Russo Steel carnage pics...

[Steve1968LS2]

These were posted over on pt.com by Vintageracer. First shots of the carnage.

So who is liable? The car owners or the auction company that put the cars under the tent?

Some of those cars look like totals, especially the offbeat ones.

damage shots start after the first couple dozen:

http://www.fototime.com/inv/0D32321D1D5460A

[70rs]

That just sucks. No other way to put it. My heart sank more with each next picture.
What I did notice though, is A LOT of cracked bondo on some of those cars. Looks to me like some of them were really layered up with the stuff.

[BBC71Nova]

Wow! That would suck big time. Bad enough to take something out there in this economy and get beat up on the sale. Top that by bringing back a wrecked car .

[Jimi-FM3]

Collector car premiums had been pretty reasonable...key words being "had been".

[Aschle]

So sad.... I wish all of those cars owners the best !

Jason

[FoxRod]

It will blow back on russo and steele, cause it will come down to why didn't they install better tents. Then russo is going to state to save money and keep overhead down and I see a bankruptcy.

[Musclerodz]

That is just sickning to look at. Russo should be held laible for all damages. No different than any shop in possession of a customers car being worked on. Might be a different story if the cars were outside at a car show. If Russo insurance does not cover the damages, I forsee a massive multi-million dollar class action suit coming.

[CRCRFT78]

Holy $***. My heart dropped after seeing some of those cars. I feel for the owners that have cared for those cars as if it was a child. I would be PO'd beyond measure.

[DOOM]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a mess..

[ProTouring442]

Originally Posted by Musclerodz

That is just sickening to look at. Russo should be held liable for all damages. No different than any shop in possession of a customers car being worked on. Might be a different story if the cars were outside at a car show. If Russo insurance does not cover the damages, I foresee a massive multimillion dollar class action suit coming.

If it is found that the owners of the tents, or those who set them up, were somehow negligent, then those parties would be responsible. Otherwise, I would imagine that the individual insurance policies on the individual cars would be responsible, just like when you leave your car at a shop for repair. At a shop, the shop is responsible if they are somehow negligent, otherwise, it is the insurance policy on the car that is liable.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill