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06-10-2009, 03:40 PM
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CC Member/Contributor
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-FIA, 66 mustang convertible, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
Posts: 12,638
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One less Cobra in Tampa Bay area
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06-10-2009, 03:50 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
wa
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
Posts: 3,027
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That's a shame. 
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06-10-2009, 04:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Yorba Linda,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
Posts: 3,293
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Link assist...Ouch! Sure hope the owner got out okay and has insurance to cover/rebuild.
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06-10-2009, 04:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jacksonville,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #570 w Shelby FE
Posts: 1,009
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One real bad thing about fiberglass, it burns. |
06-10-2009, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 21,947
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronbo
One real bad thing about fiberglass, it burns. |
Appears to be West Virginia tags.... |
06-10-2009, 06:08 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Claremore,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: RUCC, 289 c.i. with a T-5 "Living the Cobra Experience"
Posts: 994
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Man, that picture turns my stomach! 
Hopefully no one was hurt.
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"Living the Cobra Experience"
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06-10-2009, 06:36 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Bridgewater,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: B & B
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That is one of my worst nightmares. Assuming the driver got out safely, he must have felt so helpless!
I think some of the fire spots can be buffed out?
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06-10-2009, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jacksonville,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #570 w Shelby FE
Posts: 1,009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
Appears to be West Virginia tags....
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Good call : http://www.15q.net/curr.html
They are W. Virgina tags. |
06-10-2009, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
Posts: 6,592
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Fuel Fire. Coolant on the ground. The worst sound to hear... WHoomp, followed by instant heavy smoke. Maybe an under hood Halon extinguisher might have helped.
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06-10-2009, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Flower Mound, TX,
tx
Cobra Make, Engine: Lonestar LS 427, Keith Craft 501,Toploader
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That's exactly why I have a fuel cutoff switch and a fire extinguisher.
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06-11-2009, 04:54 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Broken Arrow. OK ( South Tulsa), USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 66 COBRA FE 427 /4SP. (HCS Coupe w/ 408 Stroker and TKO 600 -sold)
Posts: 5,595
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Yep, I have the fuel cut off switch on my dash right next to my battery cut off. You never know when something like that can happen. I saw a late model Nissan Pickup on the freeway here that was burning in a similar way. Scarry and sad.
Clois
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06-11-2009, 05:18 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clois Harlan
Yep, I have the fuel cut off switch on my dash right next to my battery cut off. You never know when something like that can happen.
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This thread could become the poster-child for mechanical fuel pumps.  |
06-11-2009, 06:15 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: miami,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: E-M Cobra Ford FE 427 w/ Webers 48 IDA
Posts: 1,380
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Does anyone know what started the fire?
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06-11-2009, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
Posts: 6,592
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Seeing this should encourage everyone to take a moment to check their entire fuel system, and consider installing a fire extinguisher.
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As you slide down the Banister of Life, may the splinters never be pointing the wrong way
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06-11-2009, 09:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Duluth,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: 65 Factory Five MKIII Cobra
Posts: 110
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
Appears to be West Virginia tags....
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West Virginia tags, but I can assure you there are no palm trees in West Virginia. How bad would it suck to have this happen and also be on vacation with your car? |
06-11-2009, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Dadeville,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my EM.
Posts: 2,452
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clois Harlan
Yep, I have the fuel cut off switch on my dash right next to my battery cut off. You never know when something like that can happen. Clois
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I too prefer an electric fuel pump, so when I designed my dash, I went back to something I liked in the military aircraft I used to fly. Of the dozens of switches in the cockpit, a few were guarded by red covers that served two purposes. First, they drew attention to the critical switches that might need attention during an emergency. Second, they were installed so that closing the covers moved the switches to the default position you'd want during an emergency. So, in addtion to the big red battery disconnect switch on my dash, I have red covers that will shut off the switches for my ignition and fuel pump when closed.
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06-11-2009, 10:38 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: currently Cobra-less
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almost looks like this one:
http://www.clubcobra.com/classifieds...duct=687&cat=2
naah, different taillights
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06-11-2009, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sandy,
UT
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR with a 345-horse 302 Crate Engine
Posts: 88
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I can't run a mechanical pump with my setup, that's why I have a manual switch under my dash to kill the electric pump as well as an inertia switch wired in the circuit so that if the car was ever hit really hard that the switch would (hopefully) open as designed and kill fuel flow to the carb.
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06-11-2009, 11:16 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NE Oklahoma,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: Fords
Posts: 544
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new checklist:
1) oil
2) coolant
3) fuel lines & fittings
Z.
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06-11-2009, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Northern VA,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
Posts: 2,765
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 86Sebring
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Is that a small gas leak I see next to the carb in the engine picture ??!! 
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