[FC] Re: Corvanatics Digest, Vol 6, Issue 17

[Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser]

Sad story Wayne... but it can be fixed and it is still the truck of your 
dreams! Now you can add stories of great derring do and become a legend in 
you own time!
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WARD2WAYNE at aol.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:20 PM
Subject: [FC] Re: Corvanatics Digest, Vol 6, Issue 17


> Hi all
> I'm having a rough day and hope I can get advice that will either make me
> feel better or just finish it off.  This A.M. I  was driving my 61 
> Rampside to
> work.  I hadn't driven it for a week
> because weather was great and I drove my 66 Monza convert instead. 
> Anyway I
> used the
> choke to start the rampy and slowly kept backing off as I drove to  work.
> 3/4 of the
> way I heard a bang and looked in my rearview mirror to see flames across 
> the
> back.
> I didn;t have my cell phone and did a 100 yard dash to a corner fire alarm
> box.  When I
> got back to the truck the paint was blistering off the sides and  smoke 
> was
> pouring from the
> air intake vents on the sides.  Needless to say the entire top of the 
> motor
> was burned
> bare of any rubber, plastic and anything that would burn by the time a 
> fire
> engine arrived.
> I took off the engine panel after it had cooled off as well as the  panel
> over the transmission
> everything stopped inside the firewall. The outside of the body  looked 
> very
> good before
> the fire and the engine only had 54,000 miles without a knock or  ping and
> not smoke
> whatsoever.  The cab had some rust problems just behind the wheel  wells. 
> I
> know it
> will need a paint job but have no idea what replacement for electrical 
> (plug
> wires, ?  generator. coil, distributor and etc. Has anyone run   into this
> and will I have to let go
> of a truck I bought 2 years ago. after wanted one since I some my first
> rampside 44
> years ago?  I have a good mechanic but don't know if he will want  to 
> tackle
> this job
> Wayne Nickel
> 61 rampside (old smoky)
> 66 monza convert
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