 In Memory Of, The 73Sports |
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 Jul 24 2005, 23:12
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 Dan the GSR man  Group: Lead Moderator Posts: 3,277 Joined: 16-August 03 From: South Berwick, Maine Member No.: 96 Car: 1973 Super Look: German Model: Sedan Engine: 1600  |
I know alot of you don't check in to the Special Edition forum so you may not know. This morning Bill lost multiple cars in a garage fire including the Sports Bug. The good new's is noone was hurt. I don't know about the rest of you but I was a big fan of that car and will truly miss it. I just hope once the dust settles there will be another Sports in the making. Bill, you know I'll be here with some parts of course. I used Bill's car on my web site as representative of the 73SportsBug A very cool car lost.
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Jul 24 2005, 23:40
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 SBO! East Coast Rep. Group: Awaiting Validation Posts: 1,739 Joined: 21-May 04 From: Huntersville, NC Member No.: 767 Car: 1971 Super Look: German Model: Sedan Engine: 1914cc |
Im very sorry to hear that.
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Dean SBO! East Coast Representive |
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Jul 25 2005, 01:58
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 Team SBO! Leader Group: Team SBO! Member Posts: 3,939 Joined: 10-July 02 From: Long Beach, CA USA Member No.: 167 Car: Enthusiast Look: Enthusiast Model: Enthusiast Engine: 1600 |
It's always hard to loose cars like that - but if the builder is ok, that's what really matters.
-------------------- Eric Papa Plum Bug Roberts
Team SBO! Motorsports |
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Jul 26 2005, 13:57
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 Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
Well, I am waiting for the fire investigator at the moment, so hopefully today I will have some sort of reason for all this. It is so hard though, I have left the house a few times now the last few days, and it is horrible driving up to it and seeing everything like it is. I will advise at this point that everyone make sure you know exactly how much insurance you have and what covers what. I didn't have comp on any of my cars, and the homeowners doesn't cover them. I sould not have a problem getting the money for the garage and all the other stuff in it, but you read that correctly, I lost all the cars completely.
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Jul 26 2005, 17:14
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 Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 724 Joined: 3-November 04 From: Plesanton, CA Member No.: 902 Car: 1972 Super Look: Uncertain Model: Convertible Engine: 1600DP |
Oh man, that sucks. I'm sorry to hear about your loss. :(
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Jul 26 2005, 19:15
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 Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 1,792 Joined: 22-October 02 From: Seattle, Washington Member No.: 584 |
Man....I know somewhat of what you feel, Bill. I lost my 76 (75) LaGrande, Esther, a few years ago to an arson and had nothing left I could rebuild from at all. I have you in my thoughts, my friend. If there is anything to start a 'rebuild' from, I HIGHLY recommend doing so.
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Jul 26 2005, 22:29
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Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
I am not completely air cooledless. Is that a term? I still have a 71 Squareback that was in NJ at the time, and 66 bug that was a drag car in the 80's. That car is pretty rusty though, lots of body was trimmed away to save weight, it was right next to the garage, but majoriety of damage it recieved was the gutter melting over it. There are some scrapes in the fiberglass front, but it didn't burn. I'm gonna try to get the wheels off the bug and maybe pull the trans(if it's still intact) but I don't know if it would be safe to trust metal that got that hot. The passenger window is melted around the regulator. I did have a bunch of parts in the basement, so not all my VW stuff is gone, just the big/heavy and expensive stuff. The gearbox in the 73 Square is completely gone. There is a main shaft sticking out of the clutch, and that's it. I can't imagine how hot it was in there. The trees around my yard are slowly telling the tale though. I am so glad to still have a house. My neighbor's siding is melted a bit!
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Jul 26 2005, 23:03
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SBO! East Coast Rep. Group: Awaiting Validation Posts: 1,739 Joined: 21-May 04 From: Huntersville, NC Member No.: 767 Car: 1971 Super Look: German Model: Sedan Engine: 1914cc |
My house caught on fire the year we moved into it. The fire investigator concluded that a landscape crew member had tossed his cigarette out and blew it with the leaf blower into the pine needles next to my house catching them on fire. My wife was in the back yard and happened to come around to the garage to get some tools when she saw it burning. She yelled for me and I ran out and put it out with my water hose. The landscaper paid for the repairs and all was good. Luckily the cars were on the street at the time.
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Dean SBO! East Coast Representive |
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Jul 27 2005, 17:38
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 Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 2,208 Joined: 31-December 03 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 669 Car: 1974 Super Look: Uncertain Model: Sunroof Engine: 1600dp |
really sorry to hear that Bill.
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Jul 27 2005, 20:13
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 Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 887 Joined: 13-December 02 From: Sacramento, CA, formerly in Lake Conroe, TX Member No.: 523 Car: 1979 Super Look: Resto-Custom Model: Convertible Engine: 1600 FI |
Wow, that sucks, your insurance agent does not sound like he was on top of thing too much. The stuff you keep in a garage burns really hot, hope something is salvageable
-------------------- 1974 Orange(Phoenix Red, it turns out) 914 2.0 liter, Fuchs wheels, front and rear sway bars, bone stock
Sold back to Mom, true story-'79 SB convertible |
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Jul 30 2005, 14:40
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Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
For anyone curious, we have some pictures of the fire posted here on the Central Jersey VW website. You can see some of the damage to the house in the background of one of the pics.
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Jul 30 2005, 18:06
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 SBO! Canada Rep. Group: Lead Moderator Posts: 2,326 Joined: 11-July 02 From: Lethbridge Ab Canada Member No.: 444 Car: 1973 Super Look: Resto-Custom Model: Sedan Engine: 2110cc |
Wow that is really hot to make cinders of everything.
