My good friend lost his shop and in it was 50 years of hot rodding to include 2- 56 crown vic skyliners (1 restored 1 project), a restored 57 bird, 49 hot rod w/ flattie, 40 ford p/u, 67 chev impala vert, 56 ford vert hot rod w/ 3-2s, a brand new never fired 401 nailhead w/ 6-2's for the 40 p/u and many engines, trans, intakes, tools, parts, etc., not to mention all projects stored outside.
had a muncie and a sbc tunnel ram on the floor that are a litterly melted puddle on the floor now.
worst of all only insurance on the 57 bird and a small amount on the 55 vert. no homeowners, no nothing. at least his house was spared.
I know the pictures aren't that good but maybe you can get an idea of his loss. notice all the cars on the fence row that were burned up as well.
something thats hard to explain, in one picture is a mustang that was not touched. just burned the grass under the car.
his son across the street and down a ways lost his complete house.
wild fires are bad, nasty and dangerous. makes me glad I retired as chief of our volunteer dept 3 years ago. we are still under extreme fire danger and red flag warnings.
as you can tell from the cars Larry was a pretty die hard ford guy, but in something like this it don't matter what your preferences are as to brand. he has kept up a pretty good attitude considering the loss and his comment was "gotta figure where to start over"
alan
