hey
on monday about 3pm ish driving past the ettamough pub (SP?) i seen a late bay window dual cab on fire hope it wasnt anyone here i would of pulled up but was on the highway!
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd
Oh man, not another one! Our poor volksies. They sure do a good job of living up to their reputations.
Keep yer fire extinguishers handy folks!🙁
Yep heed the warning folks it does happen all too often.
I just picked up a type 3 wagon, fuel lines was the first thing I checked and sure enough BOTH brass tubes where the fuel enters the carbs had fuel dripping out!!!! Bump the fuel hose and they just fell out.
Very scary!
Bloody solex's :puke
[Edited on 1-10-2004 by Andy]
extinguishers on sale at super cheap, two for $40 at the moment 🙂
Don't think about it, just buy an extinguisher - I have seen too many perfectly good VW's wrecked because of engine fires....nearly lost my Grandmothers one owner, private import '68 Beetle to fire - just my brothers quick thinking that saved it.
Hope that it was no one here in the twin cab, and I also hope that the damage was not too bad 🙁
R
40hp, 6V and ...er... slowly making improvements
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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!
Founding member of the Gold Coast Dub Club Inc. 🙂what colour was it kombi kid......there was a really really nice cream one ive seen in beerwah i hope it wasnt the same one because it was smick.
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
Sad to hear but reminds me of a funny (sad) story.. Way back when..
I had met my girlfriend (16) and we decided the best vehicle for her first car would be a bug.. Found the right one (yellow 60 something 1200) and named her Daisy.. Daisy was washed every weekend and loved and adored.. One fine Saturday morning we decided to take a drive in Daisy out to the Hunua Falls (Akl, NZ) which is a round 60k trip.. On the way, I stopped and filled the tank, checked the oil and left the oil rag tucked down the side of the engine cavity.. Anycase we made it to the falls (down a fairly steep incline) although I remember Daisy was misfiring a bit..
Anycase, on the way back up the incline my brother (Dave, 12 yo) in the back yelled out that he smelt smoke.. Sure enough, when I pulled over the back of the car was in flames.. Out we jumped and ran a way off while we watched Daisy burn (rural area, no help).. Then Debbie (my gf) screamed that she had left Buffy (poodle) in the back.. I raced back (very macho) and rescued Buffy from the back of the flaming bug.. Just as I was grabbing the dog, Daisy decided to turn over!!! I kid you not, fair shit myself.. Somehow the melting HT leads had shorted and had sent battery power to the starter motor!..
Anycase, ran with dog and stopped a fair way off and watched Daisy go through her "starter motor" death throes.. Very painful to watch.. Lump in throat stuff..
Now (26 years) later, I am married to Debbie, Daisy was replaced with a 1300 Bug (Cal look) named Ruby (first of many) Buffy died of insulin overdose, Dave lives in JKT and nearly bought it in the Sari Club bombing and I make sure I carry a fire extinguisher and a clean set of undies!!
PS: The reason why it caught fire, we believe, was the oil rag came loose and wrapped around the fuel line and belt and ripped the fuel line out..
That is another "moral of the story".. Never leave any stuff in the engine bay.. no matter how insignificant..
[Edited on 2-10-2004 by StenGuns]
