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[Luva65wagon]

Just reading the Sonoma County Falcons newsletter and they posted the following picture with a caption:

The remains of a 56 Chevy on the first lap of the cruise downtown after an engine fire.

Just goes to show you that a small oversight on tightening a fuel line clamp or crimping a wire can have devastating effects. I'm not sure what this car looked like prior to this, but I'm sure they had tens-of-thousands invested.

[BPVan]

I think Hagerty covers that... Thats a real bummer and you're absolutely right. My carb boiling issue makes me nervous sometimes as well.

Small anecdote... Last week I helped a friend replace an in-tank sending unit/pump, had to drop the whole tank. I had an extinguisher nearby for sure and I refused to let him run a cutoff tool for one of the tank strap bolts (it rusted from being on the east-coast). Lots of swear words getting the stuck bolt but no one blew up.