Thread: D3 burnt to a crisp. Self ignited!

Just a Lick of Paint and that ARB Bar would be fine

Car fires are frightening things to see. Many years ago a school friend of mine got burnt to death when the Austin/Morris 1100 he was in crashed and burnt to bits with him trapped in it.
I arrived just after it was put out and the fireman rolled him out onto a canvas after the Police Doc had pronounced him deceased.
Not a nice sight and I didn't know it was him until I saw it in the local paper later.
Imagine a Halloween turnip head and that's what he looked like.....with arms and legs burnt to stumps.
I drove home slowly that night.
Just about 10 years ago now the Cook and I were up the GRR and went up to Drysdale station and came across a burnt out wreck of a vehicle and camper..... I was told at the station it was Nissan and luckily the family including kids got out alive.
The whole thing was burnt from front to back and the only recognisable things were the gas bottles on the A frame!
I don't scare easily but the one thing that frightens me is being trapped in a burning vehicle.
Drive safely people.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by ATH

Car fires are frightening things to see. Many years ago a school friend of mine got burnt to death when the Austin/Morris 1100 he was in crashed and burnt to bits with him trapped in it.
I arrived just after it was put out and the fireman rolled him out onto a canvas after the Police Doc had pronounced him deceased.
Not a nice sight and I didn't know it was him until I saw it in the local paper later.
Imagine a Halloween turnip head and that's what he looked like.....with arms and legs burnt to stumps.
I drove home slowly that night.
Just about 10 years ago now the Cook and I were up the GRR and went up to Drysdale station and came across a burnt out wreck of a vehicle and camper..... I was told at the station it was Nissan and luckily the family including kids got out alive.
The whole thing was burnt from front to back and the only recognisable things were the gas bottles on the A frame!
I don't scare easily but the one thing that frightens me is being trapped in a burning vehicle.
Drive safely people.
AlanH.

I lost my best mate Fat Baz and his girlfriend in 2008.They hit a tree and the Toyo 80ser burst into flames.A back seat passenger was able to drag 2 unconscious girls out of the rear seat.Baz was trapped in the front of top of his lady,they were incinerated alive.The poor bloke who couldn't get them out before it engulfed them has never forgiven himself.
VERY SAD,I miss the big fella heaps.
Andrew

Interesting docco on the early years of Grand Prix racing: "Grand Prix- the killer years"

Before driver safety and safe track design was a thing, drivers were taping spanners to their steering wheels to allow them to undo the wheel to escape a burning racecar. They were literally bolted into the vehicle. The pioneers of the sport lobbied for driver safety and helped to build the sport into what it is today.

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This thread took a depressing turn. Sorry for all those losses, very sad incidents.