[DeTomaso] Flood Salvage '74 Pantera up for auction in Louisiana

Effie Richards erichards at zogob.sdcoxmail.com
Mon Oct 17 10:40:50 EDT 2016


Thank you for sharing this story, incredible experience, kudos to you, Jeffrey!


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> On Oct 17, 2016, at 3:31 AM, JEFFREY COBB <jeffcobb1 at me.com> wrote:
> 
>       True Chuck yet it was only rain water after a normal summer, low
>   rivers, so no salt intrusion.
> 
>   I heard stories, more than once, of people opening their front and back
>   doors so the clear water could quickly flow through the house.
> 
>       Sunday before Concorso, I was in the flood waters after the rain
>   sealing up my girlfriends home and it was almost clear. With 22." plus
>   falling in two days and 16" of those in 15 hours allowed most of the
>   water to be just clear runoff.
>       Pretty weird to walk down a subdivision two lane road or sidewalk
>   Sunday at 7:30 pm in beginning starlight in groin deep water while
>   hitting the ground with a forward held golf club to feel for holes in
>   front of me while water is passing you by at about 12mph carrying trash
>   cans, yard toys and small wooden chairs.
>       Besides rushing water sounds, white noise, you hear loud v8
>   airboats going full boar down the interstate and the four lane that I
>   was walking to, while army choppers while flying around picking up
>   people from homes with water up to their roofs. And I was in a good
>   area with only 2' to 5' of water over the roads or in homes. Twice did
>   large Army 6 wheel transports idled past me and asked if I needed a
>   ride. No thanks, "I want to truly experience this unbelievable moment".
>       It felt like an end of the world movie, no people seen till I got
>   to the highway which was covered with thousands of people-airboats-
>   Coonass flotiala-hundreds of bass boats going to get people and
>   4wheelers all heading to high ground which was I-12 overpass, no phone
>   services, could not flush toilets as sewer was flooded, city was
>   ordering electricity to be shut off so people would not get
>   electrocuted and refrigerator/freezers compressors would not cause a
>   fire when submerged.
>   I then got in my truck, while the police opened the I-12 west bound
>   lanes, and drove back to work and home which were all dry at 36' above
>   sea level and the flooded area had water up to 45' above sealevel.
>   ALL people I saw, helped, drove past, walked past were in fantastic
>   spirits!
>   Never was I more proud to be from this city with so many helping so
>   many, regardless of the damned media.
>   I had tried to keep out of the water because of my medical condition
>   and truly felt like I was deserting my city friends when I flew to dust
>    bubble dry Monterey two days later.
>       I saw a large tattooed white neo-nazi looking skinhead redneck and
>   a black panther dressed black man wearing a black lives matter teeshirt
>   happily working together picking up an old white lady while in her
>   wheelchair to an army truck so she could be driven out of the water.
>   And this is the racially unjust and unrest city where blacks and whites
>   where shooting each other.
>   Not what I saw. The media lies and exaggerates so much!
>   Alton Stewart was shot by a policeman, looks like it should not have
>   happened.
>   The four police where shot and killed by an out of town bastard, who
>   came to kill.
>       I have met too many angry radicals with bad attitudes from out of
>   state with car problems.
>   Here to stir up stuff and we sent politely sent them to another shop.
>       On two of my mechanics homes, sheetrock has been floated/painted,
>   new cabinets put in and flooring has been laid as off last week. FEMA
>   called me twice two Sundays ago, to ask questions about cars that we
>   tried to fix and had towed out, not a bright bulb in the large Fema
>   box, but generous. The area most have sold 50,000 moister meters.
>   So the Pantera has been washed out clean.
>   Sorry for a long story. Off to work with 37 cars waiting, yipes.
>   My 2A-c-.
>   Jeff Cobb- I pad
>   W-225-343-7525
>   C-225-907-4514
>   Baton Rouge, La.
>   On Oct 16, 2016, at 8:58 PM, Chuck and Linda Huber
>   <[1]lindahuber at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>     Here's a terrible one....
>     Amazing it's up to $24K.  If it really got flooded (esp. with salt
>     water) it will be a tough one to save.
>     Chuck
>     Thanks, Dave -
>     I think I'll pass on this one.
>     1974 Pantera Pantera Copart Lot # 33420976
>     [1][2]http://www.autobidmaster.com/carfinder-online-auto-auctions/lot
>   /3342
>     0976/COPART_1974_PANTERA_PANTERA_CERT_OF_TITLE-SALVAGE_FLOOD_BATON_RO
>   UG
>     E_LA/
>   References
>     1.
>   [3]http://www.autobidmaster.com/carfinder-online-auto-auctions/lot/3342
>   0976/COPART_1974_PANTERA_PANTERA_CERT_OF_TITLE-SALVAGE_FLOOD_BATON_ROUG
>   E_LA/
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