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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:07 pm
by SiC
I thought they would have been body on frame rather than unibody. (Or have I just got confused which car is which vs your modern from the conversation the other day...?)

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:19 pm
by DodgeRover
Have you made it back now?

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:24 pm
by captain_70s
The '51 Pontiac with the garage roof on it's bonnet is body on frame, the 60s Plymouth buried under the ruins of the garage is a unibody.

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:26 pm
by SiC
Ah I completely forgot about the more recent 60s Plymouth. I was getting confused with the modern (Challenger?).

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:44 pm
by LynehamHerc
I'd forgotten about the Plymouth as well, I thought it was one of Phil's moderns.

About the only positive thing in all of this shit Phil is that you and yours are safe and physically unhurt. What a fucking disaster, literally.

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:48 pm
by PhilA
Yeah. The modern Challenger is parked outside the house. It's got scratches and dents from flying debris but otherwise is ok.

The Pontiac is body on frame, as said. The metal is made from is thick and strong, but that's going to have put a dent in it.

The Plymouth is a much more modern design, thin steel unibody. That's gonna be a mess.

Renault is parked up out the back. Might be underneath bits of roof, haven't seen it yet.

We are still in Texas, looking for a place to stay, because we were only planning on stopping with friends here a couple days; we are on day 5 now.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:11 pm
by paulplom
Good luck Phil. What an awful predicament to be in.

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:56 pm
by Eddie Honda
PhilA wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:48 pm Renault is parked up out the back. Might be underneath bits of roof, haven't seen it yet.
I'm rooting for the Renna, because I'm warped.

#teamrenna

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:41 pm
by PhilA
Eddie Honda wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:56 pm
PhilA wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:48 pm Renault is parked up out the back. Might be underneath bits of roof, haven't seen it yet.
I'm rooting for the Renna, because I'm warped.

#teamrenna
It's gonna be there. I think the carpenter bees were holding the roof down in place.
(The only bit of the building that I would like to have rebuilt still stands).

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:51 pm
by SiC
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.