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

[Frank DuVal]

No, the Corvair exhaust does not get as hot as a catalytic converter 
does. There have been warnings in the owners manuals since catalytic 
converters were installed on cars NOT to park on leaves, grass, etc. as 
there is a great dangger of fire.

Last year I visited one of the many wineries in Virgina, and at Linden 
Winery I parked my '95 Buick on grass about 6"tall as this was the 
overflow parking area. As I got out I smelled something burning. I got 
back in a moved the car quickly! There was a small singed area where the 
catalytic conver was.

Frank DuVal

Charles Lee at Prop Per wrote:

>
>> Yup !
>>
>> No joke about that fire - a 2005 Maserati catalytic converter started 
>> the whole thing :
>>
>> Here's a link :
>>
>> 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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