Shop burned down yesterday - E55 is stuck for awhile
11-11-2010, 10:44 AM
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Shop burned down yesterday - E55 is stuck for awhile
As I posted in my other thread, me and my buddy were doing a full respray from silver to Flint Grey on my E55. It's been 3 weeks since we first started, due to the complexity of taking this car apart and putting it back together.
We were just about done, did the final wetsand and buff, got almost everything on the car, and my buddies shop caught fire.
Two of the workers died, they were sleeping in the office after working all night.
The AMG wasn't in the building where my booth was located. It was tucked away in the shop right next to the one that caught fire. The car is safe. Needless to say, the garage won't be able to be opened for awhile.
I'll post some pictures from my cell in a bit
We were just about done, did the final wetsand and buff, got almost everything on the car, and my buddies shop caught fire.
Two of the workers died, they were sleeping in the office after working all night.
The AMG wasn't in the building where my booth was located. It was tucked away in the shop right next to the one that caught fire. The car is safe. Needless to say, the garage won't be able to be opened for awhile.
I'll post some pictures from my cell in a bit
11-11-2010, 10:46 AM
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Wow...RIP for the 2 who passed. What was the cause of the fire?
11-11-2010, 10:49 AM
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Not sure the cause of the fire yet. My buddy kept yelling at the fire crew, saying that there were probably two people in there sleeping, but they didn't listen.
The E55 is behind that white van inside. I wish I could get in there to see if any heat damage or anything as that white van is toast...
This was the last pic I took of the progress a few days ago:
M3 still on the lift:
The E55 is behind that white van inside. I wish I could get in there to see if any heat damage or anything as that white van is toast...
This was the last pic I took of the progress a few days ago:
M3 still on the lift:
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Definitely RIP for the 2 that passed away.
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11-11-2010, 11:36 AM
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I hope friend will be OK, that has to be an awful spot to be in.
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11-12-2010, 04:30 AM
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11-12-2010, 07:15 PM
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My old fully built 20g DSM on the lift that can be see burned down in above pics with the BMW on it
My old 10 second built teksid and supercharged stang, color flip paint standing before the bay
The shop almost 3 years ago before fixed up, but the only pic I had:
The white caddy can be seen in the second pic I posted in this thread, to the left of the white Mitsubishi 4 door (under the building)
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