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Title: HM1121 caught on fire in my shop
Post by: mrobbins on March 24, 2016, 02:22:04 AM
 It's a long story but my Cobra caught on fire in my shop two weeks ago . I was able to stop the fire quickly but my car looks like hell and since I am not planning on ever selling
my car I have been working on improvements to my car . I have stripped all the cut pile  carpet and will be installing loop style carpet with the plastic backing . I have dropped
the seating and have given myself 1 1/2 " lower seat set in the car. During the confusion of putting out the carb fire I tripped over a half gallon of red alkyd enamel and of
course the the damned thing landed just right and red paint was all over the rear area of my pretty Viper blue . I am to the buffing stage and am happy I didn't lose my car !

      I will remake the header on the Gen. I one car . They fit like a first time welder built them...........more to come as in pics .           Mike
Title: Re: HM1121 caught on fire in my shop
Post by: mandmGuys on March 24, 2016, 08:29:54 AM
Yikes- Mike, that sounds like near disaster. Glad you got it put out. Any idea of the cause (leak, backfire, electric)?

Mark
Title: Re: HM1121 caught on fire in my shop
Post by: Bob Worley on March 24, 2016, 08:51:06 AM
Dang, Mike!   if you need any help let me know, i'm not far away.

Title: Re: HM1121 caught on fire in my shop
Post by: s_reynolds on March 24, 2016, 09:02:16 AM
Mike, glad it wasn't any worse than it was. I can relate to the red paint episode. It seems like any time I do something lately, if there is anything that can fall, tip, spill, etc near what I'm doing it does and just causes more work. Good luck and keep us posted on the mods with pics.

Sam, HM1076
Title: Re: HM1121 caught on fire in my shop
Post by: MFE III on March 24, 2016, 01:03:24 PM
Mike, so sorry to hear this news. Any fire damage to the body, other than the red paint?
Keep us posted.
Title: Re: HM1121 caught on fire in my shop
Post by: Russ Rittimann on March 24, 2016, 01:52:32 PM
What a bummer!!!!!!  Would like to see the pix.  Hope you get things back in order without too much effort.  Glad it wasn't a complete catastrophe.

Russ
Title: Re: HM1121 caught on fire in my shop
Post by: mrobbins on March 25, 2016, 04:01:44 AM
 I posted a pic on Club Cobra ,Right now I am just too pissed at myself to post pics .

  To Bob Worley , Thank you very much for the offer to help . I will get in touch with you personally soon .


   Thanks for the support guys , Mike HM1121