Reply To: ’30s Top Material

[Anthony Costa]

My top guy is staring at a wild fire near him in Chico. I think I’ll wait

out the fire before I contact him about repairing my ripped top. Gene Clarke,

who sold me a wreck of a Westchester Cord in 1968 when I was a college student

is closer yet. He has a Tucker he has owned since 1962, a Westchester Cord,

and a convertible unrestored Cord in harms way. He has 2 buffaloes that

might be hard to place in a shelter. I shed a tear when I think of that

beautiful town of Paradise being wiped off the map. A town of 20,000,mostly

Senior Citizens, has 9 deaths so far. The hospital’s sickest could not be

evacuated, so they were moved to the basement. Part of the hospital was

lost but the were saved. Cal Fire estimates that they have it 5% contained

and that it will take until 11/30 to be done with it. I’m not threatened,

but my buddy in Chico says his truck was coated in ash and you couldn’t see

the pavement. They are not allowing the gas stations to be refilled and you

can’t find regular. Forgive my getting off topic, but recently 130,000

people were evacuated because California couldn’t be bothered with

maintaining Oroville Dam.