JV911 Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=239778 http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/showthread.php?102453-Fire-totals-Speedster-RS-RSR/page1 Including this historically significant RSR OH THE HUMANITY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatSix Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 DO. NOT. LIKE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 I could have lived a really long time happy to have never seen that photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC9911 Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 Can one of the moderators remove this please? No PFA member should be subjected to such a traumatic event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 How do you comprehensively insure a car that is undergoing restoration? Say a $50,000 basket case 356 that needs $100,000 to make it a $200,000 concourse winner? How many people increase the insurance as the value of the ongoing restoration proceeds? Do people assume the repairer is fully insured? How can a repairer comprehensively insure a collection of valuable cars? Is it no wonder repair costs are high, because I would imagine insurance would not be cheap. At a minimum , if the engine is removed for rebuild , get the shell shipped to your own garage , if the shell is inherently valuable. Workshops with many cars and much business are probably higher risk than one's garage. You can rebuild a burnt car but the scars will remain. The metal undergoes molecular changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC9911 Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 How do you comprehensively insure a car that is undergoing restoration? Say a $50,000 basket case 356 that needs $100,000 to make it a $200,000 concourse winner? How many people increase the insurance as the value of the ongoing restoration proceeds? Do people assume the repairer is fully insured? How can a repairer comprehensively insure a collection of valuable cars? Is it no wonder repair costs are high, because I would imagine insurance would not be cheap. At a minimum , if the engine is removed for rebuild , get the shell shipped to your own garage , if the shell is inherently valuable. Workshops with many cars and much business are probably higher risk than one's garage. You can rebuild a burnt car but the scars will remain. The metal undergoes molecular changes. Good question Tazzieman, not sure who has the answer to this one unless you work for an insurance company. But a valid question, my factory is across the road from a large panel beating firm that had a fire about 3 years ago, 46 cars totally destroyed in a matter of a couple of hours to say nothing of the facility itself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzJustin Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 Such a sad sight... Sprinklers should be mandated in all shops housing Porsches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 Such a sad sight... Sprinklers should be mandated in all shops housing Porsches! Water not effective on fuel fires , though most "natural" fires possibly start in other ways . Once fire takes hold in an environment full of gas cylinders , fuel , oil , solvents and plastics you need a fire crew ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 Water not effective on fuel fires , though most "natural" fires possibly start in other ways . Once fire takes hold in an environment full of gas cylinders , fuel , oil , solvents and plastics you need a fire crew ASAP. Yeah water just helps the fuel spread (there's alot to be said for CO2/Halogen surpression systems!) such a sad sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 23July, 2014 Report Share Posted 23July, 2014 Halon bad for long term health in enclosed place Insurance Q a god one as I imagine we all have been guilty of just believing that business ( often with the owners known to you or to a mate...)will look after 'our' interests. Mostly do but can lead to awfully protracted convoluted settlements and hand wringing. I hear the running of feet... to go check our laid up resto cover and comprehensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 24July, 2014 Report Share Posted 24July, 2014 HORROR!! I really feel for this'd impacted by this awful awful awful event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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