I don't know who's car it is, but if you need help, just reach out, I'm local (Eindhoven)
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- Thread starter eriknetherlands
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OMG ... always sad to see this.
would love to know the VIN if its a CSi or CSL
Not mine either, but discussed it with Erik as being the ‘locals’ regarding this one. Very sad news..
I can give it a try to see if I can get it, will reach out to the company who currently has it.
On a related note (to fire extinguishers) - One thing I used to have is a battery disconnect switch.
I don't have one installed currently. Might be time to do so.
I had one like this on the Mustang back many years ago.....
Don't know if there are more elegant solutions out there, but this one is pretty quick to spin 'open' if you should need to do so quickly....
I don't have one installed currently. Might be time to do so.
I had one like this on the Mustang back many years ago.....
Don't know if there are more elegant solutions out there, but this one is pretty quick to spin 'open' if you should need to do so quickly....
no way... :-(
It's very similar to the European stupidity with herbicides; Last week I had to buy herbicide again because the bottle I bought years ago ran out. I find out they won't sell me glyphosate (which is the active ingredient in the herbicide I bought years ago) because I don't have a professional applicator's license. Apparently if you have a license you can use potentially dangerous and hazardous products.
They're offering me a product that they themselves admit doesn't work well and is ineffective. Are we idiots?
Halon works very well as an extinguishing agent; it's effective and clean. Yet they prohibit it and allow us to buy powder extinguishers that are disgusting dirty and don't work in 60% of cases.
@rsporsche
Vin:
Would the metal be negatively be affected by the fire? I'm thinking the front end still must hold some value.
Warped? Did it weaken the steel?
Vin:
Would the metal be negatively be affected by the fire? I'm thinking the front end still must hold some value.
Warped? Did it weaken the steel?
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Ah, you found it Erik. I contacted the current holder/company, but the office guy could not help me as long as I could not give him the license plate number.
ScottAndrews
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I did a small amount of research on this. Generally if the fire does not get too hot, then it is sort of OK. There may be some panel warping, and in some cases the water used to extinguish the fire will heat treat the metal, so it will be harder to work later. Theoretically, that could be reversed by simply re-heating it, and letting it cool more slowly (annealing it).
That said, it looks like this car had a mostly interior fire,and it was extinguished relatively quickly, so, it is probably worth trying to save, although it will be a LOT of work (what Coupes aren't?).
Interesting to note that it looks like the leading around the a-pillar in the windshield area is intact, and that argues for a fairly low temperature fire.
That said, it looks like this car had a mostly interior fire,and it was extinguished relatively quickly, so, it is probably worth trying to save, although it will be a LOT of work (what Coupes aren't?).
Interesting to note that it looks like the leading around the a-pillar in the windshield area is intact, and that argues for a fairly low temperature fire.