Re: Camaro fire...

["John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>]

Glad your OK. Sorry your Camaro is hurt. You have now given me a new reason
to have fire extinguishers handy in my shop (if I ever get a shop).
Sometimes you just never know what might happen.

The Camaro has been a good car. Given many people licenseing rides and
several in the EC Two Club. She will be missed, but you need to get your
garage cleaned up and focus on the Berkley for now.

JB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Camaro fire...


> I was down in the shop moving stuff around and was going to fire up the
camaro
> to move it out and up to the trailer.... so I could store it while I
worked on
> the Berkley....   I'd put the hood back on and jumped in the car... and
went
> through the normal starting procedure.... cranked till I had oil pressure
and
> threw the Ignition on.... ran for about 5 seconds and Pooof.... the car
went
> up in flames....  shut the car down and jumped out.... used the shops fire
> extinguisher.... pulled the pins and used 10lb halon system in the car and
> then got out the water hose..... took five minutes to get out the raging
> fire..... to give you an idea of how hot it was it melted a set of mini
blinds
> 30 feet away....
>
> The shop sustained minor soot damage to everything and the front of the
Camaro
> is gone.... all the wiring.... and rubber.... belt drive.... radiator
> melted.... both battery's ..... so on and so forth..... it's not totaled
but
> it doesn't miss it by much.  the windshield burned hot enough to start the
> roof paint on fire...
>
> Don't know what happened exactly.... the car is exactly like it ran last
> weekend at Maxton.... hadn't touched a thing... so who knows..... seems
like
> the fire was coming from under the car.... so maybe float bowl flooded and
> went into the headers.....  the fire was REALLY HOT....
>
> Not a pretty day at my place... the Berkley was sitting right beside it
but
> wasn't really damaged other then the soot and dry chemical..... I've got
most
> of it wiped off....
>
> Life is a precious commodity.... this was just a race car.... one I
happened
> to be in love with.... but just stuff....
>
> Keith ( smile... I just got some minor burns on my hands and knee when I
> snatched the hood off ..... lucky I didn't have it duzed down )

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