Garage Fire..............Been here before

Scooby · Post by **Scooby** » Mon Apr 25, 11 7:49 pm

Dell ...terrible news...after all the work you have put into the old girl....your probably not feeling very positive at the moment but the Charger does look as if she can be saved... if you need any help you only have to ask.....

Take a step back for a couple of days mate and see how you feel then.

Rich n Debs.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 25, 11 8:06 pm

Derek I dont think its insurmountable mate and as every one else has said sit back we all are thinking of you mate.

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Mon Apr 25, 11 8:27 pm

bloody hell , arrrrggghhhh no !!

how / where was the fire started ?? looks high up , sad sight , charger don't look that bad from the pictures , one of the worst thing is the fire damage smell , if any of the car has burnt up inside !! !! ! get the charger out & pressure washed get that powder off if that is fire extinguisher stuff , some can damage paint !! causing more than just a flat & paint !! as it eats right into the stuff !! don't do nothing hasty , like throwing in the towel , get the charger cleaned up as best as you can & have some time away from the car !
sorry to say i'm thinking !! i wonder if its related to the attack you had a while back !! prehaps they saw you out & followed you back or something !! prolly not the case but makes you wonder !!
sorry to see this happen !! i'm gutted for you matey

AL · Post by AL » Mon Apr 25, 11 8:33 pm

Thats appalling,whoever did that should be made to pay.

I saw your car at wheels day,I cannot imagine how you feel,very sorry.Alan.

Green68 · Post by **Green68** » Mon Apr 25, 11 8:39 pm

Jesus !
I'm sure the car can be saved, thats if you want it to be.

mas · Post by **mas** » Mon Apr 25, 11 8:57 pm

I cant believe it! I saw how nice your car looked at spectrums not that long ago. This inspired me to have my car painted there. Feel so gutted for you! cheers mark

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 25, 11 8:57 pm

I'm so sorry to hear this Derek don't let this beat you

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 25, 11 8:58 pm

It looked so good at Wheels Day and I felt sorry that you had the day spoiled by a damn fuel pump....and now this! I couldn't believe it, especially after all your hard work. If someone did this deliberately they deserve hanging by the testicles for eternity. I hope you find the enthusiasm to carry on but who could blame you if you've had enough. So sorry Del

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Apr 25, 11 9:17 pm

Looking at the photos again it looks like the damage is only skin deep.

It's a setback. That is all.

When someone knocks you on your backside like this there is only one thing to do.

Get up.

You already did that the last time.

Get up again.

You have to keep getting back up because if you don't the barstewards have won.

So pick yourself up, wash the crap off the car, and make an insurance claim. You could be back on the road in weeks.

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Mon Apr 25, 11 9:44 pm

Dave wrote:.....make an insurance claim. You could be back on the road in weeks.

Thats true Del. Take it to JC's. You know it'll be done right

Just trying to be optimistic for you mate

GTXJim · Post by **GTXJim** » Mon Apr 25, 11 9:50 pm

Jesus, Del I,ve just got back from the pod, and Paul500 has texted me the terrible news, I'm truly absolutely stunned and shocked and if there is any thing I can do to help please let me know.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 25, 11 10:15 pm

Just a thought Del, I have one of these in the garden for keeping a watch on things.

http://www.handykam.com/Wired-camera-ki ... e.tpl.html

It is only about an inch square, records sound and infra red at night. Might give you an idea on who is lurking about out there. You can upgrade to a 50m cable if necessary. I record direct to my Mac harddrive but you can record to a VCR or buy the USB capture gadget for a PC

http://www.handykam.com/Wired-camera-ki ... e.tpl.html

paolo_mangusta · Post by **paolo_mangusta** » Mon Apr 25, 11 11:22 pm

Really heartbroken to see that, and I know (from experience as some on here will remember) how much you'll want to pack it in, cause it does seem like it's impossible to have anything nice that you put work into cause some piece of excrement will wreck it, burn it, or nick it.

But I can also say that it's worth not doing anything hasty or turning your back on cars. I walked away from my garage fire (also arson) with a 9/16ths spanner where I had a car with 12 grand and months of solid work in it and a couple of grands worth of tools. And it ate at me all the time - thinking about catching the scum that did it, or how if I'd done things differently and got it finished it wouldn't have still been in that garage etc etc. I was going to give it up but it only stopped eating at me when I had bought myself another project to think about.

It's taken a long time, but now I'm able to think about what I'm doing next on my new (nicer) Dart, how the hell I'm going to get my slingshot together before the summer's over, and what that rattling noise is on the Honda. It took time, but thankfully I didn't pack it all in, partly thanks to the support I got on here, and partly thanks to sheer bloody-mindedness.

But mostly because if I stopped doing the things I wanted to do, I would have felt like the pond life had won, and the satisfaction of knowing that they haven't outweighs all the grief.

Hang in there mate. The Charger looks repairable (again) and if not there'll be another one out there.

Paul

Philb · Post by **Philb** » Mon Apr 25, 11 11:29 pm

Oh my God Dell, i feel sick mate. Just don`t know what to say. What are these people on? So sorry for you.

bazbiker · Post by **bazbiker** » Mon Apr 25, 11 11:34 pm

Bananarama! man I'm relay gutted for you