I used to have several 55-57 chevys. I went to the Classic Chevy Convention in Cherry Hill NJ one summer in the late 70's. A typical summer thunderstorm came up and the wind started blowing the stones off the flat roof of the hotel and were pelting the 55, 56, and 57 Chevys below. Boy, you should have seen the owners of these crs running to get to the cars and move them to safety. I don't know how many cars received dings but is was not a fun sight. Hail can do similar damage...

 

WOW, WOW, WOW and WOW!!! Did i say it enough!!!!!!!!

That is a sad bunch of pics!!! I dont know what i would do if i was one of them!!

 

I'm sure those tents are rated for a certain amount of high winds and/or gusts, I think that they got hammered by one of those freakish "microburst" doo-hickeys.

Still and all, I'm sure there going to be alot of finger pointing on this one. Its heartbreaking just looking at the pictures, I can't imagine what it would be like to be an owner and look at the pictures.....oooph

Bobby

 

Those pics made me sick to my stomach. How many cars were under that tent?? I bet there are no tents at the next auction. Five grand per car seems low, the glass alone for some of those cars has got to be almost impossible to find.

 

The article said a '48 Tucker convertible...Was there such a thing produced out of the 50 that were made?...

That'll definitely be a battle of the insurance companies...I think the story said Haggerty insures about 150 of the cars,but even if they pay for the cars they insured, the owners will be out of their deductable...The tent company's insurance may have limited consequencial damage and might only cover bodily injuries and the tent itself...As with many other rented facilities, the tenant is expected to insure their belongings, the property owners' insurance usually only covers damage to the property...If it was a permanent structure, the predicted storm forecast may have been irrelevant, but since these tents were temporary structures susceptible to high winds, there might be cause for a negligence lawsuit against the tent and/or the auction company for not cancelling the auction...

 

LOL- Hey Bobby, I sat in my house for five days through that weather when Southwest Airlines cancelled all it's flights out of San Diego because of that storm. We had half our ANNUAL rainfall in FIVE DAYS and a TORNADO WARNING...in SAN DIEGO!.....Micro burst? Boeing 757 VS Cloth Tent? I wonder which one is stronger? I guess ya had to be here (and be used to prissy weather all the time like we are)

Yeah you're right though, there's lots of considerations.

 

I feel for those car owners. I don't think I will ever put my ride under a tent after seeing those pictures. I have been traumatized!

 

Jules,

LOL....I hear ya. A little bit of that moisture even made it out to us.

I sure wish I had a bunch of extra cash on hand, like Ilya said, I'll bet there will be some great deals in the next 6 months or so

Bobby

 

Picked up this link somewhere of the tent collapsing.

YouTube - russo steele 2010 disaster...

 

Where there is a will there is a way. In 1989 I bought my 69 Mercury Marauder X100 from a local salvage yard for $700 that was storm damaged. It was in a barn on concrete blocks when a tornado rolled thru dropping a large beam on the roof, blowing out the back window, dropped the rr quarter panel about 3 inches. Found parts in NY, PA,IA. Over 18 ft long, hidden headlights, fender skirts, bucket seats, console shift, factory aluminum wheels with trim rings, fastback, 10 1/2 to 1 compression 429, electric windows, cruise control, delay wipers, am/fm radio. fancy interior, 70,000 miles. It was too cool not to resurect.

 

I had some puckered up moments on the 67 trying to get home from where I work in Santee........ I've only seen weather like that in China......

 

Bummer dude.....



$-hit does happen huh?

 

Both videos were tough to watch .The last one knowing what is inside the tent and hearing all the METAL poles bouncing around OUCH !!!!!!!