Fw: <VV> Beware Corvairs parked on Grass at Convention Concours

[Charles Lee at Prop Per]

> Yup !
>
> No joke about that fire - a 2005 Maserati catalytic converter started the 
> whole thing :
>
> Here's a link :
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> http://lledit.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060407/NEWS/604070342/1039
>
> Does a Corvair get that hot if the exhaust manifolds are covered ?  The 
> muffler maybe ?
>
> Hate to see it happen to a Corvair - at least a new Maserati can be 
> replaced pretty easily - just build another one.
>
> Corvairs ?  Not so easy to replace !
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Arjay Morgan" <n3lkz at yahoo.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 9:47 PM
> Subject: RE: <VV> Beware Corvairs parked on Grass at Convention Concours
>
>
>>  With an abundance of caution I cite Stan East's Corvair Activities at 
>> the Convention entry where he points out:
>>  <snip>
>>  "Wednesday July 26 Buffalo New York, CORVAIR Concours and Car Display in
>>  Lasalle Park just 1.5 miles from the hotel and on GRASS, also next to
>>  not
>>  one but TWO rivers (Buffalo & Niagara) and a large lake with an
>>  INTERNATIONAL view. Isn't that erie you were asking for just this!"
>>  <snip>
>>  For I then point out with even more caution what happened at the 
>> Lakeland Sun 'n'Fun flyin this week in Lakeland. Hopefully, they see fit 
>> to dampen the grass before those superhot Corvairs hunker down.
>>
>>  Lakeland, Florida - Twenty_four vehicles were damaged or destroyed 
>> Thursday afternoon after a grass fire broke out in a parking lot at the 
>> Sun 'n Fun Fly_In.
>>  Authorities believe that heat from a low_slung Maserati's catalytic 
>> converter caused dry grass in the parking lot to catch fire.
>>  The fire broke out at the main parking lot off of Pipkin Road. Lakeland, 
>> Polk and Mulberry fire departments responded and had the flames 
>> extinguished by mid_afternoon. Some cars have minor damage like scorch 
>> marks and melted tail lights, but others are burned down to the frame.
>>  No injuries were reported.
>>  Most of the parking is for spectators, and by late afternoon, some were 
>> not even aware their vehicles had been damaged or destroyed.
>>
>>
>>  Tampa Bay's 10 News
>>
>>  Better to be safe than sorry...
>>  Arjay Morgan
>>  64 Monza convert
>>
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