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  1. Spitfire

    Spitfire Formula 3

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    #1 Spitfire, Dec 20, 2006
    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/
     
  2. drjohngober

    drjohngober Formula 3

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    #2 drjohngober, Dec 20, 2006
    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...
     
  3. Spitfire

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    #3 Spitfire, Dec 20, 2006
    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?
     
  4. drjohngober

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    #4 drjohngober, Dec 20, 2006
    Yes, I bought another 308, then mondial, the 360 F1, the back to a 308 and most recently a 86 328GTS...no more fires.
     
  5. drjohngober

    drjohngober Formula 3

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    #5 drjohngober, Dec 20, 2006
    Sorry, fourth from the left, second from the right.
     
  6. Spitfire

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    #6 Spitfire, Dec 20, 2006
    Yep, I can see yours. REALLY sad
     
  7. Birdman

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    #7 Birdman, Dec 20, 2006
    So you went from a 308 to a 360 and back to a 308? I'm interested in this story!! Care to share?

    Birdman
     
  8. drjohngober

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    #8 drjohngober, Dec 20, 2006
    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.
     
  9. jonesdds

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    #9 jonesdds, Dec 20, 2006

    I agree.
     
  10. BigAl

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    #10 BigAl, Dec 21, 2006
    +1
     
  11. drjohngober

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    #11 drjohngober, Dec 21, 2006
    Jonesdds,
    What kind of dentist are you? I am a pediatric dentist near Dallas.
     
  12. BigTex

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    #12 BigTex, Dec 21, 2006
    ..c'mon....fess up, you scoured the country to "find" that deal in Midland! LOL!
     
  13. flyingboa

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    #13 flyingboa, Dec 21, 2006
    +2
     
  14. Argento839

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    #14 Argento839, Dec 21, 2006
    Yikes! I am going to check my fuel lines and keep my extinguisher maintained....
     
  15. johntvette

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    #15 johntvette, Jan 25, 2007
    and he happens to be my daughters' dentist. Small world.
     
  16. Dr Tommy Cosgrove

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    #16 Dr Tommy Cosgrove, Jan 25, 2007
    I'm a dentist and judging from your car collection thru the years, I think I need to move to TX
     
  17. Birdman

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    #17 Birdman, Jan 26, 2007
    Dr. John, You are my hero!! Going from a 360 back to a 328! Yeah man!

    Birdman
     
  18. FasterIsBetter

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    #18 FasterIsBetter, Jan 26, 2007
    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.
     
  19. NYCFERRARIS

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    #19 NYCFERRARIS, Jan 26, 2007
    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
     

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