[Tigers] Fire in the hole, ...car!

[David T Johnson]

What another English car with electrical issure.  The Prince rules.
 
The VW was prone to back seat fires if you did not use a battery
that had a cover over the positive post.  Sit down and the seat
springs would touch the positive post and voila   A hot seat.
 
I've heard of many hard hits on the Tigers rear with no gas tanks
problems.  Uncle Wally's hit was so hard that his rear end was
hit so hard that the engine mounts broke.  No leakage.  Its
like the fenders protect the tanks.
 
Dave

--- On Fri, 4/16/10, Steve Ralsten <s_ralsten at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Steve Ralsten <s_ralsten at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Fire in the hole, ...car!
To: "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan at hotmail.com>, "Jeff Nichols"
<jxnichols at sbcglobal.net>, "Tigers Den" <tigers at autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 11:12 PM


In high school my Cortina caught fire on the freeway. Burning smell then thick
smoke from under dash
I could just barely see well enought to get to the shoulder. Elec short burnt
the whole wire harness.

Steve




________________________________
From: Paul R. Breuhan <prbreuhan at hotmail.com>
To: Jeff Nichols <jxnichols at sbcglobal.net>; Tigers Den
<tigers at autox.team.net>
Sent: Fri, April 16, 2010 2:27:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Fire in the hole, ...car!

In high school, a friend's VW Bug had its back seat catch on fire while we
were driving to school one morning.



Also personal experience tells me a burst remote oil filter line and header
wrap are not a good thing on a Tiger.



Paul





> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:02:49 -0700
> From: jxnichols at sbcglobal.net
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Fire in the hole, ...car!
>
> "What about the gas tanks......Located in the fenders and crossover tubes,
my
> fear has always been getting hit in rear with a fire...also the opening
from
> the trunk to the cockpit (with the top up) scares me....Anyone ever heaqrd
of
> a sunbeam exploding in flames when hit in rear?"
>
> Don't drive a 1960's Mustang if fire worries you. The floor of a Mustang
> trunk is the top of the gas tank with only the rear seat back as a
> firewall. Back in the day the worker inserted the gas tank through the
trunk
> opening. It was done that way to make it easier to install the gas tank
> while the car moved down the assembly line. Face it, these old cars are
more
> dangerous to drive than todays cars.
>
>
> Jeff

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