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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 03/11/2004 :  13:48:55  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
When I got ready to leave the house this morning I smelled smoke in the garage. Karen and I started looking all over for a fire. Finally I saw smoke coming from a pile of blankets the dog sleeps on. Sunlight coming through the garage window was being focused on the blankets by the right front wheel of my 2001 Mustang. This started the blankets smouldering. We still can't believe it. However, I held my hand in the light coming off the wheel and it was very hot. Indiscipline's spare gas tank was nearby!

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398
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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 03/11/2004 :  13:54:10  Show Profile
Thank goodness you discovered it when you did! It certainly makes an excellent case for putting a shade on that window. Glad everything's all right.
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MattL
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Response Posted - 03/11/2004 :  15:13:50  Show Profile
Sounds like you could also use the hubcap to cook hot dogs
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/11/2004 :  15:23:23  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
What Hubcap!
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MattL
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Response Posted - 03/11/2004 :  15:42:08  Show Profile
Now Jim, you just said Mustang, you didn't mention one word about cobra. I'll change my statement it must have been your hot exhaust.
I'm in process of getting a new engin in our 63 corvett rag top. I just finished painting it last year at the local c college adn the engin decided to take a dump. Got my hands on a ZZ4 and a friend is putting it in. When it is ready I'll have to take a road trip and perhaps we can compair scratch.
Here it is when we got it, two crashes ago. No idea how many happended before we go it.


Here it is last year with the elder getting ready for school

The pop up lights were removed and the trun signals shaved off. I replaced the turn signal pods with color crayon banks I wired and fiberglassed on.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/11/2004 :  17:48:36  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JimB517</i>
<br />When I got ready to leave the house this morning I smelled smoke in the garage. Karen and I started looking all over for a fire. Finally I saw smoke coming from a pile of blankets the dog sleeps on. Sunlight coming through the garage window was being focused on the blankets by the right front wheel of my 2001 Mustang. This started the blankets smouldering. We still can't believe it. However, I held my hand in the light coming off the wheel and it was very hot. Indiscipline's spare gas tank was nearby!

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Do you think the dog hair on the blankets acted as a volatile kindling?
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mmac
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Response Posted - 03/11/2004 :  18:12:47  Show Profile
Thank goodness you found it in time! A C-25 isn't big enough for 4 to liveaboard, although it would cut down your transit time to the boat.
I hope to see you guys this weekend if I get done reinspecting my house for fire hazards.
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/11/2004 :  19:18:47  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Yes, I do believe that the dog hair contributed.
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