Suedes Car Club
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: ratfink on March 10, 2006 2:32 am
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I don't if anyone has heard about this yet. Ryan Sherman and Adam Kuiken's shop caught fire Monday night. Ryan has a '58 Chev. pickup and is HUGE fan of traditional rods and customs. They lost pretty much everything, tools, shop eqipment and most of Ryan's collection of vintage parts. The black '58 is a total loss. I belive there are some photos of the truck on the site from past runs. I work with Ryan and he has some insurance but probably not enough to cover his loss.
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Damn that sucks.... He has the poncho powered truck right.
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GAWD that sux. One of my worst nightmares.
I hope the insurace gets him back up and running again.
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No doubt. I agree, that sux. Send our best wishes to him. I think we all know him have have talked with him several times in the past.
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Send our best wishes to him. .
SHIT!!!
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That's sad, that's every Car Guys nightmare. I wish them the very best.
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Yea, That was Ryan's truck with the Pontiac mill. They won't let Ryan and Adam start to go thru and sort out whats left until all the insurance people have looked everything over.
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Son of a bitch.
Well, I just got off the phone with him. The insurance hasn't given him the ok to go through it yet. Sounds like a wood stove is the guilty culprit. The loft that they had over part of the shop collapsed on to his '58, the roof and bed are gone. His T coupe and Adams A and F-1 were either saved or not at the shop. Insurace has told Ryan that any car parts that weren't on a car are not covered in his policy. He is fighting that saying that it was a collection, not just car parts. Stuff like Superior steering wheels, finned Buick drums, intakes and a '57 9in rear, among other parts, were pretty much lost.
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god damn
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Hello Everyone,
Ryan, Debbie and I appreciate all of your support and kind words. I just would like to let you all know what happened. Monday (3-06-06) night our shop caught fire around 6:00. The place proceeded to burn to the ground as it was a 40 year old wood building. Two of our rods were in the shop that night. Ryan's '58 Chevy pickup and Debbie's (my fiancee's) 1929 Model A 2dr Sedan were burnt to a crisp.
The A may be salvageable as it was still in bare metal and wasn't near finished. I know that I can save the frame, '53 flathead, and axles, but the body and transmission were pretty badly damaged. The body is really warped and we haven't decided if we want to go through the effort of pounding it back into shape, or finding a new body.
The '58 didn't fair nearly as well. The loft that was above the truck collapsed onto it and crushed the box and the cab. Ryan had spent the las 18 months making numerous modifications and upgrades, and was really looking forward to getting out in the truck this summer. All was not lost though, as you may see the Pontiac mill show up in Ryan's T coupe (stored in an adjacent garage) sometime in the near future.
The fire also destroyed most of our tools, numerous manuals and vintage parts, including 9 Holley 94 carbs, 2 Strombergs, a '40 Flathead V8, '57 9 inch rear end, and a '67 Dana 44 rear end.
Thanks to the hard work of the EGF FD, Ryan's T coupe and his HD Sportster were spared, along with my 1951 Ford F-1 and a friends 1950 Dodge.
Hopefully we will be rebuilding this summer, and will be back in action soon.
Thanks again.
Adam, Ryan, and Debbie
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Glad to hear you are in good spirits. Let me know if you guys need anything.
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Sorry to hear about the shop Adam. Glad you didnt lose your 51 though.
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Sorry to hear about the loss, never good to hear about stuff like this. If you would decide to rebuild the 58 , I have a complete 58 longbox step-side GMC that I would donate (free) if you would want it. Its all there, but a ways away. If yur interested jus let me know, again my condolences...Weed
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DAMN, weed that is the coolest thing Ive seen on here in a long time.
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I appreciate the kind words and gestures. I haven't decided yet what to do as far a rebuilding the 58 goes, maybe sometime in the future.
Ryan