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Torched Truck
Not everyone had as rough of a time getting to FC as I did. When I pulle into a gas station someplace in northern California, we spotted this special truck in the lot. Someone obviously had a very bad day indeed. Clerk didn't know anything about it other than it was there when they stared their shift.
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Looks like it was an engine explosion, judging by the hole in the hood.
Actually, I bet someone started filling up, got back in the truck, went back to the nozzle without touching metal, and sparked when they touched the filler nozzle again. Of course, human reaction is to jerk back, which sprayed the fire all over the truck, and the fire probably also burned up the fuel tank and traveled the fuel lines to the engine, thus causing a large explosion.
God, I've GOT to stop watching MythBusters...
Actually, I bet someone started filling up, got back in the truck, went back to the nozzle without touching metal, and sparked when they touched the filler nozzle again. Of course, human reaction is to jerk back, which sprayed the fire all over the truck, and the fire probably also burned up the fuel tank and traveled the fuel lines to the engine, thus causing a large explosion.
God, I've GOT to stop watching MythBusters...
Yes, this definitely started in the cab and burned out. Note there's only the frame of the seat left and no dashboard to speak of. Judging from the discolored paint, I'd say the major heat source was IN the cab. The engine couldn't have caught fire, as the hood is not discolored in front and the plastic grille isn't melted. If it were the engine, the entire hood would be as clean as the doors and there'd be no grille left.
Mine was an 83' Ford Tempo lol, burned to a frame in my driveway, some jackass who sold it to me zip tied the wire harness over the catalytic converter and the ties melted off the harness burned off then the fuel pump melted open, that, was that. lol look at all the furs who's cars burned, O.o
Crazy lol.
Crazy lol.
Obviously he knew nothing about cars. Sounds like a friend of mine who tied his exhaust to his driveshaft, eventually had it wrapped around the shaft. :/
I was in the process of customizing my Cutlass when it burned up. The fire was caused when I rebuilt the carb, and I didn't realise there was a small crack in the fuel line. The bad thing about living in a small town, you can be just a half mile from the fire station and it takes them an hour to get there. Every car since then I carry an extinguisher with me. And I vow to get another 85 Cutlass Supreme. ^_~
I was in the process of customizing my Cutlass when it burned up. The fire was caused when I rebuilt the carb, and I didn't realise there was a small crack in the fuel line. The bad thing about living in a small town, you can be just a half mile from the fire station and it takes them an hour to get there. Every car since then I carry an extinguisher with me. And I vow to get another 85 Cutlass Supreme. ^_~
what a way to lose a car...
in early nineties they used new additives in the fuel all over germany. I used to work at Opel's that time, and almost every day for a time we had some older car ready to have all fuel hoses replaced because they went stiff and broke up, spilling fuel everywhere. luckily enough for all of them car owners the mix was too fat to ignite. ^^'
at one time they used a strengthening piece of tin in the dashboard which had sharp edges (if they had turned it around the shap edge would have been hidden) which would scrape up the main wire string from the ignition key. after three cars going up in flames because of this we had to bind the string of wires up somewhere... all of this only to save one cent per car for an extra wire strip. :P
most burning modern cars do it because some unswitched life wire receives a shortwire from some stupid metal edge and has no fuse of course, so after overheating all that plastic crap goes up in poisonous flames.
in early nineties they used new additives in the fuel all over germany. I used to work at Opel's that time, and almost every day for a time we had some older car ready to have all fuel hoses replaced because they went stiff and broke up, spilling fuel everywhere. luckily enough for all of them car owners the mix was too fat to ignite. ^^'
at one time they used a strengthening piece of tin in the dashboard which had sharp edges (if they had turned it around the shap edge would have been hidden) which would scrape up the main wire string from the ignition key. after three cars going up in flames because of this we had to bind the string of wires up somewhere... all of this only to save one cent per car for an extra wire strip. :P
most burning modern cars do it because some unswitched life wire receives a shortwire from some stupid metal edge and has no fuse of course, so after overheating all that plastic crap goes up in poisonous flames.
My favorite non classic car would be the DMC-12 Delorean, my favorite classic would be my grandfathers old 53' caddy le mans, witch sadly is long gone.
I would also say I like the 1935 ford v8, and the 1935 Cadillac twelve town car.
This summer will be exciting for me as I may actually be getting the DMC-12 if my job stays the way it promises. ^o^
I would also say I like the 1935 ford v8, and the 1935 Cadillac twelve town car.
This summer will be exciting for me as I may actually be getting the DMC-12 if my job stays the way it promises. ^o^
Reminds me of an '84 sunbird I had when I lived in N. Idaho. Ignition switch had caught fire and burned up through the dash and windshield. Bought it for $30, put in a windshield for $100 and spent 3 days splicing dash wires with 300 crimp butt connectors. Drove that thing for almost two years, though I never did replace the useless instrument panel...
