springfield illinois collection wrecked

g503 · #1 03-14-2006, 03:48 AM

i was watching the storm news and on NBC they
hada guy with a huge building full of cars , isaw a couple of mopars i recognized
the tornado and storms wrecked his place the cars and parts of the building were everywhere, they said his name and talked to him but i didnt catch that,it was only a 10 second shot,

i went through a tornado and lost my 409 plus other speed stuff, but i was more glad to be alive

**SS427** · #2 03-14-2006, 04:29 AM

Is this the place that sells used cars and he keeps his private car and memorabilia collection on display? He is located on the corner of two main streets in down town Springfield. I stopped by there last year on my way through town. It is the only collection of cars that I heard about.
Rick

ORIGLS6 · #3 03-14-2006, 06:58 PM

Rick,
Would it have been Ron Metzger? RPM Motors/Metzger Flooring Center? He has some nice Camaros but I wasn't aware of any Mopars.

Could also have been Dick Levi of Levi, Ray & Shoup, but I thought his stuff was North of town around the airport.
Maybe Tim Wilkerson???? Don't know what he has or where it's kept.

Not a good situation in Springfield right now.

Belair62 · #4 03-14-2006, 07:08 PM

How's Annies area ????

**SS427** · #5 03-14-2006, 07:22 PM

Dennis,
I honestly don't recall. He was on the corner of two main roads right, one at a slight angle to the other and in down town SPringfield. He had a closed off area with several collector cars and a 50's dinner motif. On the other side of the showroom was their used car sales office and sales lot. The salesman only told me that the owner is a private collector and none of the cars in the display area were for sale, only the cars in the lot. He had a wide variety of cars on display as well as memorabilia.

I spoke with Annie yesterday and she escaped with nothing more than a power outage and phone service, both of which are now back unlike a vast majority of Springfield. The severe stuff was to her south and east only a few miles away and cannot get into town as they have most major roads blocked. As Dennis said, her worst outcome of the storm is a severe case of vertigo. Since I suffer from the same, I feel for her as it is NOT a good time!
Rick

CamarosRus · #6 03-14-2006, 07:57 PM

Rick N, I just spoke with Dennis Thomas in Springfield. He reports that Don Stowers NEW home and cars are OK as well as Dennis's own property.
The place you spoke of above with 50's Diner motif, belongs to Kim Shirley, and is undamaged also.
Dennis Thomas does not yet know whose place was on NBC, and will report back if and when he gets info......

**SS427** · #7 03-14-2006, 08:03 PM

Thanks Chuck. I did not have a number for Don and Judy and had been unable to locate one. Annie was not feeling well enough to dig for it but was also very concerned for their well being.
Rick

g503 · #8 03-14-2006, 08:24 PM

i went to the nbc site and found the video tornado story, the guys name is DOUG edwards, after slowing the video ,there is a yellow camaro and couple of mid 70's chevys, 2 firebords or camros late 70's. ,dont know how many he owned or if they were super cars, but you can watch for yourself,
yeah it is a fire bird collection, it looks like plus a couple others
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/go to videos and then tornados about 2 minutesin to the video,, looks like a guy owns quite a few cars,

**ANDY M** · #9 03-14-2006, 08:42 PM

It's a yellow '67 Firebird. Look for it at the end of the story.
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?...8-ff05c8ca7d3a,04d7756c-4a66-4900-abf8-ff05c8ca7d3a,55289fe8-71ee-4a0b-a07f-83fd47549caf,a74c139d-ac45-4bfe-9791-04fa552ea661,03572440-9cc1-4aaa-a21a-7fa8a9560f05,e6691228-09c3-4566-a977-62c645f7b7ac,3d86aec4-c133-4634-966e-978f77e3a4f3,33bd050d-e7d3-49c2-9cee-9258a34248ec,1aedc8da-4994-4a67-b291-875c62f6bea9,&t=m5

L72COPO · #10 03-14-2006, 10:23 PM

All is well in Chatham, Illinois the storm missed us by several miles. Unfortunately Judi and I were in a restaurant in Springfield when it hit. We were about two city blocks away from one of the areas that suffered major destruction. Judi's ears were ringing and popping due to the sudden drop in barometric pressure and you could see the windows in the restaurant bowing in and out. Really scary, but all is well.
Don't know Doug Edwards or his cars and haven't talked with anyone that does. Looked his address up and he lives in one of the hardest hit areas.