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As some here know I live in New Orleans and took our Merlot bird to Texas for Hurricane Katrina. We took a pretty heavy hit on our house and I am back cleaning our property and starting to rebuild our home. Piles of debris five to six feet high are in front of every home in our neighborhood. Today I was our for a walk to survey damage and the rebuilding progress of the neighborhood and found a yellow 2002 hardtop in the trash heap four blocks from my house.
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are you going to sell or give the hard top away???1 of 82 "It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat, but a man worth while knows how smile when his shorts are to tight in the seat." Ted Knight -
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Roger!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had thought about you and wondered about you!! Glad to hear you are okay. How is your TBird? How is the family?Comment
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Wow Roger...glad you are ok....to heck with the hardtop....we just glad to know you and your family are safe!Comment
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Roger -
Good to hear from you again. Thanks for updating me about your status soon after Katrina. I am sorry to now hear the extent of your damage.
In checking our membership for owners of a yellow bird, there is only one registered as living in NO who might have one. Melindasbird did not enter the car information in their registration. If the top does not belong to this member, it would be hard to track down who it was. I can just imagine how you must have felt seeing that hardtop waiting to be hauled off.
Please stay in touch.Comment
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We were in one of the most hard hit areas. We took the storm surge before it breached the levees and filled the bowl but only had 8 feet of water in first floor for about 4 hours. Everyone is fine and making lemonade.
I am not sure what I will do with the top. All I know is that its in my completely empty garage. I mean empty. Forty years of stuff that I just couldn't seem to get rid of when Bonnie said it was time to clean the garage is ALL gone. And the garage looks great. A sane person would use the top for parts. The portholes are in good shape as are the window and latches. It has lost all of its base molding and other parts. Has a few holes and has a nasty long hole scraped in it from being pulled over concrete on its way to the trash pile. I will take some pics tomorrow and try to post them. The owner took the car to Chalmette LA to keep it safe and it ended up submerged in six feet of water for three weeks. Some one less than sane might think they could restore it, remove the portholes, fill in the spaces and cover it with black convertible top material to make a "formal evening on-the-town" top. No bling of course.
I appreciate your interest and will keep you all posted.Comment
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I like that idea, Roger.. taking a damaged hardtop and turning it into a one-of-a-kind hardtop.archie
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Pardon me, I have to go drive around this area looking at Wilma debris. What a find!Comment
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Im glad to you hear you and your family are ok!Comment
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Roger, it's good to see your moniker back again. Sorry for the losses you took. Sad to hear about the yellow bird but glad yours was taken care of.Limited Edition databases for 007 msg..#26 , PCR sticky, and Cashmere msg.#64
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A hardtop!! makes you wonder what happened to the rest of the bird.
The most important thing is you and yours ore OK.
I wish you the best in getting on your feet after the storm's.Comment
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I thought he said they took it somewhere and it was under water.Comment
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Roger! Glad you are safe and sound! Most of us cannot even imagine the horror just seeing all the damage and destruction. Maybe you can auction the yellow top on ebay.
Hope things are getting better....
Take Care!!
Jim & IrisComment
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roger sorry for your loss and that the first question from me was about the top gald your and your family are ok.1 of 82 "It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat, but a man worth while knows how smile when his shorts are to tight in the seat." Ted KnightComment
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Roger, I didn't know there were other LA members, guess we just always missed each other on-line and I never really went and lookd up members by state. Shold have known!
Glad your family is okay, but so sorry to hear of your loss. If there is anything we can do do help don't hesitate to call or pm. Glad your rebuliding! Where are your staying? If you're ever up this way, please call so we can treat you to a NLA dinner!!!
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