Hurricane hunkered TV watching
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rockfla
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For a minuet there, I thought the hurricane tipped 'em over on ya...
Hope you and your cars stay safe. It sure looks like a mess down there.
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Here in North Florida, we have dodged a “bullet”. The storm really had a lot of steam taken off it when it crossed the state AND is pulled some cool weather from the northwest down, it’s 64 degree’s right now as I sit on my front porch at 2:30pm so that has also taken some fire from the storm!! We are a little gusty and rainy BUT nothing like south ans west of here!!!
VeryTangled
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V8COOPMAN
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Here's one the hurricane DID tip over... Seen on Washington Post's site.
Man, those vertical uprights on that wing are way tougher than they would appear to be. It looks like that is what caused that fender to buckle. Sorta sad!
Coop
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V8COOPMAN
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Coop, an orange 1970 Plymouth Superbird just SOLD for some Serious $$$
$1,650,000
SOLD
Barrett-Jackson
Auction
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Yeah, I knew that they tend to bring "stupid money". This one should go for CHEAP....like maybe $1.3M or so. It's Funny, or maybe sad. I live in a little two-horse, wide-spot-in-the-road type of town. We have a volunteer fire department, no police department, and no city hall. We DO have a DQ, though. Anyway, for at least the past fifteen years or so, there is a nasty looking 3-bay shop about a block from our main stop light intersection on the east side of town. That place does nothing but take some really nasty, JUNK Mopar bodies and turns them into the six & seven figure collectible, "rare" Mopars that we're talking about here, regularly.....exclusively! I've seen more than one of these winged-wonders in near-finished, 'factory condition' sitting outside this butchery.
Coop
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Dang . I’ve been down here since 73 and This really woke me up . I don’t think I want to live here , hoping that all I have will be here after the next storm . It just luck . I’m prepared, 2 whole house generators , one is a back up , and smaller back ups ( gasoline) for when /if the propane runs out . Aluminum accordion shutters , etc , but where to move to ?
3 lathes a small mill , 14 hotrods , and 23 sbc 8 flatheads numerous transmissions and rear ends . Plus my other hobby . Where to go ...
3 lathes a small mill , 14 hotrods , and 23 sbc 8 flatheads numerous transmissions and rear ends . Plus my other hobby . Where to go ...
19Fordy
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Ggmac: I have lived in Coral springs about 45 min. south of you since 1972. It's hard to move and start over. As long as you don't live on a river or close to the ocean east of Federal Highway in Lake Worth or Lantana you will most likely be ok and safe. Hopefully, your buildings should be up to Code. After, Andrew in 1992 the Code changed to all concrete block or tilt wall construction. Stay strong and think positive.
Thanks 19Fordy . We’ve been down here about the same amount of time , I remember a class in school called ‘ probability and statistics’ , I sure hope for the best but prepare for the worse . Home is concrete block , shop is to code but it was built in 2000 .
Hard to move not just the ‘stuff’ but changing doctors. That is another story .
Out near 441 and Lake Worth road .
Hard to move not just the ‘stuff’ but changing doctors. That is another story .
Out near 441 and Lake Worth road .
Desoto291Hemi
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On those wing cars,,,,,the wing is made of aluminum,,,,so they are very strong .
Inside the trunk,,,from the factory,,,, there are braces that extend from the fender underneath the wing to the frame rails .
That is what kept the fenders from buckling at speed with the race cars,,,,and any high speed street cars .
It appears that the braces were not in place on this one,,,,or it’s a clone ?
People pay big money for fake cars all the time .
Tommy
Inside the trunk,,,from the factory,,,, there are braces that extend from the fender underneath the wing to the frame rails .
That is what kept the fenders from buckling at speed with the race cars,,,,and any high speed street cars .
It appears that the braces were not in place on this one,,,,or it’s a clone ?
People pay big money for fake cars all the time .
Tommy
VeryTangled
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slowforty
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Now I dont live in Florida but I know that there is a fair warning that the storm is coming.
I think that you might have time to leave town before the storm hits. Although i think most people believe that it wont happen to them.
I live in a area that has Tornados and those things dont give you much time to get out of the way.
I think that you might have time to leave town before the storm hits. Although i think most people believe that it wont happen to them.
I live in a area that has Tornados and those things dont give you much time to get out of the way.
mercman from oz
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1970 Plymouth Superbird that calls Australia home.