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Posted by: mepstein Sep 24 2018, 04:38 PM
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Posted by: VaccaRabite Sep 24 2018, 05:53 PM
That sucks. Looks like that was a nice car.
Know anything about what happened?
Zach
Posted by: mepstein Sep 24 2018, 06:11 PM
It’s one of our shop cars. Actually was really nice paint and a hot rod engine. Backfire through the carbs, fire started, 30 seconds and it was gone.
Posted by: IronHillRestorations Sep 24 2018, 06:31 PM
Dee Bryson put a Blazecut on his 6. Not a bad idea, and considering the possibilities, cheap insurance.
https://www.blazecutusa.com/collections/blazecut-for-vehicles
Posted by: mepstein Sep 24 2018, 06:50 PM
Dee Bryson put a Blazecut on his 6. Not a bad idea, and considering the possibilities, cheap insurance.
https://www.blazecutusa.com/collections/blazecut-for-vehicles
Yea, Ben and I were talking about that today. Cheap insurance.
No insurance on the bug.
Posted by: mb911 Sep 24 2018, 07:54 PM
Dee Bryson put a Blazecut on his 6. Not a bad idea, and considering the possibilities, cheap insurance.
https://www.blazecutusa.com/collections/blazecut-for-vehicles
Yea, Ben and I were talking about that today. Cheap insurance.
No insurance on the bug.
Mark yup thats the "tube fire supression" system I was talking about.. Need to buy some at some point..
Posted by: EdwardBlume Sep 25 2018, 06:26 AM
That's a bad day. My condolences...
Build another one. Great shop car.
Posted by: mepstein Sep 25 2018, 06:33 AM
That's a bad day. My condolences...
Build another one. Great shop car.
We didn’t build it. This one came from another shop in a lot of cars that we purchased.
Posted by: nditiz1 Sep 25 2018, 06:42 AM
This is sad.
Looks to be a 70-72. My first was 72 super beetle. Now I own 3 (2 non running) 
I thought the fires were from the cracked fuel filter, cracked fuel lines, fuel lines coming unhooked and dumping fuel inside the engine bay onto the distributor. How did the backfire up the carb cause the fire? Looking how to prevent this on my own beetle, hopefully never.
Posted by: jrblackbox Sep 25 2018, 06:48 AM
30 seconds? That went up quick.
Posted by: poorsche914 Sep 25 2018, 06:20 PM
I had one do that. A balanced/blueprinted euro-spec 2.0 with dual carbs. My sister was driving it (I was driving a Lotus Europa I had just bought). Almost to a friend's house and I looked back and noticed she was falling back. I turned around to see what was going on and that's when I saw flames coming out the engine bay
Luckily had a fire extinguisher and put it out. Insurance paid for a partial rebuild.
Posted by: mepstein Sep 25 2018, 08:23 PM
I wasn't there when it caught on fire but if you've ever thrown a match to some gasoline, you know it goes up fast. Really really fast.
Posted by: Chris H. Sep 26 2018, 10:24 AM
This is sad.
Looks to be a 70-72. My first was 72 super beetle. Now I own 3 (2 non running)
I thought the fires were from the cracked fuel filter, cracked fuel lines, fuel lines coming unhooked and dumping fuel inside the engine bay onto the distributor. How did the backfire up the carb cause the fire? Looking how to prevent this on my own beetle, hopefully never.
Yes if the deck lid and taillights are correct that is a '72. Horseshoe tail lights, 4 vents on the lid. Too bad it burned up. Hope no one was hurt!
Posted by: mepstein Sep 26 2018, 11:38 AM
This is sad.
Looks to be a 70-72. My first was 72 super beetle. Now I own 3 (2 non running)
I thought the fires were from the cracked fuel filter, cracked fuel lines, fuel lines coming unhooked and dumping fuel inside the engine bay onto the distributor. How did the backfire up the carb cause the fire? Looking how to prevent this on my own beetle, hopefully never.
Yes if the deck lid and taillights are correct that is a '72. Horseshoe tail lights, 4 vents on the lid. Too bad it burned up. Hope no one was hurt!
Nobody hurt, thank goodness.
Posted by: Mark Henry Sep 26 2018, 07:49 PM
This is sad.
Looks to be a 70-72. My first was 72 super beetle. Now I own 3 (2 non running)
I thought the fires were from the cracked fuel filter, cracked fuel lines, fuel lines coming unhooked and dumping fuel inside the engine bay onto the distributor. How did the backfire up the carb cause the fire? Looking how to prevent this on my own beetle, hopefully never.
Likely it had one of these issues and the backfire was just the ignition point.
Also cheap fuel pumps where the pressed in tube/nipple pops out, loose carb tops and fittings, stuck floats, etc.
Posted by: euro911 Sep 26 2018, 11:16 PM
That sucks, Mark
I know all about the fuel hose tubes on the mechanical fuel pumps. When replacing the hoses on some pumps, the tubes pulled right out ... I ended up carefully dimpling the area around tubes and they stayed in place.
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