Driving into work tonight I saw a hot rod (one of those little jobs, open
chromed engine, teeny little "tub" to sit in) pulled over on the shoulder of
the hwy, smoking and flames coming out of the firewall area. I stopped and
grabbed the fire extinguisher that i keep in the van. Its an old "Stemple",
2.5 lb  CO2 unit that I bought at a Sea Cadet garage sale years ago.

Well it worked, put out the fire that was consuming the fibreglass body. The
owner of the car was a bit in shock over the whole thing (as is natural),
and i was frankly amazed at how well the extinguisher worked.

Alistair