When I went to AC a couple years back, we pulled into a gas station only to back away and get out of there as fast as possible, you see, there was a hose torn from a pump and the smell of gas hit us before we even got near the place, when we did get around the side where the pumps were and got out of the car, we saw that the gas was still pouring out of the pump like a huge garden hose, just spraying gas down onto the lot, people were just standing there, not doing anything, staring at it.
We were prolly the only ones who reacted logically, we got in the car and got as far away from the place as possible lol
We were prolly the only ones who reacted logically, we got in the car and got as far away from the place as possible lol
Wow.... that almost happened to my dad's van on the way to FC. I was about 50 miles east of Sacramento when the engine died and wouldn't restart and a burning smell was coming from under the dash and under the hood. Popped the hood and the first thing I saw was the remains of the engine wiring harness that had melted from battery acid dripping onto the main harness that caused a shitload of short circuits that spread into the cab and did damage there.
Total cost in parts needed: $ 4500. Since it's worth only $ 3000 or so, dad told me to just leave it where it was and he picked me up and drove me back home.
Total cost in parts needed: $ 4500. Since it's worth only $ 3000 or so, dad told me to just leave it where it was and he picked me up and drove me back home.
this happens when they let people who know nothing about electrics install the wiring and they let the wire strings scrape against some sharp metal edge. this also happens to european cars sometimes. occasionally it also happens if someone whitout a clue installs something electronic like radio or cell phone and fucks up the electronics.
a couple years ago, when Mercedes started to use optical wires to activate the myriad of useless electric motors around their top cars nobody thought about how to help them install easily at the workshop. and since they were practically in one piece the workers had a huge problem with them. in the end they bend them to get them into the body... of course the optical didn't take it lightly and broke off after some time. and then someone else had to remove, no strip, the whole interiour down to the tin to replace them.
if the workers would have had any idea what they were doing this could probably be avoided.
a couple years ago, when Mercedes started to use optical wires to activate the myriad of useless electric motors around their top cars nobody thought about how to help them install easily at the workshop. and since they were practically in one piece the workers had a huge problem with them. in the end they bend them to get them into the body... of course the optical didn't take it lightly and broke off after some time. and then someone else had to remove, no strip, the whole interiour down to the tin to replace them.
if the workers would have had any idea what they were doing this could probably be avoided.
Oh come on, I'm not going to say anything bad about Ford..
*strains* >.<! Ah screw goodness and etiquette all to hell, Fords build bad cars, at least in my experience. The most (in)famous ford, of course, was the Pinto, not because it was a bad design, which it was, but because the Ford motor company refused to retrofit the pintos so they wouldn't be fourseater barbecues.
The cost of fixing the Pinto: $121 million dollars.
Projected cost of paying out lawsuits for burn victims and families of those who burned to death: $50 million dollars.
Their decision... Let 'em fry!
Google Ford Pinto Memo and you'll see where I get my numbers.
They then continue making bad cars, up into 2004, I believe, though I may be wrong about that. o.o Most notable are the Ford Crown Victoria which, like the Pinto, had the gas tank outside the frame, making it susceptable to punctures during a collision, and the Ford F150 series up till 2004, I think, in which poor construction made the entire floor of the truck fall out in a normal 45 mph crash test. This meant that the entire cab crumpled like a soda-can.
That's as much as I know and as much as I'm going to rant on that topic. o.o And contrary to my name, I actually lurve Honda. ^0^
*strains* >.<! Ah screw goodness and etiquette all to hell, Fords build bad cars, at least in my experience. The most (in)famous ford, of course, was the Pinto, not because it was a bad design, which it was, but because the Ford motor company refused to retrofit the pintos so they wouldn't be fourseater barbecues.
The cost of fixing the Pinto: $121 million dollars.
Projected cost of paying out lawsuits for burn victims and families of those who burned to death: $50 million dollars.
Their decision... Let 'em fry!
Google Ford Pinto Memo and you'll see where I get my numbers.
They then continue making bad cars, up into 2004, I believe, though I may be wrong about that. o.o Most notable are the Ford Crown Victoria which, like the Pinto, had the gas tank outside the frame, making it susceptable to punctures during a collision, and the Ford F150 series up till 2004, I think, in which poor construction made the entire floor of the truck fall out in a normal 45 mph crash test. This meant that the entire cab crumpled like a soda-can.
That's as much as I know and as much as I'm going to rant on that topic. o.o And contrary to my name, I actually lurve Honda. ^0^
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