To the best of my recollection, the explosion which sent the coolant prices
into the stratosphere was in Henderson, NV.  It was apparently quite a fire.
I do recall that, at least at the time, there were only two manufacturers of
coolant in the US.  The Bhopal event was a fair amount earlier, and may have
had similar results.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: Carrington, Tom <tcarrington@RELITECH.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: Walmart coolant or VW coolant

> That was the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India that blew in 1989 or so.
> Coolant went up to $9 a gallon!
>
> I also remember working at Trak Auto after I got out of high school in the
> mid '80's. We would get both Prestone and Trak brand coolant off the same
> delivery trucks from Union Carbide. The Prestone sales rep that came to
all
> the stores confirmed that both came from the same place, but tried to tell
> us that the Prestone had "more and better additives" than the non-Prestone
> store brand stuff.
>
> TomC
> tcarrington@relitech.com
> http://volksweb.relitech.com
> 85 Vanagon Crew Cab
> 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
> 65 Notchback
>
> > USELESS TRIVIA: I don't know if it is still the case, but a few years
ago
> > all the green stuff sold in NA was made in only two factories...remember
> > when the price of coolant went sky-high? There had been a fire in one of
> > the factories.
> >