69 Daytona lost in fire: ***updated wth newspaper article***

[firefighter3931]

ps- What's KARS anyway?  

Chris,

Kars is the name of a little village just outside of town. Beautiful spot on the banks of the Rideau river.

Ron

[Chris G.]

ps- What's KARS anyway?  

Chris,

Kars is the name of a little village just outside of town. Beautiful spot on the banks of the Rideau river.

Ron

Gotcha Ron.    Pretty cool name for a town.

[BigBlockSam]

 

[TruckDriver]

That is sad to see.  

I am guessing with a total estimated loss of $500,000 it was not a Hemi Daytona.

Was it a restord Daytona? Cause it looks like theres no fender on it.

[CFMopar]

Thats sad. Luckly no one was hurt though...

[andy74]

that really sucks,glad everyone is okay

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Bad news!!

Any chance of getting the tag info

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

if it were me i would have ran in there and tried to save the winged warrior even if i had gotten a little burnt and cut up it would be worth it( to me at least)-MATT

[69_500]

So does anyone know the VIN to the Daytona, so that like other cars that have been lost in fires, that they don't try to resurface in a different body decades down the road?

[bull]

That's cool. Some people probably thought you were crazy but I bet the onwers sure appreciated it. I hope if I ever have a house fire I get a firefighter who loves classic Mopars. "Yea, just leave the friggin' minivan sit, put the wife and kids in the Charger help me push it out."

Thanks Curtis. Some things are too hard to replace so we do our best to save them. Had one housefire involving a 69 Camaro that was stuck in the garage with the doors locked. Keys were inside the house in the bedroom that was fully involved. The owner was freaking out about his car which was inside the attached garage which was experiencing heavy smoke damage and the fire was just about there. Went in and put my fist through the sideglass and flipped it into neutral and pushed it out. The guy was pretty relieved to see his car out in the driveway with just a busted window....sure helped to put a positive spin on an otherwise traumatic event.

Obvoiusly or first priority is to prevent loss of life but after that we go into high gear to prevent property damage. I've been in burning buildings tarping furniture, electronics etc..to prevent water/smoke damage and minimize fire loss. That is one of the most rewarding parts of the job and fire victims are allways appreciative of the efforts.

Ron

Your fist!? Where was your axe? Cool story! I'd much rather have a broken window to deal with than a crispy car. You can probably find Camaro windows at just about any garage sale anyway. Charger windows on the other hand...

[R2]

Went in and put my fist through the sideglass and flipped it into neutral and pushed it out. The guy was pretty relieved to see his car out in the driveway with just a busted window

Way to go Ron..Whatever it takes to get that thing out of the garage....you deserve the following smilies.......

[firefighter3931]

 

[Charger Aficionado]

I'd sacrafice the ol' RamCharger for the game...  In a heartbeat I would've gone thorough that wall. 

[TruckDriver]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought you couldn't restore a badly burned car like his. I thought the metal would be warped etc. 

And, yes I know if you got the money and will, anything can be restored. But thats not what I mean. Wouldn't all the metal be basically be plain scrap?

[Silver R/T]

that sucks, especially that it was so close to Christmas

[chargervert]

So does anyone know the VIN to the Daytona, so that like other cars that have been lost in fires, that they don't try to resurface in a different body decades down the road?quote]I know that the guy who owns them,said he wants to restore them,but I don't think theres any way to save those cars without rebodying them!I think if this guy has the chance to get his lost cars back,then thats one rebody,that would be ok!But not if someone else takes the numbers,and recreates those car for profit!

[Arthu®]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought you couldn't restore a badly burned car like his. I thought the metal would be warped etc.  

And, yes I know if you got the money and will, anything can be restored. But thats not what I mean. Wouldn't all the metal be basically be plain scrap?

Really sad sight to see, but at least no one was hurt. Yeah you are right if a car is badly burned as probably is in this case as it was in the middle of burning house. The metal will be probably be scrap. It just gets too hot it there.

Arthur

[twilt]

It will probably get re-bodied and resurface in 5-10 years. 

[chargervert]

I would be surprised if the tags survived the fire!

[nascarxx29]

This car needs to be red flagged like my past owned totaled out none existing wing cars.So if it does show up .Its prior origins will be known about it

[nascarxx29]

Was the burned up daytona a T5 4 speed car .Also was it located in Kars

[nascarxx29]

All the info I gather indicates it was this was probably this car .beep beep dave and ghost refers to other posts about it.
http://www.moparstyle.net/forums/showthread.php?t=63059

[Charger_Fan]

Poor guy.
I couldn't even imagine...

[Beep Beep Dave]

All the info I gather indicates it was this was probably this car .beep beep dave and ghost refers to other posts about it.
http://www.moparstyle.net/forums/showthread.php?t=63059

Very well could be Dave...the last I heard the car was in Guelph Ont. Too sad! And the one newspaper article indicates it was bought out of Guelph a few years ago.

Dave

[Ghoste]

Is it the same car I am talking about though?  If it is, that's very sad and we'll have to a little memorial out at our shop for the car.
I'm just sad that back when it was around here, I didn't collect the tag info and so on.  If it is the same car, there is a small chance I may be able to at least get the vin number.