Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!
Things got out of hand fast!
Teresa's brother (Roger) and sister-in-law invited us over for a barbecue today. Before any cooking was started Roger decided to finish up a go-cart project he'd been working on. He'd just swapped out an 8 horse Briggs for an 11 horse and still needed to get it all put back together. Everything was going well and it test fired fine. When one of Teresa's grandkids insisted on driving it Roger consented even though the exhaust wasn't finished yet.
Within seconds it went up in flames. - It wasn't a piddly little fire, - it was run for your life this thing is gonna blow flames! The exhaust melted the fuel line and the gas caught fire. There was a mad dash to douse the flames with baking soda and flour. It didn't work so they ran for a hose and eventually put it out. No one was injured but it melted the seat, the steering wheel, all the wiring, the air filter, and one rear tire blew during the blaze. The fiberglass body is scorched but will survive. I think it burned for over 5 minutes.
I would have yelled "Quick, Grab the hotdogs!", but I was too busy fighting the fire.
This is an old picture of what it looked like before it was fricasseed.
I didn't have my camera with me or I'd have taken photos of the aftermath.
HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!
Things got out of hand fast!
Teresa's brother (Roger) and sister-in-law invited us over for a barbecue today. Before any cooking was started Roger decided to finish up a go-cart project he'd been working on. He'd just swapped out an 8 horse Briggs for an 11 horse and still needed to get it all put back together. Everything was going well and it test fired fine. When one of Teresa's grandkids insisted on driving it Roger consented even though the exhaust wasn't finished yet.
Within seconds it went up in flames. - It wasn't a piddly little fire, - it was run for your life this thing is gonna blow flames! The exhaust melted the fuel line and the gas caught fire. There was a mad dash to douse the flames with baking soda and flour. It didn't work so they ran for a hose and eventually put it out. No one was injured but it melted the seat, the steering wheel, all the wiring, the air filter, and one rear tire blew during the blaze. The fiberglass body is scorched but will survive. I think it burned for over 5 minutes.
I would have yelled "Quick, Grab the hotdogs!", but I was too busy fighting the fire.
This is an old picture of what it looked like before it was fricasseed.
I didn't have my camera with me or I'd have taken photos of the aftermath.