" MUST SEE/HEAVY STORM DAMAGE TO CLASSIC CARS @RUSSO STEELE AUCTION!!!! "

THIS JUST MADE ME SICK WHEN I SAW THE STORM DAMAGE ON ALL THE CLASSIC CARS !!!!

SCOTT

http://www.allclassicsllc.com/home/2010-russo-and-steele-damages

geeeez....what kinda storm hit there???? Thats a shame

This slide show was posted in bench racing on Tues.

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=305688

On first glance it looks like there's plenty of low quality bodywork going on on some of those cars...large sections of paint shouldn't blow right off the metal as seen in some of those pictures...

Sad to see a bunch of classics in that condition though...I hope they are repaired and not crushed.

" MUST SEE/HEAVY STORM DAMAGE TO CLASSIC CARS @RUSSO STEELE AUCTION!!!! "

THIS JUST MADE ME SICK WHEN I SAW THE STORM DAMAGE ON ALL THE CLASSIC CARS !!!!

SCOTT

http://www.allclassicsllc.com/home/2010-russo-and-steele-damages

I agree, Scott. Those pictures are really hard to look at!:sad:

on a positive note......my car......still in good shape :thumbsup:

Yes i also noticed there was some shoddy bodywork going arround.

Man,did you guy's see the that black trans am,it was totally trashed,looked as though it was hit by the strongest part of the storm's wind surge with all sorts of heavy debries pumuling it to death like an over sized sand blaster with 1lb media was let loose on it.

Just a dang shame no matter what lvl cars they were,there's still a lot of damage that will take a lot of $ /time/effort to fix.

I would not be surprised if a few people were so bummed out that they would opt to sell thier car rather then fix it esp if it was a recent resto completed just in time to make a sale esp in the case of the black TransAm .

Scott

That was absolutely terrible. I hope that Russo and Steele has a good insurance policy. I would think that their future depends on how well they handle this catastrophe.

Holy Cr@p! That was so horrible, I even felt bad for the fords! Man, I can't believe that hemi cuda convertible near the end!

Btw, does anyone mind explaining what Russo Steele is? Was it just a smaller auction that hapeend to be going on the same time as Barrett-Jackson? I've heard of them but not that often.

that crap made me sick - didn't watch it all :(

That was absolutely terrible. I hope that Russo and Steele has a good insurance policy. I would think that their future depends on how well they handle this catastrophe.

Russo and Steele is not responsible for anything. The first page you sign in the consignment agreement is a "release of liability" along with proof of insurance on your vehicle.
The did wave a lot of seller fees on the cars that sold and also gave back some of the buyer commissions to the seller.

Btw, does anyone mind explaining what Russo Steele is? Was it just a smaller auction that hapeend to be going on the same time as Barrett-Jackson? I've heard of them but not that often.

Go to their website

http://www.russoandsteele.com/

So sad... :(


I wonder how many of those cars already "sold" before the disaster hit?

Imagine buying something, and before you can take it home it gets ruined...

Ouch!!!! :sad:

I was there for the storm, not at the Russo location, but just south. The wind was horrendous. There were tornado warnings that the evening. I had the feeling all day that some auction tents weren't going to survive the winds.

I feel bad for the car owners. This has got to be frustrating.

Woj.

That was absolutely terrible. I hope that Russo and Steele has a good insurance policy. I would think that their future depends on how well they handle this catastrophe.


The auction or its insurance company would not owe for that damage to the cars

The damage to the cars would be paid for under each cars insurance policy

I did not realize Russo and Steele were not responsible. Hopefully everyone who suffered a loss was sufficiently insured. Or will the Insurance Companies say Act of God and refuse to pay out claims.

Russo and Steele is not responsible for anything. The first page you sign in the consignment agreement is a "release of liability" along with proof of insurance on your vehicle.
The did wave a lot of seller fees on the cars that sold and also gave back some of the buyer commissions to the seller.

Not exactly true.

The tent company and them share responsibility. It is a understood responsibility to protect the vehicles. You can not say "Act of God' The tent was mans intervention.

This will be a claim against the liability insurance company for the Auction & tent company.

IMO
AL

Not exactly true.

The tent company and them share responsibility. It is a understood responsibility to protect the vehicles. You can not say "Act of God' The tent was mans intervention.

This will be a claim against the liability insurance company for the Auction & tent company.

IMO
AL
You may be correct on that point Big Al. If there is evidence to support that the tent company did not have their tent secured properly, there would some liabilty there. In order for someone to owe for damages, there has to be something that person did wrong or did not do corrctly to prevent the loss. On the otehr hand, I don't think there is any way you can secure anything, especially a tent enough to keep tornado winds from doing what it did. Storm or tornado is something caused by nature that the auction could not control and is not negligent. If you guys haven't figured it out yet, I am an insurance adjuster.

Not exactly true.

The tent company and them share responsibility. It is a understood responsibility to protect the vehicles. You can not say "Act of God' The tent was mans intervention.

This will be a claim against the liability insurance company for the Auction & tent company.

IMO
AL

Signed Release or ot not, you can rest assured that at least some people will end up suing R&S and the folks who set up the tents. If the car owners don't sue for themselves, then the insurance companies that pay for the cars sure will, to try to get their money back.

The question will be whether the tents were properly installed and the weather was just an unforseeable calamity? Or, in light of the value of the cars, should the tents have been installed "better" so as to be prepared for the worst? And did R&S take reasonable steps to alert the car owners on site of the impending doom before it hit (so they could choose to leave and secure the cars), or did R&S just keep the auction running to keep the fee train a-runnin?

However it all comes out in the end, it is definitely a tragedy for the cars that were truly rare and/or well restored. And either way you can bet those tent poles will be secured well enough to withstand just about ANYTHING from now on!

It's sucks about the restored cars but what about the true survivor cars - only original once. They are probably worth as much to collectors after they are repaired. :confused:

Must have been one he11 of a storm. Some of the cars looked like they had some heavy hail damage. I didn't even watch the whole slide show because thats a shame. I'm sure there were a lot of people with large knots in their guts. I just hope everyone had insurance.

All of you lawyers should get together. I talked with the Haggerty rep and they had over 200 of the cars insured. He said R&S was not liable and they were paying the claims for their cars.

Signed Release or ot not, you can rest assured that at least some people will end up suing R&S and the folks who set up the tents. If the car owners don't sue for themselves, then the insurance companies that pay for the cars sure will, to try to get their money back.

The question will be whether the tents were properly installed and the weather was just an unforseeable calamity? Or, in light of the value of the cars, should the tents have been installed "better" so as to be prepared for the worst? And did R&S take reasonable steps to alert the car owners on site of the impending doom before it hit (so they could choose to leave and secure the cars), or did R&S just keep the auction running to keep the fee train a-runnin?

However it all comes out in the end, it is definitely a tragedy for the cars that were truly rare and/or well restored. And either way you can bet those tent poles will be secured well enough to withstand just about ANYTHING from now on!

The tent poles and the outside rope stakes were set in the dirt as deep as any other year. It was the 7 inches of rain before the windstorm the caused the problem.

Lucky for B-J the city of Scottsdale had paved the area for the tents as part of the agreement to keep B-J in Scottsdale. That along with the new pumps to keep the field dry were their saving grace.

Very sad to see :(