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12-10-2008, 03:32 AM
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1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
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burn baby,burn
I keep seeing reminders that I need to put a fire extinguisher in all my modified vehicles....
A guy over on the h.a.m.b. lost his truck, he said the fuel line on the manifold went, and he barley had enough time to get it out of the garage before it went up. FD arrrived in 10 minutes |
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12-10-2008, 03:37 AM
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1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
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Re: burn baby,burn
I had saved some pics of it sometime last year...
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12-10-2008, 04:04 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
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Re: burn baby,burn
What a shame. That was a great looking truck. I have extinguishers all over my shop.
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12-10-2008, 04:14 AM
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3DrDwn--the 'burb not the band
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 598
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Re: burn baby,burn
I'm in tough shape. none in any vehicles and all the ones in the shop need recharged...
guess I know what I'll be doing soon.
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12-10-2008, 04:28 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Covington, WA
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Re: burn baby,burn
I think the only extinguisher that's charged at our house is in the c10. Besides that, we don't have any.
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12-10-2008, 10:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: pittsburgh pa
Posts: 1,970
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Re: burn baby,burn
Wonder if it was a case of the old glass inline fuel filter... I have heard of many rides burning up because of them.. So Sad...
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12-10-2008, 10:40 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: east texas
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Re: burn baby,burn
That is a bummer, i have the same fear just because i do all the work myself on mine and i don't completely trust my own work. I stuck one in my passenger floorboard the day i brought it home for easy access.
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12-10-2008, 10:51 AM
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Hollister, CA.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Hollister, Ca.
Posts: 6,150
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Re: burn baby,burn
Man, thats terrible...hope he can salvage it.
Now that I'm thinking about it...with the building remodel, I dont know where the fire extinguishers are (??)
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12-10-2008, 11:01 AM
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1962 C-10
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico
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Re: burn baby,burn
Man that hurts! I have one baby fire extinguisher behind the seat of the '62. That's the only one we own... Scary sh!t...
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12-10-2008, 12:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: The West
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Re: burn baby,burn
Sorry to see that happen. Probably caused by a reputured rubber fuel line or leaky old glass filter. Metal fuel lines cut down on the risk of that happening.
At every Good Guys show there is always a guy selling Halon fire extinguishers. Yes, they are expensive. $115 for 1.3 lbs. I had my son purchase one for our 1969 firebird at the first show we took the car too. After 4 years and a lot of $$$$$ doing a restomod I was not about to forget about the threat of fire. Ours is a handheld unit but there are even extinguihers that can be mounted in the engine compartment and automatically trigger by temperature. Great idea and worth every penny. http://www.firefight1.com/prod_ss-30.html |
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12-10-2008, 02:29 PM
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Its Deja Vu time again
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Marysville, North of Seattle WA
Posts: 815
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Re: burn baby,burn
Man thats sad as heck. Kinda scary too. I have a rather long garage with a few cars in it and tons of various things which of course flamable if not careful. Do I have an extingisher in the garage? Just two water ones that I use often to knock down bees nest out side. I guess I should charge them and fill them and purchase some real ones too.
Damn that sucks and its going to make me paranoid now. |
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12-10-2008, 02:31 PM
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Its Deja Vu time again
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Marysville, North of Seattle WA
Posts: 815
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Re: burn baby,burn
At least its not a total loss, but man thats going to be a pain in the butt scraping all that burnt stuff off the sheet metal.
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12-10-2008, 03:37 PM
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One day...
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Tuttle, Ok
Posts: 9,243
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Re: burn baby,burn
Wow! thats a bad deal there sorry to see that. Yeah hope he will get it going again.
Yeah im with some of you guys i only have an extinguisher in house and it probably wont even put out some stuff that would catch on fire in the garage.. |
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12-10-2008, 09:12 PM
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chevy only
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 6,619
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Re: burn baby,burn
ahhhhh sh-t that sucks
my 51 gmc caught fire in the intersection turning left after stalling and back fired i put the fire out with the shirt i was wearing , then had to were the shirt the rest of work day
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12-10-2008, 09:29 PM
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Nothing to see here.....
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Shawnee, KS
Posts: 4,625
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Re: burn baby,burn
makes me want to run hard tubing from the fuel pump to the carb even more now.......
a well placed fire extinguisher is a must.
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12-10-2008, 09:39 PM
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Dr. Frankenstein
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: beaverton,Or
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Re: burn baby,burn
wow we were talking about this over at H.A.M.B and its just as crappy to see them here....that must have sucked in the worst way possible
 another great looking truck gone
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12-10-2008, 10:40 PM
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SOLD
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Poorest state in America(Breaux Bridge,Louisiana)
Posts: 370
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Re: burn baby,burn
fire ext. in the 66 and in the house.
i had to use it once on the 66 when i blew the tranny up and the grass on the side of the road caught fire under it. if i would not have had it ,it would have burnt to the ground. the headers set the tranny fluid on fire, lighting the grass on fire, and my drive shaft broke and punctured my fuel cell.....
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12-11-2008, 11:34 AM
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283 Drama Queen
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Surf City, CA
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Re: burn baby,burn
Once I fire off the rebuilt 283 I may rethink that glass filter after all and go back to the old school metal canister. No extinguisher in the truck - just in the garage - and having seen this, that’s going to change too.
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12-11-2008, 12:19 PM
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One day...
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Tuttle, Ok
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Re: burn baby,burn
Quote:
 Glad you could get it put out though before it claimed the truck. |
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12-11-2008, 01:11 PM
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Account Suspended
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kansas City, KS
Posts: 3,906
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Re: burn baby,burn
I think I just puked after seeing those photos. I have a few 10# ABC extinguishers in my shop, but in a panic, I would probably soil myself first and then run around in circles trying to find them. I have few brand new ones in boxes on the shelf and this will be the catalyst that makes me install them in a few easily accessible and visible spots over the weekend. My shop is next door to a Fire Suppression/Halon/Ansul supply house, so I have no excuses.
PS-We all just discovered what to get our fellow truck enthusiasts for Christmas...fire extinguisher, a nice, practical gift. My girl friends dad gave fire extinguishers and first aid kits to all of his children and in-laws one year for Christmas and I remember everyone looking around with a "I wonder what Dad was thinking when he did this" look on their faces. I loved it because I knew I had a place in my shop for both. Happy Holidays and no more "trucks on fire" pictures...they are kind of a buzz-buster! |
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12-11-2008, 01:39 PM
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SOLD
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Poorest state in America(Breaux Bridge,Louisiana)
Posts: 370
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Re: burn baby,burn
i gave my buddy one as a gift after this happened to put in his hotrod. there should be one in every vehicle.
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12-12-2008, 09:13 AM
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1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
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Re: burn baby,burn
lilred, I am with you, I have 5-6 ext's laying around, but I would probably catch myself on fire trying to get to one..
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