Quote Originally Posted by stovens View Post
Well that just does it Bob! Now I'm removing the battery outside somewhere way the hell away from anything flammable when I charge it! By the way what brand of battery was it? Also as stated above wonder what kind of charger and what amount of amps he was running to the battery? Really sad to see two such nice vehicles get burned. Must be hard to see even after you let them go, there is still an emotional investment from the time you start working on any project that always stays with you, unless you learn to hate that project!
Please keep us updated if he gets it fixed!
I chose not to try to go into much more detail than he offered..........seemed like picking at a scab.

As for emotional attachment I'm of mixed feelings there. I've gone through so many cars over the past 50+ years that I really don't have much of an umbilical cord to any of them. However, some post sale contact/discovery is always entertaining if nothing else........or tragic as in this case. As examples, it was nice to see the above mentioned '30 roadster doing well in Japan and the new owner getting and giving so much attention to it. A couple years ago I saw a picture of one of my old '55 Chevs on a forum, dropped the guy a note, and enjoyed hearing of the improvements he's made while sending him some old pics of what it looked like before I worked it over. He seemed to enjoy that. And then there was one of the very few cars I ever regretted selling. My '64 Plymouth Savoy S/S clone. About a year after I let it go I asked a mutual friend if the guy who'd bought it might be ready to sell it back to me. His reply; "You don't want it now." My reply: "Why?". His response: "He got liquored up one night and totaled it!" Sigh..........................