1951 Ferrari 212 on fire....!!

Ouch at the guy running with the fire extinguisher, he tripped, seemed like an old dude too, hope he's alright. Sad to see that beautiful car get some damage, not on fire per say. Still sad

 

Tough to watch OUCH!!!! but looks repairable

 

lets hope they got all that chemical powder of it quickly.

 

why the hell is there no air cleaner on the carbs? it looked like a carb / fuel fire, which can be prevented, if not controlled by running an air cleaner to start with !

 

I was 10 feet away when it started burning. It was a horrible situation.

Lesson learned: Always keep a fully loaded extinguisher at hand. I am reading the instructions on mine for the first time, and have repeatedly practiced removing it from its support as fast as possible.

 

How was your adventure?

 

Thank you for asking Jim. I will post stories and pics in the vintage section, but I can hardly keep my eyes open right now...

 

A foreseeable event, it won't be cheap but fortunately very repairable.

 

Could have been much worse.

 

+1. I can't believe they used a chemical powder extinguisher. If I owned something as significant and historic as one of these old Ferraris I would have a dedicated on-board Halon system with both automatic and manual activation. Sheez, I have a great Halon unit in a quick released mount from Competition Components in my POS F355.

 

As discussed in the other thread, Halon is outlawed in the EU...

I've put an engine fire out with beer, once........whatever you have, is what you use......

What they really needed was a pair of gloves, to handle the hot lid!

 

The old dude still has some moves left. Almost a tuck and roll. Considering his age he recovered extremely quick. I'm a lot younger than him and given the same circumstances would have probably fallen on my face.

 

Carb fires can easily extinguished by revving, or swatting with a towel or jacket to blow it out. Dry chemical shouldnt be anywhere around cars like these unless the fire can spread to other property. I am also surprised to see them running without filters with a solid hood, an open hood wouldnt have caused so much trouble.

A pocketknife would have made short work of those hood straps rather than fumbling around trying to undo them while the car is burning.

 

It was still running pretty well, I think a fuel line must have been leaking as well as just a backfire.....

 

Yikes

 

I keep a Halotron 2.5lb extinguisher in the interior of my 328...

I hope never to use it.

 

That's going to ruin someone's day........

 

The car had velocity stacks. Lots had them when new and still have them. Also when new they didn't drive around with fire extinguishers. He was driving it and enjoying it. So it had a minor fire.

I have repaired many burn jobs. That one is very small and can be fixed quite easily. Also the worst damage I have had to deal with in fire repairs like his was from someone trying to get rid of the fire extinguisher chemicals. It is often best just left there. It is not that corrosive on its own.

That car is a very easy fix and like Sir Stirling Moss said "Its worth fixing".

 

Noooo, sad to see.

 

I had a friend back in middle school who's grandparents had two RR Corniches convertibles. One night the fire extinguisher in the garage fell off the shelf for some reason hit the floor and busted open. It filled the entire garage along with the inside and outside of both Corniches completely with that powder. Sad, sad night.

 

What is the serial number if this 212.

 

Glad its not any worse than it seems. I am curious to hear more from Julio though.


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