Guy in our region has a half enclosed trailer he got a bargain on. The
front half is really nice, the back is a bit charred where it melted. :-)
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Bill Babcock wrote:
> Open trailers don't help that much. I friend of mine (the guy who built my
> Norton--Kenny Dreer) had a number of really fine bikes burn up on an open
> trailer. Fuel leak + cigarette out the driver's side window=boom. An
> ex-friend of his was driving and tossed the cigarette.
>
> I listened to what Carroll Smith said about aeroquip gas lines. Still, I
> had one come loose and filled my trailer with a spooky layer of gas.
>
> It's amazing that we don't have more fires.
>
> My '67 Mistral Maserati was a Molotov cocktail. They have two gas tanks
> connected with a balance line that runs from low point to low point. They
> have stainless braided line and Aeroquip connectors (or the Italian
> equivalent) from the tanks to the engine, but the balance line is a wimpy
> rubber line with hose clips. Unremarkably, there were many Mistrals that
> burned in the back end. I got a nose clip from one after I clobbered mine
> into a bridge abutment.
>
> Stock TR3 tanks are insane! A wimpy flat steel tank strapped right behind
> the driver and passenger. Yikes!! They make Pintos look safe.
>
> Bottom line--old cars leak gas. Be werry, werry ca-a-a-a-uwful.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N197TR4@cs.com [mailto:N197TR4@cs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 7:11 AM
> To: EISANDIEGO@aol.com; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Near Disaster
>
>
> Wow! Had not given this much thought. Good to draw attention to it.
> Something
> to be said for an open trailer, but an eye opener for those who transport
> their race cars in an closed trailer, as well.
>
> The life you save may be a FoT.
>
> Joe (A)
>
>
>
>
>>Joe
>>
>> I received a call yesterday from the guy who was transporting a
>>TR7
>>parts car for me. Somehow in the process of loading or transporting, the
>>
>
>>deteriorated fuel line on the TR7 was further damaged, resulting in the
>>leakage of gasoline into his enclosed trailer during transport. In any
>>case,
>>three quarters of way to the destination he is alerted by a motorist
>>
> that
>
>>liquids (gasoline) where leaking from the back of his enclosed trailer.
>>Fortunately everything was brought under control quickly without
>>
> explosion
>
>>or
>>fire. The spillage was contained, but the trailer floor has obviously
>>
> been
>
>>soaked with gasoline.
>>
>> It was a deteriorated fuel line that caused this problem. This
>>made
>>me
>>think of the previous FOT discussions about how newer fuels seem to be
>>
> more
>
>>damaging to older car rubber and plastic parts. This car had been stored
>>
>
>>outside for a number of years with a relatively full fuel tank by the
>>seller.
>>It was not operating. Just the type of situation that some of you
>>
> mentioned
>
>>earlier would lead to this type of problem.
>>
>> Like most of you, this transportor and I have picked up number
>>cars
>>for parts over the years. There were no leaks when where the car was
>>
> stored
>
>>or immediately upon loading. However, we just did not inspect the fuel
>>
> line
>
>>carefully enough to see it condition.
>>
>> I personally am going to start removing all fuel before
>>transporting
>>older stored parts cars (which may not have averted some spillage, but
>>certainly would not have been smaller).
>>
>>Cary
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