hey adam, yeah the car wasnt as bad as it looked, now has 180bsss carbs thanks to ryan, a dogleg 5sp, a few other new and used bits. spent just under $300 since i bought it from u and have been driving it round. its parked until i return from round aus trip now. andrew
--- "Hoey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here >> >> >> >> --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- >> >> OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- >> >> Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> No unauthorised redistribution of this email >> >> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm >> >> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> JF> -- >> JF> >________________________________________________________________________ >> >> JF> James Fitness >> JF> Director >> JF> Data Scribe Australia Pty Ltd >> JF> http://www.datascribe.com.au >> JF> Computers and Supplies >> >> JF> OZDAT Online >> JF> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > _____________________________________________________________ Get Your free Ozdat Email Account ---> http://www.ozdat.com _____________________________________________________________ Run a small business? 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