[Roadsters] FW: Video of Burnt Eliza
Paul Kort
paulsdatsunstuff at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 07:23:40 MDT 2012
On the way home from the Pittsburgh Vintage GP a few years back, my
roadster dropped the exhaust pipe, just back from the manifold. Next thing
I knew I was gagging on the smell of burning carpet. The driver's floor
was a bubbling pool of what was left of the sound deadening. I drove the
last 60 miles or so with my head hanging out the side window like a big
dog. Thankfully, no serious damage.
Paul
Ohio
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Paul Courson <cour.jpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
> I second the burnt carpet syndrome. Always wondered why I was
> catching a whiff of hot plastic, worried there was some overheated
> wiring (the insulation is vinyl, and smells the same as carpet, seats
> and other plastics when it cooks). .....
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