Trouble at Russo & Steele 2010

[Doug S.]

It seems there has been a bit of a weather related disaster at Scottsdale, AZ, where the Russo and Steele collector auto auction is located. A big wind/rain storm came up, collapsing the framework of a large tent and damaging what looks like hundreds of autos. Here is a YT of the storm, but according to the comments it doesn't show all the damage, as the rest of the framework eventually collapsed:

http://www.youtube.<WBR>com/watch?<WBR>v=KqAnXEOSLHw

And, for those of you who want to see some of the damages, here:

http://picasaweb.<WBR>google.com/<WBR>tjmyers769/<WBR>RussoAndSteele20<WBR>10Damages#

<ZZZ!--~-|**|PRETTYHTMLSTART|**|-~-->Wasn't BigFoot taking a couple of SuperBirds down to R&S? Let's hope his cars escaped this disaster, but there are a couple of Superbirds pictured in the photos.

How sad........:cry:

Doug

 

[Jack]

Ouch! $$$$$$$$$$!

 

[Al Wohlstrom]

The tent maker is probably on his way to S America.

 

[Al Wohlstrom]

Barrett Jackson auction is also this this weekend, they seemed to have very strong tent buildings and a bit of luck.

 

[Simon]

If that was me, I think I would have taken my car OUT long before that happened.

Simon

 

[Doug S.]

Barrett Jackson auction is also this this weekend, they seemed to have very strong tent buildings and a bit of luck.

Good! I remember Randy mentioning they would be trucking a couple of Mopar vehicles to an auction, let's hope they were going to B. J. rather than R & S.....

Doug

 

[egoman/ Shawn Wedge]

Did the auction continue?

 

[Doug S.]

Did the auction continue?

My local TV channel had some short feature today regarding a Jaguar D-Type racer that sold for over $3million. It didn't say if it was at R & S or at Barret-Jackson; however, this information from the B-J website doesn't indicate anything selling for that high of a price:

Barrett-Jackson - The World's Greatest Collector Car Events?

According to this information from R & S, their auction was suppose to start today:

Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions - Collector Cars

Doug

 

[Randy V]

It was quite the mess down there in Scottsdale...

We had a couple of 69 Dodge 6-Pack Super Bees brought to the Barrett-Jackson auction just a few miles away. As far as I know there was no damage to any of the cars at the B-J auction although the winds were high and the rain nearly relentless.. One time we had to park a mile or so away and take a shuttle-bus.

My heart goes out to those owners who experienced damages to their cars there at Russo and Steele..

So - I'm finally home after about a 1,900 mile drive over 35 hours....

 

[Doug S.]

SO GLAD to hear your cars were safe and sound, Randy!

My heart sickened when I saw the photos of all the damages to the cars at R & S, too.....for each car, there was a loving owner who pampered that vehicle, possibly more than he pampered his dog or his wife (but don't tell THEM so :stunned: ) b/c in his eyes the car might have been more difficult to replace.

A few miles made all the difference in this case......only a small portion of that 1,900 miles you drove, but the most important, for sure!

Doug

 

[Erich]

The photos are really sad to look at. At least (so it seems) no people were under the tent when it collapsed; this could have been a much bigger tragedy if there were a lot of people near their cars under that tent when it came down...