The worst thing about a fire is for weeks and months you will think or act to go get something, only to realize, it is gone...totally gone. Mark Price Morgantown, WV 26508 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II "I realize that death is inevitable. I just don't want to be around when it happens!" ----- "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:53:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] '69 390 for sale > > Gary , > > Really sorry to hear about the loss. It's scary. I fear a fire all the > time > and have begun to be much more cautious about everything. I unplug > everything electric every time I leave the shop, or close down for > the > evening. My flammables are stored in separate metal containers, I keep > my > paints in a heavy wood cabinet. I wish my shop were sprinklered. > > Jim, > > Concrete and steel are great building materials. but don't fool > yourself > into thinking because of that you'll be safe, it usually isn't the > building > itself that causes the trouble, it's the unsafe electric hook-ups that > cause > overloads, welding, torches, spontaneous combustion of oily rags, > stuff like > that. Concrete takes a lot to collapse, metal structures sometimes > collapse > sooner that some wood structures, metal gets weak pretty fast as the > temp > rises, and collapses. > good thing is, it's non combustible. > > Armand > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:24 AM > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] '69 390 for sale > > > > > > Sorry to hear about your vehicular parts loss. If it's any > consolation, > that was just enough to convince my wife my new shop needs to be metal > and > concrete. > > > > > > From: "Garry Nordstrom" <gasnordstrom@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] '69 390 for sale > > Message-ID: <5F043C8AB682415F91280E8FE0072256@MONICA> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > Dan: I have a 343, dynoed @ 408 HP, asking $3,500 for it, good luck, > price > > is fair for yours,,, but like me, most AMCER's are limited, better > off to > > put in a body then sell it. Still looking for a 69 to put my 343 > in, have > a > > perfect Borg Warner to bolt up to it,so be patient,,actually have 2 > more > > 343's on the stand. > > But last night, my playhouse (6 car garage ) went up in flames, was > able > to > > salvage my CJ8 resto, but now have a mess,,most of my AMC parts > inventory > > gone, lucky I had the Concord Electric car stored elsewhere. > > Garry > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > AMC-list mailing list > > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: > 5/15/09 > 6:16 AM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com