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Ouch -- a good reason to replace fuel lines

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  1. Spitfire

    Spitfire Formula 3

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    I think this is in bad taste as it's clear that people were badly hurt (at the very least) in some of these accidents. However, it does underline (in a particularly graphic manner) why keeping one's 308 fuel lines in good shape is so important.

    I do not want to offend anybody, so please do not follow this link only to chew me out later ...

    http://www.wreckedexotics.com/308/
     
    Spitfire, Dec 20, 2006
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  2. drjohngober

    drjohngober Formula 3

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    Page 2, top photos 3rd from the right is my old 308. Caught fire in Grapevine,Texas. Had carbs tuned, minor work, caught fire two days later while on 114.Still miss it, great car...
     
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  3. Spitfire

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    It must be displaying differenly in Firefox. Looks like a white one that was involved in an accident. Must be looking at the wrong car. My commiserations regardless. Did you replace it with another one?
     
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  4. drjohngober

    drjohngober Formula 3

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    Yes, I bought another 308, then mondial, the 360 F1, the back to a 308 and most recently a 86 328GTS...no more fires.
     
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  5. drjohngober

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    Sorry, fourth from the left, second from the right.
     
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  6. Spitfire

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    Yep, I can see yours. REALLY sad
     
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  7. Birdman

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    So you went from a 308 to a 360 and back to a 308? I'm interested in this story!! Care to share?

    Birdman
     
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  8. drjohngober

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    The older I get the more I enjoy the older cars. I had three transmission failures ( two leaving me stranded with my wife at nice restaurants in Dallas...embarassing)...one leaving Javiers with a parking lot full of transmission fluid. After trading the 360 on a twin turbo, I promised my wife no more Ferraris. Well,that was two years ago but I just could not pass on the 328 I found six weeks ago. I am happier with the 328 than any other F car I have owned. But I really am becoming interested in a 288 or 512.... no more modern cars for me.
     
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    I agree.
     
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  10. BigAl

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    +1
     
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    Jonesdds,
    What kind of dentist are you? I am a pediatric dentist near Dallas.
     
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  12. BigTex

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    ..c'mon....fess up, you scoured the country to "find" that deal in Midland! LOL!
     
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  14. Argento839

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    Yikes! I am going to check my fuel lines and keep my extinguisher maintained....
     
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    and he happens to be my daughters' dentist. Small world.
     
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    I'm a dentist and judging from your car collection thru the years, I think I need to move to TX
     
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    Dr. John, You are my hero!! Going from a 360 back to a 328! Yeah man!

    Birdman
     
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  18. FasterIsBetter

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    Exactly why I have pulled the engine out of my '78 GTS and am changing every single hose, from top to bottom and replacing with the highest quality hoses I can find and the best clamps as well. There is no such thing as being too rich or too safe.
     
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  19. NYCFERRARIS

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    Hi, there has been a few other threads on this but some confusion, let me know what are the "best" hoses and clamps that you are using and sources in NNJ too. I am getting worried and increaslingly cautious...snaping a belt is badd enough to worry about but Fire...that can hurt and leave a mark...we sitt awfully close to that engine and gas tank and the term "firewall" is a misnomer
     
    NYCFERRARIS, Jan 26, 2007
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