A little off topic but But being one of the greats in the industry and one of my heroes I thought it was sad I Just saw this on the news.... SACRAMENTO, CA - An auxiliary building at Bertolucci's Body and Fender auto body shop was damaged by fire early Friday morning. The two-alarm fire was reported just before 3 a.m. in the 1700 block of 34th Street in Sacramento. According to Sacramento City Fire Captain Jim Doucette, it appears the fire started between the body shop building and a vacant building next door. Doucette says auto body shop fires are always risky because of the paints and other chemicals used in the facilities. Firefighters say no injuries were reported in the Friday morning fire, and the cause is still under investigation. They add Bertolucci's main building is one block away on Stockton Blvd. and was not damaged. According to the shop's Web site, Dick Bertolucci first opened the business in 1948. Bertolucci and other family members were on the scene after the fire was put out to get a first-hand look at the damage.
Damn man i saw a blurb this morning on 31 and thought to myself hope its not bertoluccis!they did not say exactly other than there were damaged cars,hopefully they were wrong!
They said on tonights news that the other shop of his next door did not get damaged thanks to fast response time. But from the video it probably would be a complete rebuild of this one. Sad to hear this happened to such a great guy.
Hell of a way to start a celebration weekend. Glad nobody was hurt. What kind of cars did he have in his collection? Hope they are safe as well.
To Dick Bertolucci, a real gentleman and craftsman...my condolences go out to you and your family...from another Inliner.... who met you at Eriks' house in Eugene when you picked up your old '38 (by the way Erik passed away this last year)
Form what I saw on the local news. They said 4 cars involved and one they paned the camera by was a late model whatever pile.
It's my understanding that the cars involved were customers. It's been asserted that after the insurance issue is resolved they'll rebuild? It would be my hope they do so, Dick seemed to be doing the best he can from the T.V. footage I observed. He actually looked better than my recollection of him when he came in to see Don before he passed. I'm sure Dick and the kids will get it handled as soon as they can. Video and report courtesy of cbs13, at web page below http://cbs13.com/breakingnews/bertoluccis.auto.fire.2.1070202.html Video and report courtesy kcra3, and kcra3.com, at web page below http://www.kcra.com/video/19940447/index.html
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