A bad day

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:11 pm

In fact a really bad day

Got a call at 11am this morning to tell me my lock-up container/store has been gutted by fire.
I went up to see if anything was salvageable but horror of horrors, nothing! everything lost! all my years worth of collecting BX and XM parts gone in one go.

This puts paid to any thoughts I had of buying the Mk1 19GT

The fire brigade said they had to break-in to deal with the fire, so it's unlikely to have been started from inside, but more likely from an adjoining container. I await their report to confirm this.

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:12 pm

Gutted

Can you claim off insurance?

Mike P

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:22 pm

That's a bad day indeed. You have my sympathies.

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:50 pm

Sorry to hear that Ken. At least you didn't loose any whole BXs!

Post by **Defender110** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:54 pm

O dear, very sorry to hear that Ken. Did you have a lot in there?

messerschmitt owner · Post by **messerschmitt owner** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:08 pm

Ken

I'm sorry to hear that. You have my sympathy.

Campbell

Post by **Tim Leech** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:53 pm

OH NO!

Ken, im sorry buddy.

sdelasal · Post by **sdelasal** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:01 pm

lucky no cars or more importantly no people involved I guess. Sorry anyway.

Wooscary · Post by **Wooscary** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:44 pm

Not good. Hope you can get some kind of compensation.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:08 pm

Cripes! That's awful. Glad nobody was hurt though.

Mothman · Post by **Mothman** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:27 pm

Shit!!!

What bad luck mate. I feel for you.

Andy

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:12 pm

Thanks for the messages guys.

At the moment I'm still looking on the bright side of things, I'm £60 a month better off

However, it will really hurt when I'm trying to do something on my car (or someone else's) when I find I don't have the parts I need.
The big things like exhaust, gearbox's, struts, hubs and calipers are fairly obvious to be missed, but it's the thousands of small parts and pipes etc that will hurt.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:20 pm

Shit! Bad luck!

If you do need something give me a shout - I\'ve got loads of bits and I\'m moving house soon and they can\'t all come with me, so there will be stuff going FOC.

Mike E (uk) · Post by **Mike E (uk)** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:23 pm

Sorry to hear about that Ken.

A great shame and a terrible waste.

Mike

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:37 am

Very very sorry to hear that Ken. If it were me I'd be seeking bereavement counselling! As others have said, lucky it was car bits and not people - still really shit though.