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Re: Disaster!!
Thanks to everyone for your concern and generous offers of help. I think I'll be OK. None of the sheetmetal looks warped so I just have to restrip/clean all of it again. Same with the frame. All the front suspension and brakes will be re-done and the engine/trans will be gone thru. Mostly a lot of labor.
The car above mine was a '64' Comet convertible that my friend was restoring for himself. It appears to be totalled. Most of the flame and heat went straight up to his car. The hoist dropped about 4 inches to the safety stops and about 2 inches from the top of my truck so I was lucky that the entire load didn't crush my truck.
The heater was a diesel fueled space heater that he had used for years. There were also 2 small gasoline cans close by so I don't know what caused the explosion for sure but he was very lucky not to be hurt. I'm sure he will re-think his heating situation when he rebuilds the shop. This is a good reminder to all of us to look at all our flamable storage issues before an accident happens.
No matter how bad something seems there is always someone else that has a worse situation (like wrecker55). No one died or was injured and the rebuild will go on. Thanks again for all your concern.
Dean
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