason given by car insurance companies for increased premiums ExaminerPhoto tape have kept increasing in recent months because of general inflation in the coun try Overall repair costs are up about 50 per cent from two years ago he said In many cases insurance companies will writeoff car heavily damaged in collision to avoid costly repair bills and find it cheaper to buy the owner new car he said French Motors parts manager said part prices are going up all the time With each edition of the manufacturers price lists come more increases he ad ded brake shoe for example was $2005 last fall and now retails for $2095 front fen der costing $94 now costs $12245 He said French Motors sub contracts all its collision work to auto body shop and finds that price increases of crash parts are the major fiment in the final repair JUST KEEP CLIMBING spakesman for Acker man and Thompson Body Shop said increases in part costshave not been real drastic but they just keep climbing He said the cost of all materials used in auto repairs has gotten more ex pensive and noted even tape used to cover car windows during repainting has doubled in cost since last year Overall repairs are up about 50 per cent from what they were year or so ago he said Cost increases of parts for foreign cars are even worse he said with increases just about once month In sampling of repair costs the Insurance Bureau of Canada selected 10 auto ac cidents in January 1974 and recosted them at current prices to establish how much costs have risen since January 1975 The overall increase for the period was 12 per cent with the rise in crash parts accounting for 32 per cent of the increase In January this year it re costed the same accidents and found that in the past year costs had risen by 21 per cent with crash parts ac counting for 35 per cent of the increase while labor was up just per cent Car insurance companies and adjusters are more aware of the increase in auto repairs than the average motorist Repairs resulting from collision are usually looked after by the insurance company with no direct cash flow out of the consumers pocket re resentative of Nor thland rawford Insurance Adjusters said the cost of car repairs have always been high and acknowledged costs have shown general escalation in recent years Costs have never gone downward just up he said As result eople have become inure to the rising cost of repairs and have ac cepted them as way of life Cost increases of parts are passed right down the line from the supplier of the raw materials to the manufac turer to the repair shop to the insurance company and on to the consumer he said Who gets it in the end Its always the consumer No hearings planned this week by office There are no rent review hearings scheduled in the Barrie area this week Two hearings are scheduled in Midland May 12 and two are planned for Coil ingwood May 13 The rent review office has not reached decision con cerning the proposed in increase by Sandy Cove Acres Ltd at hearing Wednesday They own their mobile homes but rent land and pay for services and maintenance The meeting at Sandy Cove Acres lasted about four hours KEN LEWIS Mr Kite Canada shows young en thusiast the finer points of assembling kite made from GLAD garbage bags His workshop at Bayfield Mall started The Barrie Examiner Tuesday May ll 19765 Monday and runs to Satur day Top kite expert shares his skills with kiteflyers this week at mall Hundreds of children and other kite enthusiasts visiting the Glad Kite Workshop at Bayfield Mall today through Saturday will get chance to meet and talk with Canadas foremost kite expert Ken Iewis Also known as Mr Kite Canada Mr Lewis of Mississauga will be demonstrating the art of building kites from the popular and versatile Glad garbage bags garden bags and kitchen catchers His workshop will be open daily from3t09pm He will travel to several Ontario plazas with the Glad Kite Workshop for the rest of May and into June leading up to the Glad Kite Festival at Ontario Place Junelzth The festival will feature contests and prizes in several age grou for the best decorate kite the most unusual kite the biggest kite and the kite with the prettiest tail Contests are also planned between press radio televi sion and political teams as well as an exhibition of kite fighting Entry forms are available for allage groupsat the Glad Kite Workshop or by writing to The Glad Kite Festival 165 University Avenue Toronto M5H BC The Glad Kite Workshop allows Mr Lewis to develop and put into ractice one of his favorite eories that kite flying need not be an ex pensive or difficult sport He firmly believes that children of all ages can benefit from the thrill and satisfaction of building and flying their own creations And he claims its the best way to get close to nature while learning about several areas of outdoor science In addition to Glad green orange and white gar bage bags the materials used in the demonstration include masking tape inexpensive wooden sticks decals and other decorating materials Mr Lewis will also distribute an informative illustrated booklet The Kite from Glad that includes kite making directions decorating tips flying in structions and an interesting look at the kitemaking direc tions decorating tips flying instructions and and an in teresting look at the kites prominent role in history Mr Lewis since retiring from government position has devoted full time to his favorite hobbykite flying and turned it almost into profession Among his many clients have been govern ments who have used his ser vices on scientific projects and organizations who use his kites of various sizes and col ors to promote special events He is probably the only pro fessional kite master in Canada and much of his time is devoted to teaching others how to enjoy the art of building and flying all types of kites Every time you build or modify kite its like making new plane and you become the test pilot Theres nothing like the thrill of watching and making it fly says Lewis The same exhiliara tion has been felt by the An cient Chinese early aviators and modern scientists And that feeling is available to everybody One of his major ac complishments was construc tion of 30Hootsquare giant kite that acted as skyhook for monitoring equipment over Lake Ontario In addi tion he has recreated col lection of antique replica kites for the Ontario Science Centre and conducted 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