Life's most embarrassing car moments

A few years back, I lit the engine in my dart on fire !

This was about 2 months after I had just painted the engine bay, the engine itself, and had redone all the under hood wiring.

Emptied a dry chemical fire extinguisher getting it out.

Bubbled the paint on the pass side inner fender, and on the bottom of the hood. Fried a bunch of my new wiring.

Took weeks to clean up the mess left behind by the chemical extinguisher.

BTW the dart was in the garage at the time. Lucky I didn't burn down the garage and the car.

Lesson learned: After having the top off your carb to change jets, always make sure
to reattach the fuel line to the carb before starting the car. When I started the car, the fuel line was pointing right at the coil and distributor, caught fire instantly.