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
