Hoey
I have a 72 1600 sedan shell that isnt too bad in Melbourne if your
after a new project, the only prob is that it isnt rolling but the body is
ok
Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Fire extinguishers save cars!
> Gday
>
> Heed the advise fellas. Spend 100 bucks on a extinguisher or end up like
me.
> I had to drive to canberra from sydney and back on the same day last
> november and was within 1 hour from my house on the way back when someone
> honked me. I looked at the back and smoke was pissing out the back of the
> car and then the accelerator dropped to the floor and i had no power.
> Luckily i was right near an off ramp so i turned up it. The paint on the
> bonnet was bubled and stripped off before my car stopped. I jumped out got
> my stuff and got well clear in case something exploded. I had no fire
> extinguisher so had to stand back and watch the car i loved burn before my
> very eyes. Eventually a kind bloke pulled over and popped the bonnet and
put
> out the engine bay fire and some small grass fires it had started. My car
> was fucked and i had to sell what was left of it for a few hundred
bucks.
> The bloke who bought it was/is onm this list-adrew peters i think. I didnt
> have comprehensive insurnace and dont have enough dough to buy another
car.
> I now have to ride my push bike around and catch the bus which is a
> nightmare. I sure am fit but sometimes you need a car for emergencies.
Moral
> of the story is buy a friggin fire extinguisher.
>
> Pele.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:00 PM
> Subject: Re[2]: Fire extinguishers save cars!
>
>
> > Hello James,
> >
> > My car caught fire in a petrol station while I was giving a lift to
> > this girl that I was keen on back to Sydney, as a wire that was
> > passing over a metal retainer finally wore the insulation through. It
> > blew one of the main fusible links, and I (like an idiot) just assumed
> > that the link had worn out. Reconnected it, turned the ignition on,
> > and was greeted with flames. Funny how when you are protecting a car
> > that you have put a lot of money into that burns from patting out
> > flaming wires with your hands no longer seems all that bad. I havent
> > heard from that girl since :)
> >
> > Thursday, March 21, 2002, 1:43:28 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > JF> Not much fun is it....
> > JF> happened to me many years ago.. while sitting at the traffic lights
> > JF> in my Nan's immaculate 180B when I noticed the paint bubbling up
> > JF> on the bonnet - no smoke at first, just nan's beautiful metallic
> silver
> > JF> paint blistering before my eyes!!
> > JF> So I jumped out at the lights with traffic banked up behind me and
> > JF> I too opened to bonnet to have the flames jump up and almost burn
> > JF> me... I had no extinguisher.. so before I could think better of what
I
> > JF> was doing I ripped the windscreen washer bottle from it's mounts in
> > JF> the flaming engine bay and doused the fire with the water from
that...
> >
> > JF> By the time I got it out someone had come over with an extinguisher
> > JF> from their car...
> >
> > JF> The moral of the story - get an extinguisher (and keep your
windscreen
> > JF> washer bottle full, just in case :)
> >
> > JF> cya
> > JF> James
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > JF> David Thompson wrote:
> >
> > >> List,
> > >>
> > >> Unfortunately my 1600 suffered an engine bay fire yesterday morning
> > >> due to a broken o-ring on one of the injectors. This dumped fuel at
> > >> 40psi all over the exhaust manifold (wrapped in thermotec wrap) and
> > >> started a fire. The first think I noticed was a faint but powerful
> > >> fuel smell, which quickly went away. I dismissed this smell as being
> > >> the car next door, which looked dodgy and was pouring out smoke from
> > >> the exhaust.
> > >>
> > >> I then noticed smoke pouring out the rear of the car in the mirror
and
> > >> pulled over. By this time there were flames coming out from all sides
> > >> of the bonnet. The first thing I did was to lift the bonnet –
> > >> big mistake! The flames jumped straight out and burnt my arm and
hair.
> > >> Shocked by this I let go of the bonnet and it latched shut again. I
> > >> then emptied a $16 fire extinguisher aimed from under the front of
the
> > >> car and this instantly put out the fire. If I did not have this, then
> > >> the car would certainly have burnt to the ground.
> > >>
> > >> Moral of the story - always carry a fire extinguisher!
> > >>
> > >> I would like to thank the guy in the extended port rotary 1200 ute
who
> > >> was the only one to stop and offer assistance. Luckily I have full
> > >> comprehensive insurance with Shannon’s.
> > >>
> > >> Thommo.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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