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Speaking of fire destroyed wing cars...

Started by Ghoste, February 03, 2008, 04:43:34 PM

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Ghoste

I was just watching one of John Pappas videos, it was the one for the 83 Mopar Nats, and after showing a clip of a 71 Hemi Charger RT, it mentioned that one year after the video was shot the car was lost in a warehouse fire.  It mentioned that a 70 Hemi Cuda, a 70 Superbird and a 69 Daytona were lost in the same fire.  I know the 71 Charger was a Michigan car at the time of the video so I'm assuming all of the cars lost were from the Detroit area as well.  Ring a bell with anyone?

69bronzeT5

It rings a bell with me. I remember a guy on moparts mentioned his 71 Charger (I think it was a 71) was destroyed in a fire...pretty sure it was a warehouse. I'll go dig up that post.
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

69bronzeT5

From Moparts: "If I recall it was a big warehouse in Detroit where numerous classic cars were kept in the early 80's. I know there are many details yet but it is ". Still digging up info :cheers:
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

gtx6970

Early 80's there was a large warehouse / storage bldg fire destroyed many rare muscle and classic cars, Dan Jennings F6 green daytona was one of the lost

nascarxx29

 Re: Burning TRASH in a 1969 Daytona!?!?!
« Reply #33 on: March 17, 2007, 03:06:42 PM »     

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i located the ad and looking for pictures of this burnt daytona.That states Dodge 1969 Daytona 426 Hemi prefered will consider 440.Good to excellant condition have cash ours destroyed in fire.Danny Jennings 16520 Ridge Detroit MI 48219 313-531-0293
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

tan top

seam to remember a big collection burnt to the ground , a few hemis were lost even said a hemi challenger convertable  & showed a picture of it from memory , hmmmm think they have all been accounted for still alive , re body  :scratchchin: , anyway think it was in California , late 80s  or 1990  :scratchchin: might of been shown in the muscle car classisc mag  :scratchchin: not sure
Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

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Old Moparz

Mitchell Motors had a fire a long time ago too, but I don't recall the year & location. From what I do remember, they lost a lot of their parts inventory as well.
               Bob               



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Wingnut426

In 1985 or 86 I bought a complete F6 green nose and hood latch tray from Mich.  The car was supposedly burnt to the ground in a garage fire, but the nose was in the basement of the house.  The nosecone was severly dented up and beat out with a ballpeen hammer. I still have the nosecone, it has a superman "S" painted on the front with a spraybomb. The nose internals and latchtray are on my Hemi Daytona convertible. When the nose arrived to the Yellow Freight Depot here in Ct., they called me up and said "your tractor parts are here" LOL! Inside the nose, I found one of the wing support brackets that gets bolted to the trunk floor.  Wingnut
HEMI Daytona Convertible

moparstuart

Quote from: tan top on February 03, 2008, 06:18:30 PM
seam to remember a big collection burnt to the ground , a few hemis were lost even said a hemi challenger convertable  & showed a picture of it from memory , hmmmm think they have all been accounted for still alive , re body  :scratchchin: , anyway think it was in California , late 80s  or 1990  :scratchchin: might of been shown in the muscle car classisc mag  :scratchchin: not sure
i dont remember any wing cars,  but reggie jackson had a bad warehouse fire  ruined some nice e body's and brand x cars
GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

69bronzeT5

OK...Heres some info from Moparts.

"Hey Doug, I remember that day! It was also very warm here in MI. & I drove my (now deceased) '71 Hemi Charger R/T to my folks that day! My plate had expired in Nov. & I wasn't planning on driving it til spring & figgered I'd never get pulled over. Well, I was about 3 miles from home - just driving alongside the Wixom Lincoln assembly plant, when a Wixom cop pulls me over for expired plates!!! AND writes me a ticket! What's the odds of that happening?"


"Dare I even ask what happened? That sucks... "      (regarding the "now deceased '71 Hemi Charger R/T)


"Burned-up in a huge multi-floor building in Hamtramick (Detroit) in Aug. 84. My car was on a third floor - believe me, it was a TOTAL loss. That was the day I wrote-off Detroit. They said some kid set the building ablaze. Over 100 collectors cars were lost. It was a sad day for many. Never keep all your cars of a large collection in the same place. "


"Is that the place that had the Daytona go up as well?"


"Yep, that was the Jenning's car, & it was a beaut. F5 green, white wing, white interior. There was also a Lemon 440-6 'Bird in there. "


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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

Ghoste


69bronzeT5

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http://moparconnectionmagazine.com/



1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

Ghoste

Must be a different link but that's okay.

69bronzeT5

Feature Editor for Mopar Connection Magazine
http://moparconnectionmagazine.com/



1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic