this sucks
#1
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RACING JUNKIE
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Lenoir City Tennessee
Posts: 864
this sucks
my buddy just got this truck last weekend. he cranked it up last night and it made a hell of a boom and burnt to the ground.it already had a v8 in it but he just built a heck of a 355 for it. him and another buddy was going to put it in this coming up weekend. so now he is looking for another truck to put it in.
#8
I am trusting this was a street truck and not an uninsured race vehicle. I have always heard to let a vehicle fire burn to the ground. If someone is quick enough to put it out, the smell and wiring problems will last forever.
Sorry for your loss, Dave
Sorry for your loss, Dave
#10
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JUNIOR BUILDER
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Fort Mill SC
Posts: 69
I fixed one burnt car in my 35 years of fixing cars. A 1981 Grand Prix. All was going well until I found the computer wiring harness. That was my first experience and the last. As far as the smell, I gutted the car completely, I mean everything and took it to a power wash and pressure washed all the air flow areas, cowl, everything I could wash and never got rid of the smell. I told the person I sold it to the previous owner was a fireman and that is why it smelled. (Just kidding)! Told them it had a slight overheating problem. (got ya again).