Thanks, Bryon Email sent.
Finally got into the bay. It was even worse that I imagined. Only one thing was salvageable. One of the Studebaker hub cabs on the Reynard's trailer. I think I'll have it re-chromed, painted and mounted on a walnut plaque.
Pictures will be forthcoming.
Reynard front center, Lynx B and Zink at rear and the AMX under the rubble behind the metal frame.
Spare wheels for the Vees and the Reynard.
Panasport wheels are no longer orange.
Another pic of the cars
Trailer
Reynard roll hoop to front bulkhead
The Kent and Hewland are in there somewhere
Spare Solo Vee 1600.
Lynx, Zink and front of AMX
The AMX with a Mustang next to it and an MR2 beyond that.
Interior of AMX
Trunk
Sprinkler protecting the Reynard
Top of the Kent after some debris removal.
The cars, and trailer with my fat ass providing some color
The rolling tool chest and box with about half of the total tools
All the large tools, spare wheels and tires and spare parts for all cars were in what was a wood room with extensive wood shelves.
Lotus Europa next 3 pics.
IMCA style modified
The car in bay 4 which the guy set on fire with a plasma cutter and then tried to push it out the door with the fork lift.
Looks like one less Lotus Europa.
Lynn,
I am so very sorry to see this! I heard about it through the grapevine (I've been under a rock for a while, barely doing race car stuff at all), but the photos are heartbreaking to see.
Andy
Heartbreaking pictures. The Reynard really suffered from the sprinkler pipes landing on it. Maybe the crank could be saved?
It would take days to dig the Reynard out of the rubble. I would rather have the crank out of the AMX. The 390 forged cranks are much harder to come by than a Scat crank for a Kent.
My son took these pictures from the warehouse on 4/30/20. He lost an '89 Supra Turbo which had a ton of money in it, a beautiful '86 Corolla GTS with a fresh 4A engine and long list of mods ready for paint, a friend's Miata, my Caldwell D10 FSV, a completely restored '80 Yamaha YZ125G with only 12 minutes on the engine that I raced motocross with years ago. We also lost tools, Tennsmith sheet metal equipment, engines, transmissions including Hewlands, vintage Lola parts, too many sets of wheels to list. NOTHING survived......
The Caldwell D10
The Supra
The Corolla GTS
Makes me ill at ease
V/r
Iverson
These pictures bring back memories.
30 years ago next month my wife and I lost our home in what was the largest loss of homes in a single wild fire.
Over 500 homes in less than 3 hours. Sadly, Oakland surpassed us the next year.
These fires act like furnaces. Ours was measured at 2500F at certain points. Cooking. Everything. Relentlessly.
When we went in we found steel and iron tortured. Concrete seeming intact turned to dust.
I found books in a stack that appeared dirty. You could read the spine! But they were totally ash.
Although it was devastating, we were lucky. Just starting out. It changed our view of 'stuff' permanently.
My wife (8mos pregnant) and I got out just in time. It took a while but we learned that was most important.
I'm sorry for your loss and thankful no one was hurt.
Those pictures made me check to see if my Hagerty insurance was up to date.
The FAILED sprinkler system..........
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