[Buzz]

Wow, Luke - condolences man! Like others have said, thank heavens it wasn't worse. Sounds like a beautiful car - Unique does sell a nice product.

I can partially relate - out of sheer luck I dodged that same bullet. I got home one evening after a really nice drive and when I got out of the car in the garage I heard a sound like dripping water and got a very strong smell of gasoline.

I looked under the car and gas was literally pouring out of the mechanical fuel pump not far from the very hot headers. I reached in and jammed the shifter into neutral and pushed the car out of the garage away from the house, expecting it to burst into flames at any second. Luckily it didn't and I put the old spare fuel pump on next morning. The diaphragm in the old one had apparently ruptured but I couldn't tell while driving.

In your case it does sound like brake fluid was dripping directly onto the exhaust. Really sorry for your loss, but like the guys said - let the insurance company earn some of the money you've been paying them, pick the pieces and move on to the next adventure. Best of luck.