Another car fire around three miles from my house.
Mom had a '28 Essex (maybe that was where I caught the bug) parked in a barn full of hay that started to smoke from a bad battery connection. Fortunately caught very early. After that she always disconnected the ground when not in use.
I drove around in a '68 Fairlane, a car I rather enjoyed, it looked like a Field Beater, but opening up that 302 would settle the score. Once the accelerator stuck open when making a U-turn on a busy street. I had to bend over and pry it off the floor.
With the new baby on the way I felt compelled to abandon it (the car) for something more sensible. A week later the dude that bought it called to say it had caught fire and burned up in his driveway. C'est la dee."
(Images are not mine. This back before the Age of Digital).
Mom had a '28 Essex (maybe that was where I caught the bug) parked in a barn full of hay that started to smoke from a bad battery connection. Fortunately caught very early. After that she always disconnected the ground when not in use.
I drove around in a '68 Fairlane, a car I rather enjoyed, it looked like a Field Beater, but opening up that 302 would settle the score. Once the accelerator stuck open when making a U-turn on a busy street. I had to bend over and pry it off the floor.
With the new baby on the way I felt compelled to abandon it (the car) for something more sensible. A week later the dude that bought it called to say it had caught fire and burned up in his driveway. C'est la dee."
(Images are not mine. This back before the Age of Digital).