Geeez! Talk about bad luck hitting twice. When do you just throw in the towel and say no more. How demoralizing that must be. Best wishes to the Family.
And by the way, note to the author of the piece (obviously not a car guy) it's a Red Falcon convertible flipped on its' side, not a Thunderbird.
Saw this on the news last night. What a kick in the gut for these folks. I wish them huge success in rebuilding and recovering from a second disaster.
One way to look at it. The cars aren't actually Lost, just back in project stage. Ya, Bummer for sure when they are finished Cars. The Wizzard
At least a lot of them are late model (81 cutlass) and the rest in the photos most appear to be rebuildable, but man what crappy luck!
With luck like that, I would not commission my car to be sold by him. They say bad luck comes in three's.
As mentioned about construction of metal buildings. Looking at theirs , That would not fly here in Alaska . Looks like they went with a either a pole barn or miracle truss building. Not a good choice in my opinion. I am sad to see this happen to vehicles though. Vic
If I wanted to sell a classic car I would have no qualms commissioning it with them, I honestly believe they will take care of the commissioned cars or buy them outright. HRP Vic, you guys in Alaska have never experienced a tornado and regardless of what building materials or technique used the damage will be significant. Even brick & mortar will be destroyed. HRP
I believe it is called "bunker". Sad to se that. But being in that area I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise.
Or an underground concrete dome-home. Popular in the 80's->90's, but expensive. Quiet like a vault. There used to be one for display/show(off) in the Dells, WI; but afaik, it's not available to see anymore. Was the neatest thing. Marcus...
4 tornadoes in Alaska since 1950, so they do have them. I think Vic is referring to that type of construction not flying in Alaska would be more about snow loading, although they do get some nasty straight line winds there as well.
I design and build commercial tornado safe rooms, up to gymnasium size, as part of my living. They are now part of code in high risk areas for certain types of structures according to use. They can be designed to resist up to EF5 loading according to ICC 500 code requirements. (We would appreciate it if the tornadoes would stay within those parameters please.) The buildings are common construction and above ground structures. Most people have no idea they are built to withstand what they can unless they read the signs posted on them. They are not typically budget friendly for storing cars. Tornado damage like this is a part of life here in Missouri, and I am not surprised that they have already committed to rebuilding. It is what we do. It is another terrible loss for a husband and wife team that just had a terrible loss, so I do appreciate their grit.
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