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Date:         Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:37:19 -0600
Reply-To:     Owen <olists@THEBRANDS.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Owen <olists@THEBRANDS.ORG>
Subject:      (Spam rating 6/10) Re: Yesterday's Engine Fire in Rockefeller
              Center NYC
Comments: To: Chris Mills <busbodger@EARTHLINK.NET>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Mills" <busbodger@EARTHLINK.NET> > > At least maybe a valve on the existing system actuated by an old fashioned > cable like used to be sold for choke control on pickups, old cars, and > tractors? Discover a fire, pull the knob to kill fuel flow to the fuel > pump, pull a second to kill the return loop in the fuel system, flip a > switch to kill the pump, coast to the side of the road, pull third knob to > release engine bay extinguishers... I'm having a vision of a B-17 in combat > conditions over Germany... <grin> Maybe a 4th knob to dump the coolant if > the vehicle is still moving to wash away any spilled fuel... Maybe some > Navy AFFF foam in a tank.... <grin> > > Thanks! <grin> > > Merry Christmas!

This list is hands down the best I am on.

I want to build this just for the coolness factor. Perhaps different defcon levels can be shouted as the intensity of the situation develops? I can see my wife's eyes rolling now.

This post is pretty high on the spam scale but it is Friday after all.


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