Living in the Past said:
Johnny did get it right the canvas top is probably the rarest item. I would also take the bows and soft doors. But I beleive the red cruiser is in the hanger along with your plane and MG. Is that location safe? The FJ25 running gear is pretty rare but I doubt you have someone who is able to lift those even if they are loose some where. Any Factory lit manuals, parts books and micro-fiche. I would also get any factory tool kits you might have. Chrome head light rims. chrome bars from the grill and of course the chrome T-birds from the hood. Those are probably small even to have someone get.
Funny, canvas was the first thing I made safe months ago...Mama even asked about it! The red 25 is complete and safe in the hangar, along with the MG and Patrol.
First round pick was a box of emblems, stickers, dash plates, VIN plates, original and repro. I knew exactly where they were and was able to talk her right in to it. That was it...
Round two the next day was the books and lit for the 25, Patrol, and Bugeye..."if it is old and dirty, grab it. No magazines". "And toss every tool in the top five drawers of the cabinet into a bucket, pretty please"
I made it home for round three: carbs, fuel caps, and Patrol unobtanium. Military memories, helicopter schtuff, more tools, the weird ones.
The fire has calmed down so some of the urgency is gone, but I toss whatever I can into the hangar as opportunity permits...a set of 16" wheels, that manifold for Destin, boxes of brake and clutch masters I never sent to White Post....I drew the line at the stamped bezels for the early 40s, though. I didn't know I had so much crap, I need to have a garage sale this Winter...
I hope this is just a hypothetical "what if?" thing.............
For now we have thinned out around the cabin and garage plus keep the leaves and needles raked up.
Just a couple of months back we did have a wild fire start about three miles north of the cabin but got lucky it headed north not south.
