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Old 07-14-2008, 08:51 AM   #1
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Car Fire

On Sunday, my almost finished Camaro, caught on fire, and the car was totaled I was about two weeks away from having it painted, and on the road.
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Old 07-14-2008, 08:53 AM   #2
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wow dude that suck what happend?
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Old 07-14-2008, 12:42 PM   #3
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i hope you had insurance on it... i have storage insurance on one of mine now... its like $36/6 months... covers fire, theft, vandalism
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Old 07-14-2008, 04:17 PM   #4
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WOW, that is a tragedy, i would be depressed pretty badly...well, i have like 3 more of those, so maybe not. I would still be bummed.

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Old 07-14-2008, 04:48 PM   #5
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Re: Car Fire

You've got my sympathy. I hate to see that happy to ANY car, much less and F-Body.

What happened?
What is left (engine, tranny,diff., anytihng you can salvage)?
Where do you plan to go from here?
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Old 07-15-2008, 10:06 AM   #6
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I’m assuming when I was welding on the roof some sparks must have fallen on something in the car, after waiting about five minutes after we were finished welding (to make sure nothing was burning), my friend and I went inside to get a quick glass of water, I looked through the garage and the car was on fire, I did not have insurance on the car…my insurance company never offered me storage insurance and I was unaware that it existed…I am going to try to salvage the engine, the transmission, and the tires. In a few months when I am able to save enough money hopefully I will be able to buy another camaro.
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Old 07-15-2008, 10:40 AM   #7
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Man I know your pain. we had a 1991 Rs convertible a few years back with 25k miles on it and it got totaled by my brother Sucks.. and I hate to see a thirdgen go down in vain.:-(
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Old 07-16-2008, 01:02 AM   #8
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Re: Car Fire

i have a whole body of a camaro... 84. body only (no title as well - you can always just drill out the rivets and replace the vin#)... it has the front suspension still on it. come and get it for $50 and its urs.

no doors, front end, hatch, gas tank, rear end, just the body... i have the hatch and a hood (both in good condition) but i planned on sellin' em for a lil bit.

just lmk... its here if you want it, you can start your dream from scratch... its t-tops too.

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Old 07-16-2008, 01:20 AM   #9
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man that really sucks, especially being so close to finished.
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Old 07-16-2008, 05:26 AM   #10
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Re: Car Fire

You have my sympathy as well.

It hurts me to see that, really..
..I've been working on mine constantly, putting all of my money into it since I got it..if that happened to mine, I don't know what I'd do...get another 3rd gen, sure..but.

Man..I'm sorry..good luck and just keep moving forward.
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Old 07-16-2008, 12:20 PM   #11
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That sucks, especially when you can see the light at the end of a really long tunnel. My sympathies, I've had a couple of near misses with welding sparks myself. Set light to the sound deadening material in a door once. Luckily I had a hose close by and put it out quickly.
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Old 07-16-2008, 04:42 PM   #12
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that sucks the same thing hapend to my uncles camaro right after he droped s new engine in it
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Old 07-17-2008, 08:09 PM   #13
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there's a body on gregs list...1992
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Old 08-02-2008, 01:44 AM   #14
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Re: Car Fire

Hi,
I just wanted to let everyone know that I purchased a 1985 Camaro with a V8 305 carb engine. I wanted to thank ScottieB for the insurance information, I wish I would have known about the comprehensive insurance before my car caught on fire. The insurance company would have covered my car and damages to the other car that was parked close to the camaro. The insurance is only like $12.00 a month, and it covers flood, fire, theft, vandalism, etc…I think it would be useful to have a sticky thread giving people information about comprehensive insurance for vehicles that are off road, to prevent a total loss.

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Old 08-02-2008, 09:09 AM   #15
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you're welcome its pretty cheap and its stupid to NOT insure your vehicle whether you drive it or not! its like leaving a plasma tv out in the rain and watching the box that it came in, inside :P
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Old 08-02-2008, 09:19 AM   #16
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you're welcome its pretty cheap and its stupid to NOT insure your vehicle whether you drive it or not! its like leaving a plasma tv out in the rain and watching the box that it came in, inside :P
thats a good point and this thread has made me relise that im an idiot for letin my camaro sit since november with nothing but i sould be geting in full coverage in a day or 2
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:58 PM   #17
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im sorry to hear about your old camaro but am glad you got a new one you can fix up. i pay about $40 for my insurance, (liability, theft, vandalism, flood and fire damage). better be safe than sorry!
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Old 10-12-2008, 07:47 PM   #18
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Re: Car Fire

guys i am also looking for a chassies thats in fair shape my car has rust holes in the roof so looking for a defrent chassisses
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Old 10-12-2008, 11:17 PM   #19
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Where are you?
What kind (year/make/model) of car are you looking for?
How complete of a chassis are you looking for?
What are you looking to pay?
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Old 10-13-2008, 12:34 AM   #20
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basically i need one thats not eat up with rust already have one like that i like in moscow texas and come to houston often what do you have i need some thing i can swape all the stuff out of my car in to it or use peices of the roof to replace the bad spot in mine as for cash as little as i have to and as much as i have to
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