[DeTomaso] Glad my ears still work

[Peter Kovacs]

Next story-1966 Porsche 911 in a the garage next to the hot water heater, cans of thinner and verathane under the cut out for the attic while I was inside sanding the floors for 3 hours. Smell something burning and unplug the sander. I opened the door to the garage and couldn't see anything through the smoke. As it started to clear, I could see the paint on the hood bubbling like boiling water. Evidently an electrical short at the battery ignited the wires and the carpet covering the fuel tank filling the car interior and garage with smoke. rolled it outside, opened the hood and put out the fire before the fire department got their. They subsequently water damaged the already smoke damaged car.

 
 
Peter (burnt the wick but no kaboom) Kovacs-   take the bait on that one, I dare ya
 20... fx




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From: Rich <hoppe1 at cox.net>
To: adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 5:40:21 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Glad my ears still work

OK
So you like stories.
I parked my 70 mustang in the garage with a full tank of gas and went on 
vacation.
2 weeks later I came home opened the front door of the house and I  could 
smell gas.
It turns out my gas tank dripped a whole tank of gas on the garage floor. 
It was still dripping with a spot about 2 feet around soaking in the 
concrete and creating fumes that went through the whole house.  Elec hot 
water heater
Real scary but no harm no fowl
Rich
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <adin at frontier.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Glad my ears still work


> Not in my cave . . . .
>
> Of course, my "trophy house" was built before you were born, sigh.
>
> Seriously, lets keep the puddles off the floor.
>
>
>
> Quoting Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>:
>
>> <<< Its a miracle you didn't BBQ everything when the water heater cycled. 
>>  >>>
>>
>> That's why water heaters in the garage are elevated 18-24" off the 
>> ground. :)
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