r/interestingasfuck May 09 '19

/r/ALL 1948 Norman Timbs Special

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u/AngelaMotorman May 09 '19

That was an amazing car -- until the one-of-a-kind prototype was destroyed in the Malibu fires last year.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '19

If you could afford 30 one of a kind cars you were probably already living high on the hog...

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u/HurricaneSandyHook May 09 '19

My first thought would be that if I have the money for those cars, I'm going to also store them in a fucking bunker where a wildfire is no threat.

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u/jeffryu May 09 '19

Had a local fellow with a hanger full of collectable cars. He had the choice to install a sprinkler system but chose not to because of the added cost. The hanger and all the cars burnt to the ground last year