Didn't know if this was posted before, but just awful...

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

 

From the High Impact Club:

Tragedy can strike at any moment.  On April 29th 2011.  Chip and Angie lost their prized 1969 Charger R/T
440.  High winds and a worn electrical line sparked their storage building and fueled an intense inferno
that engulfed a new trailer containing their Charger.   The during and aftermath was the nightmare you
see below to not only their Charger but also a Boat a 40's Ford tractor and lots of farm equipment.  All of
us in the club are Heartsick over the devastation that happened.  Beyond the considerable amount of
Money invested, the years of work and sweat that was poured into this car deepens our sadness.  A
labor of love.  We are reminded that these are material things and we are thankful that Chip and Angie
were all unharmed during the fire.  It is true to say that we all love our cars, the develop personalities ,
they do live and breathe.  She had beautiful lines and curves.  She was a rumbling Behemoth that rattled
the windows in exuberant outbursts of acceleration.   The Charger loved to watch lesser cars tremble as
she pulled up to the light.  You could feel the joy in her as she let loose on a clear road.  She never
failed to put a smile on Chip and Angie's face.  

Let the pictures below serve as a tribute.  Another rare living piece of rolling art lost from the planet.  
The numbers get fewer and fewer which doubles our responsibility to protect these rare glimpses of
history. This Charger will never be forgotten.

Your Friends from the High Impact Performance Auto Club

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Damn whats even worse is that someone caught it on camera!! 

[1970Moparmann]

What a shame.  Surprised that any of the trailer enclosed structure is still there.

[stripedelete]

Years ago a tin roofed & sided building burned around here.  The metal inside melted like it was hit with a nuke.  The investigators said the tin caused contained the blaze (for a time) like an incinerator causing it to burn exponentially hotter than a normal fire. 

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Damn whats even worse is that someone caught it on camera!! 

Yeah, I imagine it was tough to watch 

[1969chargerrtse]

Not as bad as this fire.

This women lost her 1.7 million dollar home, her 3 kids of which 2 were twins, and both her parents on Christmas day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/nyregion/house-fire-kills-5-in-stamford.html?_r=2&hp

http://www.businessinsider.com/tragic-fire-in-stamford-ct-kills-family-of-ad-executive-2011-12

[Ghoste]

There was a big fire around here too last week in which the news is claiming millions of dollars in antique cars were lost but so far none of the local car guys seem to know who onwed these cars or what they were.

[Tilar]

What a shame.     

[BigBlockSam]

very sad 

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

...I wonder if anything is salvageable or if the car itself, is restorable?   

Look at the door lock pin - still has its shape, must not have gotten that hot  Of how about the trim, all in place - or for the most part. 

What do you think? Will she live to see another day? 

[charger Downunder]

What a shame, if only you could of rolled that trailer forward, man it looked like it got very very hot.

[jb666]

What a shame, if only you could of rolled that trailer forward, man it looked like it got very very hot.

Yet, the tires didn't blow out...

Man, that really sucks...

[A383Wing]

...I wonder if anything is salvageable or if the car itself, is restorable?   

Look at the door lock pin - still has its shape, must not have gotten that hot  Of how about the trim, all in place - or for the most part. 

the outside door handle is missing...plus look at all the dents on the drip rail moldings over the side windows...

Bryan 

[djcarguy]

trailer alloy skin melted and dripped down is stuck on drip rail,i think...  if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

        hard times and suddenly all kinds of fires break out???

[Fred]

  if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

That's what I was thinking.

[PocketThunder]

trailer alloy skin melted and dripped down is stuck on drip rail,i think...  if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

        hard times and suddenly all kinds of fires break out???

  if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

That's what I was thinking.

Me too, but it would be awefully hot to try and hook up a trailer when that barn is giving off the heat that it does when its on fire.

But, if the other poster is implying that people burn up thiers cars for insurance money in hard times, i would never do that to my Charger no matter how hard up i need the cash.   

[charger Downunder]

If i was there and had a pick up truck i would of pushed/rammed that trailer from the rear forward about 30 feet is all it would of needed to save the car. No way would i get out and try and hook it up with all that heat.

[bill440rt]

That is just gut wrenching.... so saddening to see. Hopefully the owners can recover from that. What a shame.

Not as bad as this fire.

This women lost her 1.7 million dollar home, her 3 kids of which 2 were twins, and both her parents on Christmas day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/nyregion/house-fire-kills-5-in-stamford.html?_r=2&hp

http://www.businessinsider.com/tragic-fire-in-stamford-ct-kills-family-of-ad-executive-2011-12

Just took the time to read the article. I couldn't even begin to fathom what she is enduring. Just horrible.
A car can be replaced. But things inside your home like family heirlooms, treasures, etc cannot. Definitely puts things in perspective.

