Fred, I have been there and done that. My heart goes out to you.. You
should be glad that you could not open the hood. I made that mistake in a
'88 Ford Escort to have it erupt in flames when the air hit it and then
explode. Man was that a nightmare.
Hope everything else turns out ok.
Patrick Bowen
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 8:08 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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