Imo000

How big is your monitor?

SeanR

That poor car.

namasgt

Some paint is removed from the back quarter panel, the rest of it is black....

Imo000

Are you blind? The windows popped and the interrior is half melted.

It's amazing the gas tank didn't melt.

namasgt

You must be really bored.

snoz

This is the conditon of your monitor? There's a bit more smoked from the car.

Charley B

How tragically poetic. When he starts the car, the left taillight begins to smoke and after a few seconds, burns itself out.

Imo000

Yes, but your statememt is still wrong. Had the pleasure to rebuild a fire damaged car in the past and just getting the smell of smoke is a huge task. Never mind the test of the work.

Cosmo Kramer

I am shocked that the fuel pump is working with the rear bumper melted off like that!

kevinlieb

"How tragically poetic. When he starts the car, the left taillight begins to smoke and after a few seconds, burns itself out."
I noticed that too. Very cool and very poetic.

That car is toast. Sad to look at...

AirtekHVAC

I read his thread somewhere recently...I am thinking it was an alfa next to the 928, and he was working on the alfa...it burst into flames, and he tried to get the 928 out, but was not able to get to the keys, and chose life over trying to get car out.

h011yw00d

^^^ ...pu$$y

rjm65

Here's the thread on this car:

http://porsche928forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1159

Avant20v

I see that you guys are discussing my garage fire. Here is a brief overview of the 928 and the events that transpired.

I had been working pretty hard on the 928 and just got it to place that I felt like I could bring in another car into the fold. My wife has always asked for a classic convertible so we bought a 1972 Alfa Spider (trial run car before she got another Porsche). There was fuel mixed with the oil due to bad gasket in the SPICA fuel injection system.

I had spent most of the day running through the car’s fluids diff, trans and oil. But when I got to the oil I noticed it was leaking from the plug. So when I was changing oil with my drop light on the ground, (not expecting to negotiated fuel) the oil came out like water and simply went everywhere. And within a couple seconds the floor was covered with a fuel/oil mixture. A few seconds after the incident I got up to grab some rags and looked back and the was on fire and the rest is history. It was amazing how fast it went up. I went back into the garage to try and pull the 928 out but could not remember where the keys were. Plus I thought to myself "this is how people die" so I exited. It is very sad because I had spent countless hours going through the 928 and it was looking great and driving wonderful.

My wife filmed me starting the 928 up after I inspected the damage. I did look over the car the and specifically the fuel lines to look for damage. The fire started in the left garage bay and most of the damage was done by falling debris, and the heat of the fire. The 928 itself was not on fire. I had just got back from a part run and I left the windows down so most of the interior was gone. When the car started I was so surprised that I had to pull it out of the garage to look over the damage. Most of the debris on the way out was not moveable, so I figured what the hell else could happen? The car since has been junked due to insurance and space limitation.

So there is the story, I don’t chat on this site but I do on some others. I am big German car guy so I will be replacing the 928 with something within the same vein.

Let me know your questions.

Jeriah

AO

My condolences on the cars and congratulations on being alive. Gas fires are amazing and very difficult to put out. This reminds me that I need to have an extinguisher "out" in case of such emergencies.