Real, bummer man. I'm sorry, but as we say when someone goes down on the
track (motorcycle racing) "at least you (and your wife) are ok"
-alfie
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, william moldenhauer wrote:
> as a lot of you know I was planning on attending this years americruise. my
> buddy and I had spent July 8-9-10th touching up the truck finishing all the
> little things that make a project complete.Saturday the 9th I took it out on
> the highway for a shakedown cruise full a/c cruise control,stereo etc.two
> hours of the most pleasant driving I've had since beginning this project the
> truck performed flawlessly.riding much better now that the new suspension
> had a 1000 miles on it.the only thing left to do was install the rear
> fenders they were drying at my buddies garage.
> at three in the morning on July 10th we had a terrible rain storm over six
> inches in about an hour
> my wife woke me up and said she smelled gas I woke up and went down stairs
> to investigate.my garage is under my bedroom and when I looked down I saw
> about 3" of water coming from the garage to the house the wife went to check
> on the office and I started to put on my shoes when all of a sudden the
> house exploded .the force blew my wife to the ground and blew out all the
> windows in the office.the flames shot out of the garage and singed my hair
> off one side of my head but luckily no serious injury to my wife and i.my
> truck however did not fair as well.a gas can for the mower tipped over in
> the flood and the water heater ignited it.
> there is over $150,000 damage to the house and the truck is totaled.I did
> have insurance on the truck but it was an agreed value of 14,000 this was
> until it could be completed an appraisal was made.
>
> the good news:
> the insurance company has given me a check and since it is over 9 years old
> I can keep it.
> while trying to push it out of the garage to be towed
> my buddy opened the hood and said there did not seem to be much damage in
> the engine compartment.so I climbed in turned the key and she fired right
> up.we punched the windows out and took her for a ride.
> I think I have found a name for my truck
> the phoenix.
> Bill 53 3600 hot rod
> Chicago,Ill.
> My Website
> www.hotrodstogo.com
> "Give a man a fish,he will eat for a day
> Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat
> and drink beer all day"
>
>
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