<VV> Battery fire

[frank walkr]

many years ago when i was a teenager I was driving my dad's 68 having fun on
this nice winding road when the engine died. I coasted to the side and
looked under the hood and found that the battery was not bolted down. it had
flown across the engine compart ( the battery cables were still attached and
had landed with the positive post resting on a red hot fuel line. Some of
the lead on the cable end had melted and opened the short. I put the battery
back in its place and the car started right back up, i check for leaks and i
went home to do some explaining.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Smitty Smith <vairologist at verizon.net>wrote:

> Smitty Says:   Some years ago Ward Bourgandine thought so too.  Only going
> to a show so what could happen.  He took off with his rampside and some time
> during the trip the battery tipped over.  No indicatins of problems in the
> cockpit, but when he got to the show there was a 2" diameter hole in the
> outside panel where the Pos terminal had touched.  No big deal since a
> couple hundred bucks worth of body work and another couple hundred bucks
> worth of paint on his prestine truck fixed it.
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