Is the garage a total loss too or can they rebuilt from the walls up? I can't imagine something that devastating ever happening, 4 cars in one shot. Still its just stuff, and best of all you and your family are okay 
-------------------- Dorinda, Mark, Wilbur
73 super 2110cc 82 scirocco 00 jetta TDI 61'beetle 2110cc |
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Jul 30 2005, 18:10
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 SBO! SoCal Rep. Group: Administrator Posts: 5,180 Joined: 23-March 03 From: SoCal Member No.: 41 Car: 1972 Super Look: German Model: Sedan Engine: 1904cc |
Bill sorry to hear about your loss, you had quite a stable there. I just got back in town and missed this post. I hope you can rebuild.
Brett -------------------- In pursuit of superior handling!
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Jul 30 2005, 23:19
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Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
We will build a new garage. It's going to be bigget and better. I think it will also be a little further from the house. It is gonna be hard to replace the Sports though. I think if I do get another sports, I will try to find a good original car, that I just need to add the motor and suspension to.
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Sep 9 2005, 02:36
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Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
No real progress yet. The bug is currently rusting in my yard. I am hoping that I might be able to salvage the trans, and the long block. I am also gonna save the wheels. I got rid of the Squareback today. Hopefully the rest of the mess will get cleaned up soon.
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Sep 9 2005, 13:51
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 Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 302 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Micanopy, FL Member No.: 269 Car: Enthusiast |
how odd you just updated this today... i just called the fire department to get a copy of the report for my bug's fire... i dont know why i want it... i guess that's why it has taken me 6 weeks to the day to ask for it :( and my new bug keeps having these minor little issues... i really miss my blue 74 standard... the only standard bug i ever really drove... it loved to cruise at 85... i hope it's enjoying it's new life as a dune buggy.
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Sep 10 2005, 19:06
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Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
I was just out driving in town, and I saw a column of smoke rising, from the other side of my neighborhood. I drove over to see a BMW on the side of the road in flames. What is with all the fires this year?
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Sep 16 2005, 15:08
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Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 302 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Micanopy, FL Member No.: 269 Car: Enthusiast |
when i pulled on to the interstate this morning in the dark and fog there was a flipped semi on the side of the rd that had burned and blocked all south bound traffic... dont know what happened... but i heard 3 people died...
oh and i think i neglected to comment that i stopped and gave this girl my fire extinguisher monday....  atleast she was able to get her belongings out of her car... i sympathized with her and went 20 miles out of my way to give her a ride home as she is new in the area and knows no one... kind of scary my 10 BC fire extenguisher didn't really do anything for the fire... |
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Sep 16 2005, 15:37
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SBO! SoCal Rep. Group: Administrator Posts: 5,180 Joined: 23-March 03 From: SoCal Member No.: 41 Car: 1972 Super Look: German Model: Sedan Engine: 1904cc |
They make the ColdFire system in handheld fire extinguishers too and I believe many of them are refillable.
I saw some testing done be a fire marshall and they used the popularly available fire extinguishers (powdered, halon etc.) and the ColdFire extingiusher not only put them out completely, but the object would not reignite. The other extingiushers either did not put out the fire completely or they would allow reignition of the test object. In fact, the fire manshall guy reached down and picked up the test object right after he put out the fire with the ColdFire extinguisher. He said that the ColdFire compound takes the heat out of the fire in addition to putting it out which makes reignition much harder. It stuff is non-toxic and biodegradable and does not need to be rinsed off since it leaves no residue. -------------------- In pursuit of superior handling!
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Sep 16 2005, 17:09
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Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 302 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Micanopy, FL Member No.: 269 Car: Enthusiast |
ok so i still dont know where to get this coldfire stuff... so if you can give me any info... i feel like the two extinguishers in my car are worthless honestly
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Sep 16 2005, 21:11
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Dan the GSR man Group: Lead Moderator Posts: 3,277 Joined: 16-August 03 From: South Berwick, Maine Member No.: 96 Car: 1973 Super Look: German Model: Sedan Engine: 1600 |
Check out this site ColdFire
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Nov 24 2005, 04:50
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Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
I brought the tow truck home after work today and loaded the remains of the sports up. It's going off to the yard Friday morning. Even in the condition that it's in, it will still be strange that it's really gone. It will be nice though, not having to look at the burned out shell any longer. I think I have accepted the reality I'm in, but it is still hard so times to accept that it is all gone.
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Jan 8 2006, 03:21
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Group: Club SBO! Member Posts: 109 Joined: 21-January 04 From: N.Va Member No.: 665 Car: 1972 Super Look: Uncertain Model: Sunroof Engine: 1776 |
As I had stated earlier in the other forum...I.. am sorry for your loss,& glad everyone is ok.
-------------------- Send me your tired & weary VWs....& we will put a bigger motor in them!
72 super sunroof,(currently for sale) 80 Rabbit convertable, 05 Jetta |
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Jan 8 2006, 05:09
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Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
Time does help heal wounds, and now that a 1/2 year has passed, I have accepted the place I'm in. I focus on the future projects, and try to not dwell in the past. I am very thankful for not loosing my house, and for all the support of everyone here.
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Jul 24 2006, 16:37
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Group: Moderator Posts: 2,612 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Warminster, PA Member No.: 442 Car: 1973 Super Look: Enthusiast Model: Sedan Engine: 1915 is dead! |
A moment of silence... Today is the year anniversary of the fire. I can't believe the car's been gone that long.
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