Been seeing quite a few cars on the news that were burned at the Paradise fire.
Quite a few car enthusiasts up there near Chico.
A GTO, A Tempest, A gasser drag 55 Bel Air, A big Gold C body Newport. Possibly a 1970.
See some of them on this FB page.
Click on the link and scroll down.
https://www.facebook.com/40s50sCars/posts/2010296085682807
https://nypost.com/2018/11/13/antique-collector-loses-car-collection-in-california-fires/
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/shop-visit-altered-wheelbases-and-indy-cars-in-the-cerveny-collection/
According to a post on FB, this entire collection was destroyed.
This entire collection was destroyed in the Malibu #Woolsey fire
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/shop-visit-altered-wheelbases-and-indy-cars-in-the-cerveny-collection/?fbclid=IwAR1n_xbaa5AWC8RBDL7OhPNp7FZWQF6DZ_eo8M18J4Yf2aS3x4BFzSGDRQo#cerveny-car-collection-002
Here's the Bel Air
On top of everything else that just puts their loss over-the-top.
Our thoughts are with them all.
Uggg enough to make ya cry.... :('
This pic has been going around the web. Looks like the firefighters have their priorities right.
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That sucks....I guess that's why we have insurance....
:crying: :rubeyes:
So many lost and so much they lost.
Up to 200 still MIA.
Very sad indeed . . . . :tired:
Wow just wow....
Unbelievably devastating for those out there. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved. :(
These photos are the single best argument for having cars like this in runnable condition! "To Hell with the house and Beemer honey, throw your stuff in the back of the Mustang, we're out of here!" I'd've dragged mine down the road on a rope before I'd leave it there to fry! :thumbdown:
What a shame, I can't imagine. Watching it on TV is nothing like the war zone it is in person. I had a couple of close fires when we lived in CA, there's just not a damn thing you can do about it but watch it get closer.
It makes me want to leave my car to where someone to kick the 'Cuda in neutral and push it out if they had to. I'm sure my neighbors would help try to save my car if the house went up..they've watched it go from a pile of parts to hauling the kids to shows.
I live in a fire prone area. I always try to make sure all the cars have plenty of gas and are not blocked in. I get real nervous, when one of them is not running. We've had two evacs, since I have lived there. Thoughts and prayers certainly go out to those folks.
It's a shame for sure.
I drove through Santa Rosa after they had their huge fire last year and saw a couple 65ish mustangs that were charred. It would be sad except the magnitude of the utter devastation kinda muted my sympathies for the car.
Haggerty Insurance has visited the Capitol City Mopar club a few times and one of the last times they mentioned their fire policy. They were talking about having the resources that could actually get in there and move cars. They've had cases where the owner was not in town or had too many cars to move by themselves. Makes sense to pay a few people a wage to drive and move the cars rather than payout the insurance. I thought that was a cool service.
Tom
I came close to losing my Barracuda along with my garage which had my `70 road runner project and my `76 W100 project, tools, engines and more from my little fuel leak, can`t imagine losing your home and ALL your property. Unfortunately fire is the one thing that can make a car un-restorable due to the metal fatique from the heat.
very sad. I am truly sorry for all the people affected by this.
Fire is my biggest fear...it can do so much damage so quickly.
I would imagine loosing your classic car is just salt in to wound after loosing everything else.
I hope they can get these under control soon!
Jason
Well Floorit426 if it comes to it you can park that Hemi in my garage.
:D
The Camp Fire/Paradise Fire is as tragic as it gets. A city of 29,000 devastated, destroyed, and obliterated. It is a sad tragedy and unfortunate scenario. My prayers go out to them. I hope the Red Cross and FEMA come to their aid quickly.
Last report I heard was 52,000 people displaced. 1100 missing, 71 dead. 9,000 + structures destroyed.
Quote from: HP_Cuda on November 17, 2018, 04:32:44 PM
Well Floorit426 if it comes to it you can park that Hemi in my garage.
:D
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Do I have to leave the keys, with you?? ::)
Nah I'm sure I can hot wire it.
:rofl:
I shouldn't have looked at that collection in the hot rod magazine link... my heart sank seeing that Hudson Italia in there. :crying:
Just came across this.
There are quite a few pics coming in lately.
My friend Edd and his wife Pat lost their record holding /6 demon and a 66 Belvedere he was restoring, as well as his enclosed trailer. Belvedere was painted black and he was just starting to assemble it. All parts restored, seats covered engine/trans builtnew wilwoods, etc. You can't even see the shell in the pic of garage. No insurance on race car or project. http://www.pacefabrication.net/Drag_Racing_101.html He's 76 and she's 80. They got out with her Tahoe and their RV which is parked in my yard as we speak. Another /6 racer lost his 11 car collection and another friend lost 20 cars including 60's 911, 63 corvette, 90's ZR1 corvette 69 valiant and a bunch of early hemi race motors. The 57 Race car was a friend too, his daughter's battling cancer. Last month I bought a 69 Valiant race car that Edd and a friend built in the 90's. If I hadn't bought it it would be gone too.
These guys don't have anything and won't for a long time. So many who retired in Paradise and may not have the strength to rebuild. I have a lot that Edd and I will build him and Pat a new home on. Hopefully we can fast track it. I have a Demon Sizzler we'll build to replace Pat's drag car, but probably make it a driver.
If you saw the story of the warden who found his wife's wedding ring, I sold Jake a duster and he comes over weekly and we work on the car. I just sold him a Sharks Tooth Grille and he fixed all the cracks and broken tabs. A pile of melted plastic now.
It's a mess here.
This is a truly sad situation. I cant fathom what it must feel like to have EVERYTHING gone. Where do you start to put your life back together?
The devastation is hard to fathom . . . you try to imagine . . . prayers to all involved! :tired:
Yes: Terrible situation. To me a house can be rebuilt or replaced but a lot of these cars can't. It must be an empty feeling losing absolutely everything, insured or not.
Quote from: RUNCHARGER on November 21, 2018, 09:33:04 AM
Yes: Terrible situation. To me a house can be rebuilt or replaced but a lot of these cars can't. It must be an empty feeling losing absolutely everything, insured or not.
I know a couple of people that went through the Oakland Hills fire. They said one thing that is crushing is there are no longer an pictures of you from when you were younger.