????saving a burned vehicle?????

[purple]

<font color="purple"> Well, this truck I was gonna look at to buy is in the area of a big fire up here. What kind of things should I look for to see if it is salvagable. It was for sale at $200, but if burned yet saveable, he will give it to me. We won't know the condition until the fire is out. So far 80 homes have been lost, including a friend. The guy with the Olds that has skulls in the flames. </font>

[james]

Take a long straight edge to hold against the body panels. It may be warped beyond repair. And if it were bad, I'd be worried about the frame. Something about the metal getting brittle?

[Ayers Garage]

I'd imagine if it was an outdoor brush fire that the truck is in, it will be repairable. Usually, a brush fire burns pretty fast and goes on. A shop fire, will burn much hotter and have a lot higher heat, so the truck would obviously be more severely damaged.

Yes, I'm a fireman.

[Junkyard Dog 32]

If it's worth it to you... fix it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/junkyarddog32/CoupeSide.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/junkyarddog32/Dcp_0218.jpg

Sometimes it's easier to start with nothing...


JOEhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[hotrodladycrusr]

and sometimes they are not salvagable http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/image_uploads/510544-burntchevy.jpg

[modernbeat]

Depends on the damage and the rarity. Some cars are work doing the work. Other garden variety cars aren't - you can replace them cheaper than fixing them.

I had thought about purchasing this one...
http://www.readytofix.com/Inventory/54CV-1.jpg

[Junkyard Dog 32]

Denise... that made my stomach turn. You told me that whole story, but I never saw the before and after.
What a crying shame.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Fire SUCKS!

I suppose, a burned car probably might not make a blue-ribbon show car, but you can rip it up, bash it out and still have a fuck-load of fun with it.

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[Gracie]

I thought that steel that's lost its temper (no pun intended) is weak and dangerous.

[purple]

<font color="purple"> I was curious the easiest way to check metal for fatigue. It is a brush fire, and the truck is in a field. The truck is a 51 F2. The motor torn apart and is in the bed.

Denise, you've never posted that pic on the HAMB. I'm sorry for your loss. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I figure the metal is all I'm worried about. The interior, hoses, rubber and stuff would have had to be replaced anyway. </font>

[Chopped50Ford]

Denise,

Is that the same car or a car that replaced the burned up one?

Holy cow...can you share on that one...???

[hotrodladycrusr]

It is the same car. I've told the story on here before, or bits and pieces of the story, so I hope I'm not boring some.

It was a '47 Chevy convert and I was driving it out to CA for Hot Rod Mag's Power Tour. While at the Grand Canyon the car broken down beyond roadside repair and had to be towed to Flagstaff. While on the rollback, backwards, the drivers door sprung open and smashed into the fender doing major damage to not only the door but the fender extenion, fender and hood. Got the rack and pinion and power steering pump replaced in Flagstaff and continued to San Berdoo, CA. Did over 6,000 miles in 21 days with a drivers door that wouldn't open and a huge sign duck taped on the smashed part advertising for a body man. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Got home and took the car to a hot rod bump and paint shop. Hagerty was paying the bill, whatever it took to get the car back to the way it was. The car was fixed and painted and just needed to be rubbed out. I was to pick it up on a Monday morning. That Friday nite lighting hit the building and it burned to the ground. There were 11 hot rods inside, some vintage bikes and a couple of high dollar race cars. Five businesses along the main drag all burned to the ground. The building directly next door was a small plastics factory with tons of chemicals in 55 gallon drums. Needless to say the fire burned hotter then normal because of these chemicals, or so I've been told.

It was the worse thing that ever happened to me in my life. It still hurts thinking about it now and it happened 4 years ago. It took me 18 months to find Big Olds, which I love dearly now but my Chevy will always be my first true love.


Moral of the story: Never let the tow truck driver put your car on backwards http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif