Date:         Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:35:07 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: junkyard tales, change those fuel lines!
Comments: To: drillock@EARTHLINK.NET
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In a message dated 10/17/04 9:32:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes:


> waterboxer Westy that had burned up in an engine fire. The worst Westy
> fire I have seen. Almost everything was still there as the damage made
> 99.9% of the parts useless. The steering wheel was just a thin metal
> ring and the dash was just metal remains. The glovebox was ashes on the
> floor and the front seats just wires and springs. The utility doors on
> the outside were melted but I saved the fridge flue vent assembly. The
> front table had burned to nothing but the metal support so I bought the
> badly tarnished arm for $2. The only other parts I could fine still good
> were the shelves, etc from inside the fridge. T

i took a bunch of stuff of a '88 westy in a yard like that a few yrs ago..
funny thing was that it was LOADED full of citronella candles..in their
galvanized buckets..all melted into a pile of goo..  the table brackets were there and
the swival seat bases, and like that one also the interior of the fridge was
unharmed... as were the front curtain, and barbie cube trays which were stored
in the fridge at the time of the fire.. also got the LP tank and a bunch of
other stuff that doesnt burn..

most people would have walked by and considered it a total waste but there
were still alot of good parts to be had in the charred ruins..