damaged beyond economical repair.....

doesnt mean YOU cant repair it though does it ,it just means its not financialy viable from an insurance point of view, if you want to repair it who are they to tell you if its viable or not?

people always take "beyond ECONOMICAL repair" to mean the car is fooked, but in the real world it means nothing of the sort, if the car had been 6 months newer it may well have been repaired by the insurance company anyway

you should see some of the things insurance companys have allowed me to repair some cat b's are nowhwere near that bad but if its viable it ok as far as they are concerened

i edited to say...

im not saying cat b's can be repaired btw ,im just stating what the term beyond economical repair means