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> Sad day for Porsches...dozens burned, including one of our own
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post Jul 20 2014, 07:43 PM
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Woke up last week to the news reporting there was a large fire at a tire shop close to work....turns out it was a little more than a tire shop, it was also a Porsche repair shop. When I drove by, its clear the entire lot is a complete write off. It was especially sad to see a fellow 914 among the deceased. Several 356's (real ones, btw), early 911's, etc... about 30 cars in all, not all were Porsches but a large percentage were.



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post Jul 20 2014, 07:47 PM
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post Jul 20 2014, 07:48 PM
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post Jul 20 2014, 07:49 PM
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Can you get the VIN ? should be added to the list of scraped 914s
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post Jul 20 2014, 08:19 PM
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No...everything is roped off, police are still investigating several days later.
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post Jul 20 2014, 08:28 PM
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A guy I time trial with lost 2 911s inside that shop. I deleted that picture. Now that I see what happened outside away from the shop it looks kinda fishy.
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post Jul 20 2014, 09:41 PM
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DDK is reporting the loss of a RSR and some other historical
high dollar Porsches. Sad.
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post Jul 20 2014, 09:50 PM
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post Jul 20 2014, 09:55 PM
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Is that where they burned or were they moved there? How did all the cars burn and the building looks perfect?? odd.. that is a sad picture...
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post Jul 20 2014, 10:14 PM
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http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/sh...peedster-RS-RSR
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post Jul 20 2014, 10:36 PM
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post Jul 20 2014, 11:04 PM
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OH man....that is just freakin sad.
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post Jul 21 2014, 12:13 AM
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post Jul 21 2014, 12:39 AM
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post Jul 21 2014, 01:19 AM
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QUOTE(Krieger @ Jul 20 2014, 07:28 PM) *

A guy I time trial with lost 2 911s inside that shop. I deleted that picture. Now that I see what happened outside away from the shop it looks kinda fishy.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Not just "kinda" fishy. Looks really really fishy to me. Did they drag all those cars out after the fire and then pushed them all together? Did the police have all the cars dragged there so they could investigate? This makes me want to (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
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post Jul 21 2014, 06:25 AM
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the first image looks to be a holding area where they moved the cars..

a couple or three in the back have covers.......also there is no debris under any

of those cars, whereas under the last image you see debris..

most likely only moved after fire investigators did their thing.. and being

kept for insurance adjustors, or owners?

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post Jul 21 2014, 06:35 AM
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This definitely makes you sick to your stomach!!
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post Jul 21 2014, 08:23 AM
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This isn't even the first time this site has burned. It used to be a 2 story apartment complex that burned down years ago and they rebuilt it into a single story commercial unit.

That substation behind the cars in the first picture is owned by the electric company I work for. We had to shut power off to the area for hours.
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post Jul 21 2014, 08:38 AM
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rough count is 17 to 20 cars. what is heaven's name are they doing sitting outside lined up so nicely? and how did the ones in the back, under covers, escape the inferno?
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post Jul 21 2014, 09:07 AM
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sickening and suspicious
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