AZGTO Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 https://sites.google.com/a/allclassicsllc.com/www/home/2010-russo-and-steele-damages Not sure if most of you know or not but the Russo and Steele Car Auction tents blew down during our storms on thursday and damaged ALOT of high dollar collectible cars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Man that is a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toms94 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I was thinking we ought to send AJ there, he could "buff" those out in no time........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gone & Forgotten Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 So, does that make it a 'Scratch and dent sale" ? --- I know... blasphemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug123 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Those pix were painful, almost nauseating... those old Mustangs... All those cars looked just thrashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdutytd Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 With the weather that was there in the area I would have been VERY wary of having my car outside or 'in a tent' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ1o87 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 That pained me to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I bet owners don't leave their multi million dollar cars in tents anymore... DANG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiterp199 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Apparently from what I'm hearing on our local gto forum is that some of these owners of the cars did not have insurance on them or the coverage lapsed recently... That is really rough. I guess if these cars had been stored in a garage and never driven they could have been covered by another insurance policy, but when they are taken out of the garage and being stored somewhere else they would not be covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZGTO Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Apparently from what I'm hearing on our local gto forum is that some of these owners of the cars did not have insurance on them or the coverage lapsed recently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiterp199 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I would be very upset if my car had been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuzjarrett94 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I dont know what to say?but i would be p!$$ed! if that was my car!hopefully they have insurance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11chevz71 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Very similar to what happened at Carlisle a couple years ago. I know that Carlisle took care of everyone that had damage to their cars. During the Barrett Jackson show, they were talking with insurance reps about the damages, and they all said that they were there and ready to handle all claims. Those pics just make me sick to my stomach. What a shame, but there is no protection against weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Man, those photos went on and on forever. Seeing the damaged Pantera pained me. And what the heck happened to THIS? Looks more like the work of and an angry wife than that of a fallen tent pole!!! Basically the poles were still attached to the tent and as the wind whipped the tent around the poles were like a barrage of huge baseball bats being whipped around then when the whole thing came down the wind continued to lift and drop the top so it just pulverized the cars. A lot of destroyed dreams and lifetimes of hard work were lost there... very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightMare Silverado Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I made it through like 200 of those pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Man, those photos went on and on forever. Seeing the damaged Pantera pained me. And what the heck happened to THIS? Looks more like the work of and an angry wife than that of a fallen tent pole!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6spdg37s Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 wow thats depressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 We spent a good chunk of the day yesterday wandering the aisles at Russo and the damage to some of the cars is just unspeakable. Things like 1 or 65 Road Runners that had SEVERE damage on every panel, split window corvettes with the window smashed out and the interior flooded, original GT350 Mustangs that took a big pole to the hood... it was ugly. From all reports it seems like there will be a lot of finger pointing until the matter is settled out, the auction won't want to take responsibility, the tent company is somewhat liable, insurance is going to dodge as much as they can (as insurance often does) under "act of god" type maneuvering. I'd think its safe to assume that people with specialized collector car insurance (Hagerty, etc) will probably get full market value for their rare cars, but guys with one offs, one of a kinds, or super collectible restos won't be so lucky if they had standard insurance. I'll get some of the pics up when I have a chance today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightMare Silverado Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 ok so 1.5 mil damage estimate but tack on lost value to all original cars and I bet it hits 4 mil before all is said and done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZGTO Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100123/CARNEWS/100129966 I assume Russo and Steele's insurance will be picking up this tab...hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegeaney Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I am sure the Auctioneer is well insured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightMare Silverado Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 HOLY @#$% are they gonna cover the damages or is their gonna be a mult million dollar lawsuit for damages and lost value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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