[bakerhillpins]

Terrible to see and my heart goes out to them but I am ever so happy no one got hurt.  

 if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

That's what I was thinking.

Me too, but it would be awefully hot to try and hook up a trailer when that barn is giving off the heat that it does when its on fire.

That would be a fully involved structure fire (in case it's not obvious). Let me tell you from experience that the heat given off from a fire like that is extreme and you wouldn't want to be near it with out the proper protection.

If i was there and had a pick up truck i would of pushed/rammed that trailer from the rear forward about 30 feet is all it would of needed to save the car. No way would i get out and try and hook it up with all that heat.

It would seem that the winds shifted and moved to take out the trailer. I have been at fires where a dump truck was within 20' (yes feet) of a fully involved apartment building which went to the ground and the truck didn't get any damage because it was upwind of the blaze. If you were in your POV when the winds shifted to take out the trailer, you and your POV would be looking the same in a matter of moments.  Just sayin...  

[Fred]

trailer alloy skin melted and dripped down is stuck on drip rail,i think...  if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

        hard times and suddenly all kinds of fires break out???

  if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

That's what I was thinking.

Me too, but it would be awefully hot to try and hook up a trailer when that barn is giving off the heat that it does when its on fire.

But, if the other poster is implying that people burn up thiers cars for insurance money in hard times, i would never do that to my Charger no matter how hard up i need the cash.   

No me either.....NEVER!

[djcarguy]

  never said try to back up ,line up and hook up...said truck and chain ,i  have 20' and 30'foot chains in all my rigs. come up on cool side of trailer hook chain on tongue and drag it away from fire.  that close the wind does not have to change once that wall falls or burns thru,its all toast

    yes lots of heat ,i know was fireman in small town. with old fire trucks we had to use and no fire plugs .it was get there and save all ya can for owners.  we all kept our gear at home and cheif in town brought the truck with more guys,late 70es our new truck was a 54 gmc ,backup was a 48 ford.

  oh yeah ,save people first,thats right.i forgot being a car guy...

[Brock Lee]

Looks like the gas went up? The damage is in that area on both sides.

[tan top]

  if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

That's what I was thinking.

me too 

sad

[1969chargerrtse]

That is just gut wrenching.... so saddening to see. Hopefully the owners can recover from that. What a shame.

Not as bad as this fire.

This women lost her 1.7 million dollar home, her 3 kids of which 2 were twins, and both her parents on Christmas day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/nyregion/house-fire-kills-5-in-stamford.html?_r=2&hp

http://www.businessinsider.com/tragic-fire-in-stamford-ct-kills-family-of-ad-executive-2011-12

Just took the time to read the article. I couldn't even begin to fathom what she is enduring. Just horrible.
A car can be replaced. But things inside your home like family heirlooms, treasures, etc cannot. Definitely puts things in perspective.

Sorry for interrupting the thread.
She was heard screaming my whole life is in that house. 47 Years old a self made millionaire and she loses all 3 of her kids and her parents which were celebrating 49 years of marriage the next day, on Christmas day. Un flipping real.   Oh yeah and the home.
http://m.nypost.com/;s=5tk53IftrAIaPEoVxZWcV01/f/mobile/news/local/courage_of_blaze_kids_grandfather_ERp8ETnMny9UQDEnGICG9I

[1969chargerrtse]

I'll bet that car can be saved. I have the pictures somewhere, but my cousin bought a brand new 69 Camaro Pace car.   It was 100% all original still in the 1990's. 2 weeks before his daughters 16th birthday ( it was her sweet 16th gift ) the new Buick in the garage caught fire and burnt the garage and Pace car to ashes. I sold it for 1.000.00 in the local paper. It was just like that Charger. It's fully restored and on the road today.
Her name is Kim and the plate on the Pace car was KIMARO.

[Magnumcharger]

A friend of mine had a real nice B5 1970 Charger R/T that caught fire at an intersection after the new Edlebrock carb started misbehaving.
He discharged all of his fire extinguisher into the blaze, but it just continued to burn.
The car was written off, but the rear quarters and the floorpan were practically untouched.
He ended up selling it, and I believe it was restored.
My Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Kt0A7NBXc

[BigBlockSam]

man thats sad   

[moparstuart]

A friend of mine had a real nice B5 1970 Charger R/T that caught fire at an intersection after the new Edlebrock carb started misbehaving.
He discharged all of his fire extinguisher into the blaze, but it just continued to burn.
The car was written off, but the rear quarters and the floorpan were practically untouched.
He ended up selling it, and I believe it was restored.
My Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Kt0A7NBXc

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,50766.msg571758.html#msg571758

similar burn to this car , they put it back together and its almost dont  should get some good shots of it this summer show season 

[mrsskip68]

was there a pic of the topic car before it burned? 

