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ponsteen
08-26-2011, 11:46 AM
Two weeks ago a fellow car guy had his shop, 19 cars, a tractor, a couple of boats, and virtually everything destroyed outside of his house. He was having breakfast with his wife, looked out the window and saw heavy smoke rolling by. He ran outside and a wall of flame was approaching approximately 30 mph accoprding to the Fire Dept. It covered his entire property from the East to the West. Approximately 400'. The fire had been started by a renter who lived approx 3/4 mile straight South of him. It burned through three properties before it hit his place. He was able to salvage a few cars. However, he lost three rods which were ready to hit the road in the next week. I took 250 digital shots of the carnage for his use in the upcoming Insurance settlement. What a deal thats going to be, $300,000 min loss. What a sorry site to see windshields molded to dashboards, car bodies buckled, billet wheels deformed, no tires, new motors.trannys burnt.

ponsteen
08-29-2011, 08:59 AM
Here is a short list of some of the vehicles.

1953 Chev Belair hdtp--1951 Anglia sedan delivery-1934 Chev 1/2 ton short box pu-1937 Chev pu-1970 Chev Nova-1971 Chev pu/full restoration-many more.

Several race motors were burnt and melted. Imagine what an aluminum intake and aluminum heads look like after this kind of fire. Lying on the ground in a molten heap. Aluminum wheels distorted and some melted. Steering wheels with nothing left but the wire ring.

It made me sick.