Fred,
You've got a good wife, hang onto her. Of all the cars you have listed on
your signature, if one of them had to burn, at least it was the Dodge and
not the TR3! But seriously, I'm very sorry to hear of your loss and ordeal.
That DOES sound frightening! You've given me pause to check the wiring and
fuel line connections of the car I just bought REAL carefully.
Best wishes,
Jeff (San Diego)
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3
http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/spitfire.shtml
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:08 PM
Subject: Real Fear
>
> Well, the wife comes home from work, pulls the car in the garage, gets out
> smells smoke, gets back in the car and backs it into the driveway. Comes
in
> the house, Fred the car is starting to smoke real bad, I jump-up run out
to
> the drivway, and sure nuff, a big fire under the hood, my outside water is
> off for the winter, I open the car door, the hood release will not now
work,
> fire is now getting pretty bad, 911, out of the house for everyone, and
the
> complete under side just melted away, never did any real flaming, just all
> electrical. If she had not been so observant, the entire house and
> everything in it would be lost, as it is, a Dodge Turbo Shadow, is
finished.
> All is safe now and no injuries to anyone or anything, but, man what it
> could have been inside the garage. No Idea what started it, it was under
> hood (engine related). "FT"
>
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