FIRE AT THE BODY SHOP

Here are a few pictures of what Mopar parts look like when they are heated up a thousand degrees or so. I lost several things in a body shop fire this May 1999. Included was my steering column, center console, steering wheel, dashboard, glove box, ashtray and other small miscellaneous items. The sort of funny thing is my fiancee' works across the street and when we made plans to go out that evening she said that there was a huge fire near her office. Of course she neglected to tell me that it was his shop (how I especially love her at times). A week later when I called my body guy, to check on the status of things, I found out. Arrrgghh!
Homeless people started the fire. They were living behind the shop and the train tracks that are about 50 feet further away.

You can bet I won't be giving any money to "Save the Homeless" this year!

All replacement parts were found within 30 days of this disaster and I'd like to thank those on Tom's Moparts webboard who sold me parts and Dr. Mopar, a salvage yard close to me, for giving me a super cheap price break on a replacement dash $50.00! 
One must look at the bright side, at least my car wasn't inside unlike this crispy uninsured Jeep and nobody was injured.

Hmmm oh this is not good. There was a building here somewhere, hey where did my moparts go?

I remember leaving them there on that very bench maybe my body guy put them in storage?

 

I think the storage area was back there....hmmm I don't remember it being so open and airy.

 

One Jeep extra toasty coming right up sir!

 

Oh boy, that was a mint 1968 steering wheel. I do believe my parts went up to mother Mopar in heaven.

 

The thing that gets me is I just had this dash sandblasted before I dropped it off to the paint guy. Boy that Mopar VIN tag sure can take a beating! Except for the lack of black paint it is in perfect condition. I guess my car is no longer NOS...LIKE I CARE!



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