So sorry to hear of your mistfortune.
but you never open a hood or engine cover to get at a fire .
you could get hurt that way.
you shoot down the outside upper air vents or in the license plate door.

bummer man.
closest I have for you is a very very good condition 85 Adventurewagon.
not rust, no dents, southern California car.  I think I can make more on
it selling it as a fully sorted out and perfectly ready-to-go-anywhere
van though.
scott
www.turbovans.com
southern oregon
David O'Bryan wrote:
> Sad news.
>
> This Sunday on the way home from a camping trip at Cape Henlopen Delaware my
> '87 Westy had a catastrophic engine fire.  By the time I could get the
> camping gear off the rear deck and get the engine lid open the fire was too
> great to put out.  It burnt all the way to the ground.  :-(
>
> Here is a link to a few pics prior to the fire.
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=283728
>
> I could not tell how the fire started as too much was on fire when I was
> finally able to get to the engine and try and put it out with a fire
> extinguisher.  This was a Subie conversion from two years ago.  No problems
> until now...
>
> So.... I'd like for any of you good folks that come across a rust free Westy
> ('87-91) that preferably has a blown or bad engine to please pass the
> contact info on to me.  I'm willing to ship from anywhere in the USA to
> Maryland.  I'm going to put another Subie in this one so I'd actually prefer
> one that is not running but has a good body.  Mileage not important.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Dave O
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