[bull]

For some reason I'm always very cynical about these things. Something seems fishy.

[angie]

trailer alloy skin melted and dripped down is stuck on drip rail,i think...  if someone had a big pickup and chain they could of saved trailer and charger,instead of taking picture as they watch it all burn up....

        hard times and suddenly all kinds of fires break out???

When you come home from work to your building on fire, and the fire dept. is already there because the neighbor had already reported it, there's not much else to do except take pictures for insurance purposes. They wouldn't let us near it once we told them what was stored in the building. A boat, farm tractor, rider mower, push mower, garden tiller all full of fuel, not to mention a 55 gallon drum of race fuel, and I'm sure there are some of you out there that knows race fuel burns slower, but alot hotter that regular fuel. The '69 charger that was on the trailer about 6 feet from the building was also full of race fuel. 
   My husband wanted to use his chevy 3500 one ton pick-up, but the heat was too intense. It was a 90 year old barn, enclosed in tin, with 50 mile an hour winds, and several items full of fuel. 
   The state fire marshal estimated the fire to be in excess of 3000 degrees, just by the damage to the farm equipment.
   If I were in it for the money I would have made sure that my '70 charger R/T that was also normally stored in this building would have been in there too.  Thank God my husband put a scratch in the rear quarter last summer while parking it in this very same building and it was at the body shop getting a new paint job, or we would have lost this one as well.   
   This was an electrical fire started from the power line simply swaying in the wind.  We have rebuilt and all of our power lines are underground to prevent this from ever happening again.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Angie,

welcome to the site. sorry for your loss - will you rebuild the Charger?

[angie]

Angie,

welcome to the site. sorry for your loss - will you rebuild the Charger?

yes, but not by us.  we decided it was more than what we wanted to tackle.
  there is a guy that lives in iowa that bought it from us, he's kind of a local "chip foose" type and couldn't wait to get his hands on it. we can't wait to see what he does with it. this is all he does, is rebuild cars.
  thanks for the welcome and the support, at least we still have our '70 charger R/T that is B5 blue with a blue interior, all original, numbers matching. our '69 was not. it was higly modified and nothing matching about it, so if we had to lose one of the cars, i guess i'm glad it was that one.  we have also purchased a '73 challenger to replace the '69 charger we lost. it was fun having his and hers chargers, but the challenger will be fun too. 
the challenger is also highly modified and is a full blown race car, with twice the horse power than what the charger had.  and it's also yellow with a black interior. thanks again!

[bull]

I wonder about the integrity of the metal after it's gotten superheated like that? Not to metion all the other stuff that doesn't respond well to heat.

At least it's going to be restored.

[Fred]

I wonder about the integrity of the metal after it's gotten superheated like that? Not to metion all the other stuff that doesn't respond well to heat.

My thought's exactly.

[angie]

I wonder about the integrity of the metal after it's gotten superheated like that? Not to metion all the other stuff that doesn't respond well to heat.

At least it's going to be restored.
[/quote The Chargers back half was warped pretty badly, but the front clip was decent.The body guy from Iowa looked it over pretty hard and is doing a total restoration of the car. My husband wanted me to correct myself in the fact that this was a REAL 69 Charger R/T.. minus the motor when we bought it. The tranny to the rearend was  correct too. This was a 10 yr project for us and the memories we will hold dear to our hearts. We both really miss our 69 and I did not want to give the impression that we don`t care, we do! It was like a member of our family. We hope someday to build another. The 70 Charger is also a REAL R/T. 440 4-speed, dana 60 with a 3:55 gears. no air,black top with a black strip... just thought I should mention 

[angie]

What a shame, if only you could of rolled that trailer forward, man it looked like it got very very hot.

Yet, the tires didn't blow out...

Man, that really sucks...

I know it doesn't show the passenger side of the trailer, but the tires did blow. in fact there wasn't any rubber left, just steel belts and rims.

[moparstuart]

Angie,

welcome to the site. sorry for your loss - will you rebuild the Charger?

yes, but not by us.  we decided it was more than what we wanted to tackle.
  there is a guy that lives in iowa that bought it from us, he's kind of a local "chip foose" type and couldn't wait to get his hands on it. we can't wait to see what he does with it. this is all he does, is rebuild cars.
  thanks for the welcome and the support, at least we still have our '70 charger R/T that is B5 blue with a blue interior, all original, numbers matching. our '69 was not. it was higly modified and nothing matching about it, so if we had to lose one of the cars, i guess i'm glad it was that one.  we have also purchased a '73 challenger to replace the '69 charger we lost. it was fun having his and hers chargers, but the challenger will be fun too. 
the challenger is also highly modified and is a full blown race car, with twice the horse power than what the charger had.  and it's also yellow with a black interior. thanks again!

kents old car  ?

