1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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Trust the Renault to be the one that escapes out of all the cars you have.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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Scruffy Bodger wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:52 pm Trust the Renault to be the one that escapes out of all the cars you have.
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SiC wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:51 pm I did think that I bet the Renault will be the only thing intact. Carnage all around, but it just sat there with its glum square face being all awkward and troublesome as usual.
I bet it'll start and run fine too.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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SiC wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:37 pm
Scruffy Bodger wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:52 pm Trust the Renault to be the one that escapes out of all the cars you have.
This:
SiC wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:51 pm I did think that I bet the Renault will be the only thing intact. Carnage all around, but it just sat there with its glum square face being all awkward and troublesome as usual.
I bet it'll start and run fine too.
Probably. It'll need the battery charging and some fresh fuel. But it'll run.

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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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PhilA wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:38 pm Renault has some metal roof sheeting sitting on it and some other debris but appears unscathed.
Yay! #teamrenna
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Who would of thought at the end of the world a Renault would come out unscathed. Fingers crossed things start looking brighter with each day.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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Not terminal then. How's the house?
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Bloody hell. Where do you start? House first obviously but that level of devastation is pretty shocking to see.
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paulplom wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:31 am Not terminal then. How's the house?
Stinky. Damp. Mold and mildew.

It hasn't stopped raining. Rain and heat. Flies.

I ran the box fan that was in the den until it caught fire, it got damp and didn't like it (can't figure that out but eh).

Carpet needs cleaned, roof and some of the walls on the south end of the house are going to need to be replaced.

As it sits, untenable. Plan is to go back this weekend and tear out the insulation that got wet in the roof, clean up and try air out. Maybe attempt to shampoo the carpet and get the central air running to dry it all out.

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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

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mercrocker wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:33 am Bloody hell. Where do you start? House first obviously but that level of devastation is pretty shocking to see.
Start at the top and work down.

I'll pull the tin off, pile that up to be taken, pile up the timbers. I'll have to just board up the workshop window for now. No idea if the window unit still works, that was blown onto the floor quite violently. I'll then have to put things in there and that'll have to do but it looks like the workshop might have to come down too, doesn't feel overly stable.

It's not a complicated structure, there's just a lot of it.

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