R.I.P. country classics

[saylor]

didn't someone JUST get a car from here like 2 days ago?

Massive Fire Destroys At Least 150 Cars at Illinois Classic Car Dealership

 

[69monaco]

Wow......................
Remember i was one day to late , he sold the car ( sport fury S/23 ) to a German guy.
There are some vids on YouTube before the fire.....
Here,s one.....

 

[1978 NYB]

That's a shame.

 

[Fury440]

Man the fire aftermath video is hard to watch.

 

[tbm3fan]

The buildings should have had a sprinkler system. Mostly wooden building with combustible cars pretty much demands it. Wouldn't catch my car in there. This is stuff I pay close attention to because of working on the aircraft carrier where an inside fire could be a disaster. The ship itself had a sprinkler system installed on the hanger deck and deck 2 & 3 where people tend to be. Nothing in the Island where I am because too difficult and damaging. Nothing gets stored there and I am always on the lookout for some dummy placing a light in a spot where the heat could be an issue with paint. Very anal about this kind of thing.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

Wow......................
Remember i was one day to late , he sold the car ( sport fury S/23 ) to a German guy.
There are some vids on YouTube before the fire.....
Here,s one.....

ER6 red 383 car.
Lives in north eastern germany

Carsten

 

[Wildaugust]

Sad to see.

150 classics gone just like that. It does mention that he had 650 cars on site, the rest stored in other buildings, so that's a bit of good news.

 

[FURYGT]

OMG! How sad. I have looked at cars on there website.

 

[71Newp]

ER6 red 383 car.
Lives in north eastern germany

Carsten

Anywhere near Eberswalde?

 

[Fratzog]

I hope the business survives. This comment at the end of the article provides hope.

With most of their inventory still intact, hopefully this won't be the end for Country Classic Cars. But it's always tragic to see so much vintage metal disappear in a flash.

 

[CanCritter]

OMG! How sad. I have looked at cars on there website.

not gona look...sad

 

[mr. fix it]

There more buildings that have survived and the newest has the best ones in a semi air conditioned building to the right of this video.

Fire heavily damages Country Classic Cars in downstate Illinois

Most if not all are on consignment from private owners so they will be the ones dealing with the insurance mess if they maintained any on their cars...

Correction: owner states that 5% were on consignment in this building.
the rest were uninsured that he personally owned...

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

Anywhere near Eberswalde?

could be.
Never saw the car on the street here yet.

Carsten

 

[Rob Worden]

Yeah i couldnt believe it when saw on web site i stop there lots of times n even my fury there just a shame all those cars gone !!

 

[polara71]

The buildings should have had a sprinkler system. Mostly wooden building with combustible cars pretty much demands it. Wouldn't catch my car in there. This is stuff I pay close attention to because of working on the aircraft carrier where an inside fire could be a disaster. The ship itself had a sprinkler system installed on the hanger deck and deck 2 & 3 where people tend to be. Nothing in the Island where I am because too difficult and damaging. Nothing gets stored there and I am always on the lookout for some dummy placing a light in a spot where the heat could be an issue with paint. Very anal about this kind of thing.

A fire suppression system likely wouldn't have stopped the damage. Most are designed to slow a fire to save lives. I agree, one should have been there but, not likely the outcome would have been different

 

[cantflip]

A fire suppression system likely wouldn't have stopped the damage. Most are designed to slow a fire to save lives. I agree, one should have been there but, not likely the outcome would have been different

Water doesn't do much once petroleum products get going. I agree. Once the FD sees the tires are burning, they pretty much just work to contain a fire... the car is gone at that point.

On a guess, and as a personal precaution, I strongly advocate disconnecting the batteries when stored.

 

[mr. fix it]

when I visited , I noticed the same thing and commented to my friend that there was a severe lack of fire suppression as well.

 

[polara71]

Water doesn't do much once petroleum products get going. I agree. Once the FD sees the tires are burning, they pretty much just work to contain a fire... the car is gone at that point.

On a guess, and as a personal precaution, I strongly advocate disconnecting the batteries when stored.

Absolutely, while sitting there they all should be without an ignition source

 

[Aidan1976]

Wow, how sad. Visited there with a friend from back home during a road trip in September 2006 (Chicago to Austin via New Orleans). Big place.

 

[Carmine]

There is still quite a bit of salvage potential, I wonder if anyone will bother?

Imagine a '72 Monaco having gone through such a fire... big block, 727, 8 3/4" 3.23, subframe, floors, steering knuckles (disc brakes), fuel tank, door hinges. I got all this + a lot of exterior panels. Granted, if the whole car burned I wouldn't have been able to salvage as many panels, but everything I listed would be fine.

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