A sad weekend in kent

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by dougydeluxe » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:04 pm

A few fotos of what our club has lost this weekend . I find it hard to do this we were all packed to go to grill and chill but serves as a reminder keep your pride and joys safe
we have lost as a group
2 so42 westys
1 53 single tho sure it can be fixed
2 early t3s
2 bays and other people lost their classic also inc an aston martin lagonda.

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by splipete » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:07 pm

It's making me feel quite ill to look at the pics-what the hell happened?

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by acmecustom » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:11 pm

so sad

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by dougydeluxe » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:13 pm

very ill here.barn was used for storage of cars and one unit caught fire and the rest is history,i sat and watch it burn when i got the call was little i could do.
hearbreaking for all involved and believe me there will be someone paying for it all!!.ive lost everything including 20 years worth of collected parts inc interior and parts from my 356.all my tools etc.
All my friends have lost so much can only hope the vans are insured and we get what the are worth they cant be replaced,let alone personal belongings.

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by Ambubird » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:13 pm

Awful. Makes me feel ill thinking about it. Hope no one was hurt.

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by vwJim » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:15 pm

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by Tridau » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:18 pm

I don't even know what to say. Those photos are heartbreaking.
Made my heart skip when I opened the thread.

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by Mike1973 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:18 pm

Heartbreaking :cry:

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by dougydeluxe » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:21 pm

No one hurt just seven close friends devastated.I cant even think straight at the moment, the next few days will tell all.as they say i never thought it would happen to me,if i ever get another van i will not let it out of my sight for 1 minute.

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by shaggy66bus » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:22 pm

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by delux 67 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:24 pm

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by cassie » Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:30 pm

oh my god I would be absolutley heartbroken

This may be hindsight but keeping all these in one place in one building maybe seemed a good idea at the time but 1 fire in 1 van and they have all gone up

This is why we try and keep a fire break at shows and I do not understand why people huddle their vans so close together with the mix of petrol, gas and open fires seems like a recipe for disaster
Those fire pits stoked with pallets that spit hot sparks are a very bad idea and should be banned

Feel for you all and I hope all vans are correctly insured and valued on classic insurance