On my way out of the Palisades today I came upon this coupe. Apparently it was moved as it would not be this clean otherwise
Polaris CS in the disaster area today.
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Must be some very mixed emotions for that owner. House gone but coupe lives?
Front turn signal lens looks a bit melted.
If that's all that happened to it, that is amazing!!! Maybe when driving out?
Maybe broken from a hasty retreat.
Hood seems to be open, also...Very sad, no matter...
I don’t know the story for this car specifically, but I do know a number of people who unfortunately lost their homes in the Palisades fire - their cars were parked out front of their houses on the street and survived. I realize this is entirely anecdotal. I also acknowledge that there is likely smoke and potentially heat damage to many of the cars.
It left me curious if ever in this tragic situation and you have to leave a car behind, is it best to leave it out front on the street? Anecdotal as well, but everyone I know who left a car in their garage lost their car along with their home.
Case in point:
It left me curious if ever in this tragic situation and you have to leave a car behind, is it best to leave it out front on the street? Anecdotal as well, but everyone I know who left a car in their garage lost their car along with their home.
Case in point:
Wow a 1955 Dodge “Le Femme“. Mopar’s mid fifties attempt to market a car directly to women. It didn’t work. Imagine being a Don Draper type ad exec having to drive your wife’s pink and white La Femme (they came with matching purse and umbrella) to work while your Chrysler 300 is in the shop.
Looks like it survived pretty well. Most of the photos of survivors were parked on the street. Eerie stuff.
www.thedrive.com
Looks like it survived pretty well. Most of the photos of survivors were parked on the street. Eerie stuff.
All These Vintage Cars Survived California Fires Because They’re Not Made of Plastic
These American classics made it out of California's wildfires alive thanks in part to their old-school, metal-and-glass construction.
www.thedrive.com
For what it’s worth, and again this is anecdotal, but I have plenty of friends who’s modern cars also survived - so I don’t feel this article is accurate when the author sums up the reason these classics survived is because “they just don’t make them like the used to”
I would imagine it has much more to do with how this particular fire spread, and the tremendous high speed winds that drove the majority of the burn the first night. Sparks, embers, and flames were jumping and spreading at a tremendous rate as if they were looking for things that would burn - in this case the cars were less flammable than houses.
I would imagine it has much more to do with how this particular fire spread, and the tremendous high speed winds that drove the majority of the burn the first night. Sparks, embers, and flames were jumping and spreading at a tremendous rate as if they were looking for things that would burn - in this case the cars were less flammable than houses.
The coupe was in the center of the Alphabet streets area, which is completely flattened other than trees and chimneys. I was shocked to see it to be honest.
I lived in the Palisades Alphabet Streets -- 1100 block of Fiske St. -- in the late 1990s. It was a lovely little neighborhood where you could walk or bike anywhere in the village, get to great hiking / biking trails, and down to the beach. Kind of place where you got to know your neighbors & had a special sense of home / community. Had a really cool July 4th 10k run followed by an all American small town style parade. Heartbreaking loss that I still can't get my head around. I was tremendously fortunate to make some special memories there as a young newlywed.
Sincere condolences and best wishes to all of you impacted by this awful fire.
Sincere condolences and best wishes to all of you impacted by this awful fire.