John wrote:
>Watched  an Olds today go up in flames. Couldn't have been anything else
>but fuel lines.. Fire started under the hood, and once it got going it
>was a hot one. Fire department came and put it out. Car was in a
>drive-up snack shop. Guy went inside, came out started engine....
>whummp!! Instant fire all over the place.
>
>Check those fuel lines!!!!!

It must be the season... A nice silver mercedes convertible went
up in flames downtown on wednesday. We were approaching an intersection
and the car was on the other side, nose end in the driveway of a gas
station. Flames were just pouring out of the hood area...
The fire department was only a block away, but by the time they got
there and put it out it was probably totalled.

Check those fuel lines!!!!!

Pop Quiz...

*Do you have a good fire extinguisher in your van?*

I have one in every vehicle I own and several spread around the house
and garage. They are SO cheap compared to the cost of a fire....

I've never had to use an extinguisher on any of my own vehicles,
but I used one to put out a nice lady's VW beetle in Oakland in
about 1980, and again used one to extinguish a chevy camaro
in Santa Rosa about 10 years ago.

Don't leave home without it folks! You never know when you'll
need it

'86 Westy "Escape Pod"