This will make you cringe!
Fleet Owner
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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...
Roast em' if you got 'em
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
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
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
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From: Ashtabula
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.
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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...
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...
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From: Poway, Ca.
Yeah you're right though, there's lots of considerations.
Roast em' if you got 'em
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
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
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
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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.
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From: Valley Center, California
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......
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