Anyone know him?? He had a nice car collection including Cadillacs. Is he OK?? I hope they didn't burn up.
Bob
I think all of us have everyone living in the fire area in our prayers. The trouble with fire is that it destroys everything. Takes no prisoners, and doesn't differentiate between good and bad.
Bruce. >:D
I have a friend in Altadena that lost their home to the fire, They were in the evacuation zone. The Altadena Country Club where my daughter had her wedding reception burned down. The fire spread so quickly there.
Quote from: chipgribben on January 11, 2025, 10:34:12 PMI have a friend in Altadena that lost their home to the fire, They were in the evacuation zone. The Altadena Country Club where my daughter had her wedding reception burned down. The fire spread so quickly there.
My brother lived in a house on Country Club Drive, directly facing the club, his house is gone. Absolutely devastating for him. He saved his passports (US and UK), 5 of his guitars (he's a musician), his laptop and the clothes he was wearing.
There is one collectors collection that seems to be shown a lot both burning and now. Looks like was quite a variety of cars but the one that stood out to me especially in the burning video was a early Tornado. Its also one that is still pretty easy to pick out after, many of the others you probably have to really know the model to identify them after whats left. The cars they showed didn't appear to have been inside any sort of building.
Bob.
If it's any consolation. I found Andy's address through google and checked the map and the address this came up for him is so close like an Only few houses away from the path. But it looks to be ok. Regardless. It's close enough for smoke damage.
After I realized it's Andy from Adex pumps. I checked with a friend.
And it sounds like he is safe and with his family.
If you have an address, there is an interactive map you can check to see if the structure has been destroyed, has major damage, minor damage or 0 damage.
https://recovery.lacounty.gov/eaton-fire/
I haven't seen many videos showing older classics. Mainly Porsches, exotics, etc. There was one video of Pacific Palisades where it looked as if someone lost two really nice 30s-40s Buick sedans.
Bob
Message directly from him.
Hello Abe,
Thank you and the members for your concern. We were blessed by God, all 9 of us are safe, and we were able to save our homes!!!
I'm glad he's OK.
Thanks, Bob
What are they estimating now 12,000 homes lost? You do wonder how many classic cars were lost too especially since that was an region that maybe had more than average. I also wonder about things like was there things like a 'lost' Picasso in someones private collection?
Its hard to tell in some of the photos or videos but it seems like you see a fair number of classics that didn't appear to have been in any sort of garage. Anyone know is it just because of the climate that they are often not in a garage or were they moved out or in the process of being moved?
I've seen a few more videos of the damage and I've seen Buicks, Chevy's, tons of classic exotics, and a few Cadillacs (including a 58 Brougham) completely destroyed. I'm willing to bet you Hagerty will be changing their stance on payouts after this.
https://youtu.be/h5Fw7VlOy4s?si=JvkRd768xT4WVxoK
Classic car collection burnt in Altadena
Phil,
Those are not Andy's cars. Thanks for posting.
Bob
Quote from: PHIL WHYTE CLC 14192 on January 17, 2025, 04:20:49 PMhttps://youtu.be/h5Fw7VlOy4s?si=JvkRd768xT4WVxoK
Classic car collection burnt in Altadena
I can only hope that everyone got out alive. Interesting that the news crew in this segment focused on the destruction of classic cars. Aside from the death often caused by fire; the destruction of homes or other possessions from photo albums to automobiles is sad as they also represent the loss of irreplacable memories. Clay/Lexi
Quote from: Bob Hoffmann CLC#96 on January 17, 2025, 04:32:15 PMPhil,
Those are not Andy's cars. Thanks for posting.
Bob
Hi Bob,
I realised that as I did see the earlier post about him being safe.
Quote from: Lexi on January 17, 2025, 05:19:09 PMI can only hope that everyone got out alive. Interesting that the news crew in this segment focused on the destruction of classic cars. Aside from the death often caused by fire; the destruction of homes or other possessions from photo albums to automobiles is sad as they also represent the loss of irreplacable memories. Clay/Lexi
My brother's house was burnt to the ground in the Eaton fire. He lived beside the Altadena Country Club. He lost so much.
Quote from: PHIL WHYTE CLC 14192 on January 18, 2025, 12:07:08 AMMy brother's house was burnt to the ground in the Eaton fire. He lived beside the Altadena Country Club. He lost so much.
So sorry to learn of that Phil. I can't even begin to imagine how that must feel to have experienced that. I hope that he and his family are safe. What a nightmare situation for all who live there. Clay/Lexi
For the people asking about fancy things lost in the fire. Anthony Hopkins lost his home and he happened to have a few really really expensive paintings 10mil+ and actually had the Hannibal mask and lots of things like that sort but usually these people have these things listed and insured so at least they'll be a record of them being destroyed.
Far as illegally obtained, Picassos or masterpieces or antiquity yeah destroyed forever
My wife and I send our love to all in LA who lost their homes.
What a sad tragedy.
As more and more photos are coming out you can sure tell the differences in the materials cars are made out of. Vast majority of the newer stuff you can't really tell what they were since in many cases steel is all that really survived and there is less and less steel the newer they get. Some its really interesting to see what is actually steel, not always where its expected. Wheels and engines are also interesting, you can tell where the aluminum was there too. Seen some photos were there is basically a crank shaft sitting in a pile of dust.
It sort of appears like cars are being handled differently than the rest of the clean up. Ones that were not completely burnt up you could see it making sense that they would be handled like cars needing to separate materials and hazards but some you would think the fire pretty much separated things so they would just pick the big chunks out with other remaining metal stuff?
I wonder if another way people are getting screwed by insurance (or people are trying to screw their insurance) is when there isn't really a vin number left to identify a pile of rubble as a specific car? With the volume they have to deal with in that area I can't imagine in a vast majority of cases they are going to get the whole CSI lab team on the job. In the olden days you would think the would have just looked a the rubble in the general area that used to be the garage and say yep that must have been the car you said was parked there and pay the claim but we know that isn't how they operate these days. But I'm sure like everything else these days there are also the scum bags that didn't have anything anywhere near there filing fake claims and likely getting paid easier and faster than the legit ones.