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> Sad day for Porsches...dozens burned, including one of our own
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post Jul 21 2014, 09:08 AM
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Makes my stomach turn. What a sad end for a bunch of beautiful cars.
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post Jul 21 2014, 09:54 AM
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That is not where the cars burned, they were moved to the empty lot next to the shop (er, former shop) was.
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post Jul 22 2014, 12:28 PM
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Holy crap. That sucks.

Honest question: Are the bodys worth anything to build back up as track cars or anything? Engine cores?

I can't imagine they got hot enough to melt the body. Or did they?
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post Jul 22 2014, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE(CptTripps @ Jul 22 2014, 02:28 PM) *

Holy crap. That sucks.

Honest question: Are the bodys worth anything to build back up as track cars or anything? Engine cores?

I can't imagine they got hot enough to melt the body. Or did they?


Maybe not melt, but the heat would screw up the Tensile Strength of the Metal that was left
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post Jul 22 2014, 02:03 PM
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QUOTE(carr914 @ Jul 22 2014, 11:35 AM) *
Maybe not melt, but the heat would screw up the Tensile Strength of the Metal that was left

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All those shells are toast (pun intended) ...
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post Jul 22 2014, 02:20 PM
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Don't smear the shop owner till the truth emerges...
Could have been many things....
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post Jul 22 2014, 02:27 PM
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What was the name of the shop?
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post Jul 22 2014, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Jul 22 2014, 12:20 PM) *

Don't smear the shop owner till the truth emerges...
Could have been many things....


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We had a Boat Motel Marina where the boats are stored on racks under cover and it caught fire burning all the boats (Fiberglass). The cause was a disconnected Boat Battery slipped and rolled the poles againt the Metal Fuel tank.

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post Jul 22 2014, 10:57 PM
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This is as bad as when the train hit the transporter years ago up at the Ventura show. Those pictures were so horrifying just as these are...
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post Jul 23 2014, 02:22 PM
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OMG tragic losses, in the $$$ millions ?!?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jul 23 2014, 05:14 PM
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Man what a shame... those cars are already hard to find.

Imagine all the phone calls the shop owner has to make- "Hi Mr.Smith, not sure if you heard, but..."
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post Jul 24 2014, 11:59 AM
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This was pasted on to me at work today.


Shop fire news story

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