01-22-2009, 12:30 AM
umm, have you ever considered contacting the shipping company responsible for your damaged item? Perhaps their $100. insurance ( UPS, Fedex, etc, type guaranteed automatic insurance coverage up to $110 value) on ANY item, vintage or not, would be acceptible to you? Might be worth consideration, as if you fillout the proper paperwork with shipping company, may yield you enough settlement $ to buy another similar Philco parts set chassis on ebay in the future? You will need a person from their insurance program to visually-inspect your item & the box it was shipped to you in. Just a idea!