In old New York

"area man" (hurrburgring) 12/06/2015 at 12:03 • Filed to: On the block

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I live in a neighborhood that is gentrifying at a pretty fair clip; that’s not to say there isn’t still the occasional firebombing.

The wife and I were walking to a friend’s apartment for a birthday party when we happened upon this crispy van right outside their building. When our friend got home from work on Friday it was still smoldering, and no one has bothered to deal with it since.

You can see the fire didn't start in the engine bay - you can't tell in the pictures but the whole back is basically collapsed, so I think that leaves either the aforementioned firebombing or someone living inside accidentally starting a fire with a hot plate or something. Always sad to see one of these old Chevy vans go.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > area man 12/06/2015 at 12:12

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If I ever could travel in time there would be two places that I’d love to see: 1970s/1980s New York where you could be robbed in the middle of the day and Berlin as a divided city during the same period.

jkm7680 > area man 12/06/2015 at 12:14

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Someone dropped the joint.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > jkm7680 12/06/2015 at 12:28

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Hotbox gone wrong.

Raphael Orlove > area man 12/06/2015 at 12:30

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#crispy

area man > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 12/06/2015 at 12:35

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You don’t have to go back in time for that, someone grabbed my wife’s phone out of her hand a couple weeks ago at like 3:30 in the afternoon.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > area man 12/06/2015 at 12:37

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Ok that sucks.

area man > Raphael Orlove 12/06/2015 at 12:39

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#truestory

Rico > area man 12/06/2015 at 13:01

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Yikes I wonder why it was torched. I doubt insurance would pay much. To be honest I always associate these vans as molestor vans, idk why I just do lol.

area man > Rico 12/06/2015 at 13:07

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No doubt, usually owned by creepy mofos.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > area man 12/06/2015 at 13:12

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They took #420BlazeIt far too seriously.

iSureWilll > area man 12/06/2015 at 13:30

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Right out of her hand?! What area was this? I need to stay out of it.