Proper blast from the past!
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Proper blast from the past!
I thought it was the carbs, either way he was on the way to PVS circa '05 when it went up on the motorway, iirc him and his mate had time to pull over, bail and take the phot as posted earlier, it went up that quick, im sure i remember reading that the fire was already catching the dash as he was trying to force people out of his way in lanes two and one trying to get it off the carriageway and get out of the car, mustve been fooking scary!!
Fire definately started under the car, we got out and it was just smoking a lot then stood on the bank for a minute or so and then noticed flames under the car an then it was too late. The worst bit for me was, what the hell do you say to someone when you're watching their pride and joy burn! He was hoping his carbs were ok but then the fire brigade opened the bonnet and there was just the butterflies sat there and a load of melted alloy. You can see in one of the photos that his wheels melted so dont think carbs stood a chance!!
:( seems no one has pics then, was a long shot i guess
A bit of searching and this is the thread about the fire. It has a couple more pictures of the fire: CLICKHERE
I want to see what this car looked like before the fire now, surely Craig Greens got a random picture of it in his archives.
That looks proper scary
Who here has an xe without a fire extinguisher..?
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Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
I did until the other day, was always on my 'i must get one' list but finally grabbed a 'flamebeater' from work the other day, priced at cost +vat i couldnt refuse, our rrp on it was £17.99 and i got it for £5.99 lol
Going to buy another next week and get one for the astra too, still looking at proper plumbed in systems though, basic ones can be had for £150 which is bugger all imo when it comes to the cost of your car, not to mention the time and effort of building it in the first place!
think I'm going to be buying one, the heat that comes off a car fire like that is unreal!!!