2003 Astro, lost in fire.....

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2003 Astro, lost in fire.....

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New Years Eve, my wife and I were just leaving a friends house at about 1:30am when her cell phone rang. It was our neighboor across the street telling us that our friends Gary and Mary's van was on fire in their driveway.... by the time we got home the fire had spread to the front of their garage but was pretty much contained there. The van of course is a total loss and they will be out of thier house for a while. Nobody hurt so thats a good thing. Anyway, since I was out getting pics of the cluster in my 87 I walked down the street and got some pics of the 03 still sitting in his driveway. Amazingly, the tires are still in tact and the gas tank did not explode. In a couple of the pics you will see what is left of his golf clubs in the ashes.

Its believed that the fire started because the horn shorted and was going off for a long time. anyway, on to the pics.

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Re: 2003 Astro, lost in fire.....

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Sorry about their loss. I was going to suggest getting some parts, but guess not. Motor/tranny could be salvagable
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what state is that in? I will watch for it in the insurance auction and let you know what it sells for... my estimate is about $100 bucks.
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I would kill for that piece of body cladding on the back right corner of the van :axe:
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Someone wrote:I would kill for that piece of body cladding on the back right corner of the van :axe:
be specific on which part, i may be able to get it for you before the ins co takes the van. The owner has even said i could siphon out the gas in the tank (its FULL!!!)
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Man another one bites the dust. At least the garage didn't catch and no one was hurt.
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If you can it would be awsome, no biggy if you can't...

it is the piece that is missing in this picture that wraps behind the rear bumper, and the piece that is still there that goes to the back of the rear wheelwell.... my delivery guy scraped that piece on a poll this morning and wrecked it... I can send you few bucks for your time and shipping, just let me know.

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I got dibs on the dashboard..... :rolleyes:
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Reach in and grab me those front door handles will ya,lol

Total interior incineration,WOW glad no-one got hurt,hope they get the claim settled quickly
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Glad to see nobody got hurt!
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Re: 2003 Astro, lost in fire.....

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It's pretty scary that an electrical short could cause. Too bad a fuse or circuit breaker trip couldn't avoid it. Wonder if there will be any recalls from this?

Glad to hear nobody was injured.
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Boy that's terrible. Glad no one was hurt...
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Wow ! jus` look at that.....


Great pictures btw......
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Re: 2003 Astro, lost in fire.....

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SoCalli V8 wrote:Wow ! jus` look at that.....


Great pictures btw......
Thanks. Canon Powershot A560 in full auto mode...great little camera
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Ah man ... that sucks!
Thankfully the folks are ok.
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