How not to spend your sunday

[K5dreamer]

didnt start till 4pm, still managed to fix the truck, diagnose a siezed alternator on my dads car, mow the lawn... and oh yeah, burn my camaro to the ground.

hadnt start and run it for a few weeks, so i figured id let it idle while i mowed the lawn. turned around and followed a column of smoke back to the camaro engulfed in flames 4 feet over the roof of the car. had dad call 911 while i used a fire extinguisher and a garden hose to put out the flames. It seems to have been an electrical fire in the passenger footwell. thankfully the damage under the hood is minimal. so i can salvage the engine/trans.

 

[sweetk30]

tuneport for the truck now the hard way

at least no one got hurt or house or garage go with it.

 

[MTBLAZER89]

Oh man that sucks!

 

[K5dreamer]

lol, keepin the 6.2 in the truck, but might build a sweet 383 tuned port and put it on craigslist for someone lookin to repower a truck.

and yeah, my dad was thankfull i put the fire out as soon as i did, his taurus was parked right next to the camaro, no collateral damage, but i did start a brush fire that i put out when i did the car.

im tryin to look on the bright side. ive been over the camaro for a while, its been a money pit, wasnt selling on craigslist, was driving my parents nuts sitting in the driveway, and was gonna cost an arm and a leg to put back together and sell proper, which is money i can now spend on the blazer instead

 

[bronc3buster842001]

If you decide to part out the tpi setup let me know. I need a few parts.

 

[496truck]

As a long time lover of Camaros (even 3rd gens), I am sorry for your loss.

Here's a pic of the last one (87) I built and along side my friends 68.

 

[EIB8400]

WOW.. Man that sucks. Good thing you caught it when you did. Could have been way worse.

 

[70jimmy]

Glad nobody got hurt! At least you were able to salvage part of it.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Damn, bummer man.

Least it sounds like you have insurance.

 

[K5dreamer]

thanks all.

no insurance much to my dismay. had been thinking about it for a while. but never got around to it. let that be a lesson to us all.

and i do love the camaros, as much of a mullet mobile as it was i couldnt drive the car without smiling. But ill never buy another third gen after the last two screwed me so bad.

although ive always had a thing for chevelles.... small block 1965, big block 1970, maybe its time to graduate to a full frame hotrod

 

[79bonanza]

thats the spirit hahaha

 

[lectric80]

Sucks to hear, and glad it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I will say that I like the 3rd gen Camaro's and have been wanting to pick one up for a DD. Not sure I can convince the wife to allow me to have more stuff at the house. Of course the convincing will be easier if I just call her one day and say I need you to go with me to pick up a car.

 

[K5dreamer]

i happen to know where you can pick one up cheap

not quite ready to be a daily driver though

 

[lectric80]

Yeah, I think I will pass on this particular one.