RE: IML: Fire causes

[JAY D'ANGELO <cadij@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We determined that my fire started as a backfire thru the Edlebrock carb.  Because I had to use a riser for the air cleaner to clear the linkage, it effectively negated the stock backfire fire suppression ability.  The car was backfiring and flat spotting because of a sizeable vacuum leak that we traced to the parking brake release/transmission shifter mechanism.  Eliminating vacuum leaks, then, is one way to avoid disaster.
 
Jay D'Angelo
64 Iml Cvt
Las Vegas

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From: SLScheuermann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: IML: Fire causes
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:21:27 -0600

The talk not long ago about the car fire has me wondering. What are the more common causes of fires in the mid 60's Imperials?

 

A '65 that I almost purchased several years ago went up in flames on the road a month later. Now that my '65 will be on the road soon I want to make sure that the same thing does not happen to me. Yes, I agree, always carry a fire extinguisher, but I also believe in an ounce of prevention!

 

Scott Scheuermann

1965 Imperial

1960 Airstream travel trailer

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