[angie]

Angie,

welcome to the site. sorry for your loss - will you rebuild the Charger?

yes, but not by us.  we decided it was more than what we wanted to tackle.
  there is a guy that lives in iowa that bought it from us, he's kind of a local "chip foose" type and couldn't wait to get his hands on it. we can't wait to see what he does with it. this is all he does, is rebuild cars.
  thanks for the welcome and the support, at least we still have our '70 charger R/T that is B5 blue with a blue interior, all original, numbers matching. our '69 was not. it was higly modified and nothing matching about it, so if we had to lose one of the cars, i guess i'm glad it was that one.  we have also purchased a '73 challenger to replace the '69 charger we lost. it was fun having his and hers chargers, but the challenger will be fun too. 
the challenger is also highly modified and is a full blown race car, with twice the horse power than what the charger had.  and it's also yellow with a black interior. thanks again!

kents old car  ?

yes, you should see it and hear it now!

[mauve66]

That is just gut wrenching.... so saddening to see. Hopefully the owners can recover from that. What a shame.

Not as bad as this fire.

This women lost her 1.7 million dollar home, her 3 kids of which 2 were twins, and both her parents on Christmas day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/nyregion/house-fire-kills-5-in-stamford.html?_r=2&hp

http://www.businessinsider.com/tragic-fire-in-stamford-ct-kills-family-of-ad-executive-2011-12

Just took the time to read the article. I couldn't even begin to fathom what she is enduring. Just horrible.
A car can be replaced. But things inside your home like family heirlooms, treasures, etc cannot. Definitely puts things in perspective.

Sorry for interrupting the thread.
She was heard screaming my whole life is in that house. 47 Years old a self made millionaire and she loses all 3 of her kids and her parents which were celebrating 49 years of marriage the next day, on Christmas day. Un flipping real.   Oh yeah and the home.
http://m.nypost.com/;s=5tk53IftrAIaPEoVxZWcV01/f/mobile/news/local/courage_of_blaze_kids_grandfather_ERp8ETnMny9UQDEnGICG9I

i already solved this one, the male freind was the new boy-friend and the ex-husband did it, if he can't have her nobody can, i'm a genius

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Angie,

welcome to the site. sorry for your loss - will you rebuild the Charger?

yes, but not by us.  we decided it was more than what we wanted to tackle.
  there is a guy that lives in iowa that bought it from us, he's kind of a local "chip foose" type and couldn't wait to get his hands on it. we can't wait to see what he does with it. this is all he does, is rebuild cars.
  thanks for the welcome and the support, at least we still have our '70 charger R/T that is B5 blue with a blue interior, all original, numbers matching. our '69 was not. it was higly modified and nothing matching about it, so if we had to lose one of the cars, i guess i'm glad it was that one.  we have also purchased a '73 challenger to replace the '69 charger we lost. it was fun having his and hers chargers, but the challenger will be fun too. 
the challenger is also highly modified and is a full blown race car, with twice the horse power than what the charger had.  and it's also yellow with a black interior. thanks again!

Cool - how did you find this site? Was it the pictures I linked from your site? 

[angie]

Angie,

welcome to the site. sorry for your loss - will you rebuild the Charger?

yes, but not by us.  we decided it was more than what we wanted to tackle.
  there is a guy that lives in iowa that bought it from us, he's kind of a local "chip foose" type and couldn't wait to get his hands on it. we can't wait to see what he does with it. this is all he does, is rebuild cars.
  thanks for the welcome and the support, at least we still have our '70 charger R/T that is B5 blue with a blue interior, all original, numbers matching. our '69 was not. it was higly modified and nothing matching about it, so if we had to lose one of the cars, i guess i'm glad it was that one.  we have also purchased a '73 challenger to replace the '69 charger we lost. it was fun having his and hers chargers, but the challenger will be fun too. 
the challenger is also highly modified and is a full blown race car, with twice the horse power than what the charger had.  and it's also yellow with a black interior. thanks again!

Cool - how did you find this site? Was it the pictures I linked from your site? 

a friend off of heartland mopars saw the story and sent us a link to this site.

[angie]

if you go to heartlandmopars.com and scroll down to work logs i think it will say chip and angies new ride. that will have a pic. of both Chip and I with the challenger, and if you really want to see more of the challenger go to highimpactperformance.org click on our rides.. chip and angies charger and challenger. Sorry no motor pics yet.