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MANTIS: Whenever the mood stikes us, we’ll pose an issue designed to help you share your knowledge of customization and restoration techniques ― or even better, to seek the input of your fellow RodzReaders. These challenges will be issued with photographs that dramatize that issue and give you visual clues to fire up your brain storm. Mantis will also be featuring cool websites that will help fellow Mantis members with troubleshooting and solutions to some of their car questions.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

What can be done when a classic car goes through a fire?


How many classic cars are destroyed by fire each year? In the late '80s-Hall of Fame baseball player and classic car collector Reggie Jackson, had 30 of his vintage automobiles in a warehouse when a fire occurred. It was a total loss. The building's value was $800,000 and the contents $3.2 million.


Mantis asks the question to the Rodzreaders-What can be done to restore some of these rides? When does one say it's a complete loss-or give it a shot to restore the ride?


Take a look at the SS Camaro that Mantis found at a body shop the other day. At first Mantis thought that the car was in the process of being painted. Unfortunately the car was in a garage that went up in flames. There was also a convertible in the garage that didn't make it.


Give us your take on this scope of Shop Talk!

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