16 FD's burn in romona, including mine 94 glass roof r85 autronic
05-01-06, 10:26 PM
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16 FD's burn in romona, including mine 94 glass roof r85 autronic
If any of you know Seth Scally in Ramona CA, owner of pure sports tuning (sandiego ca) he is an amazing rotary guru, He just suffered a complete loss at his shop. I have known him for 15 years and trust him with anything. His shop burned down. A complete loss. Fortunatly no one got hurt. It was an electrical issue with the building, nothing to do with his shop. My dream project just melted to the ground. 14/13" rotora brakes all the way around beautifly built r85 kit by Dee and alot of the car I credit to Allrotor93 (John). All gone. Since purchasing the car over a year ago (my second FD) I have put over $4900 in brakes, $2000 in suspension, $5000 in autronic hardware, $2000 in wheels, $2500 99 spec body and paint. With purchase ($18,000), almost $40,000 in documented receipts in less than a year (and no miles). I will post pics and update you all on how Seth is doing. If any of you have advise on how to deal with insurance companies in situations like this, let me know. I stated $18,000 insured value upon purchasing the car, now $$$$$ later, hopefully between the building owner, Seths insurance, my insurance We will all come out OK. My heart goes out to all of the rotory people that lost their cars and projects. Even if I received $40,000, I don't know if I could do anything other than an FD. I just drove a lotus exige on saturday and it almost stole my heart (not for $60,000). What are the options? Older Porsche turbo, Ariel Atom, Noble M12/400. What cars give what FD's do with their beauty, timeless styling, light weight, balance, power, and overall driving experience? I am broken hearted. My dream car almost done, and then returned to the dust it came from.
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05-01-06, 11:46 PM
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Damn, that must be so gut-wrenching. And 16? Thats just crazy to think about.
If you decide to get back into the FD world, you should try and build the same exact car. And you might as well start with one of the rarer parts on it... the glass sunroof
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Glass...spagenameZWDVW
If you decide to get back into the FD world, you should try and build the same exact car. And you might as well start with one of the rarer parts on it... the glass sunroof
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Glass...spagenameZWDVW
05-01-06, 11:52 PM
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Heart-less man
Originally Posted by USCmatt
Damn, that must be so gut-wrenching. And 16? Thats just crazy to think about.
If you decide to get back into the FD world, you should try and build the same exact car. And you might as well start with one of the rarer parts on it... the glass sunroof
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Glass...spagenameZWDVW
If you decide to get back into the FD world, you should try and build the same exact car. And you might as well start with one of the rarer parts on it... the glass sunroof
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Glass...spagenameZWDVW
05-02-06, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Fatfree rx7
Trying to sell him a glass moonroof after a total loss? That's low. You might as well tell him your happy that 16 FD's went down at once because now your is even more rare!
05-02-06, 01:08 AM
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Wow.... sorry for your loss and everyone else's car that was in the shop.
I know two people personally that there cars were at that shop.
I can't belive it.
I know two people personally that there cars were at that shop.
I can't belive it.
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05-02-06, 03:10 AM
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speed7s and my car are gone as well. mine is the circled one here. the FC next to mine was a even more precious, it was equiped to the hilt with all the HKS stuff. beatiful car. there were lots of nice cars there. sad day for puremotorsports indeed.man im so sad, i dont think i can ever replace mine 
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Yeah mine was there... oh well.... I'm with Jones.. Seth knows his stuff... and it really sucks. But like any rx7 owner.. I'll have another one some day. Just a matter of time.
05-02-06, 07:16 AM
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Damn, that really sucks. I'm pissed my car is stuck in a garage. I can't imagine how upset I'd be if I put 40k into a car and it was burn to the ground. My sincerest condolences for everyone's loss. But at least no one was hurt.
05-02-06, 08:06 AM
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About the Karma thing, if you don't know him, you can't make a karma call. That was a completely different bussiness that was not under his control. If you know Seth, You know he would be a blessed man if life followed Karma. What a nightmare. Thanks guys.
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Hey, lets hear if for rotory lifts, looks like they held up better that the rotary cars. He He. I wonder which car is mine. It should be easy to pick out, my parents stopped by last night to check it out before dark, and said the cars with metal sunroofs still had sunroofs in place, but there was one what had a sunroof that was missing, must have been my glass roof. Let me tell you one thing. I would consider my fd about as "done" as they come, but every time I visited seth, there was always at least 3 or 4 other FD's that still dropped my jaw. I can only imagine what was there. Seth had some super rare project cars, an rx3 drag car that had a history, 510's, and many rotaries. When I dropped my car off from Utah, I met a guy with a really rare NA fc that was a factory lightweight. He was competing in SCCA and loved his car. Cool guy, he worked over at Dave Turner Motorsports. Seth was that good, he pulled guys from all over the nation to have work done, without any marketing. All word of mouth. 16 FD's says alot for him. If I build another FD, it will only be by him.
