Anyone ever lit a Volkswagen case on fire?

toumadrivesa66 · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject:

F-150s have magnesium blocks? That rules. Bigger fire with a more reasonable motor to burn. To bad the whole truck wasn't magnesium.
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QWKDTSN · Samba Member Joined: June 26, 2003 Posts: 26

My local counter jockey at Kragen told me the story of his Super Beetle's case catching on fire. Apparently someone pulled up and tried to help by pouring (throwing? .. with the heat, and all) beer onto the block fire to put it out. By the time the CHP showed up there they were on the side of the highway, watching this thing burn to the ground as bright as the sun, with a case of empty beer cans at their feet. Razz

Saggs · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 1:11 pm Post subject:

back in 86 on our college graduation night we had a couple junk super beetles that some guy left abandoned in our apartment lot. We were all very drunk and rolled one over and threw a burning lawnmower inside of it. I couldn't believe how big and bright the flame was!! I can't believe the cops never showed up, the 85 yr old neighbor came out and had a couple beers and helped us watch it burn. These are the advantages of schools in rural Vermont.
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70 140 · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:48 am Post subject:

I had never thought about this. I have a scrap 36 horse engine and a big drum out in the field....I'm gonna give it a try. It will be a while until I do this, but I will post pics.

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:53 am Post subject:

Fish · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:44 pm Post subject:

If you can get your hands on one of those old fire extinguisher that you fill with water and compressed air or a super soaker might work. Then clear everyone waaaaaaaaaay back from the fire and hit it with the water. The thing will explode like your hitting it with gasoline.
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TimGud · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:26 pm Post subject:

JamesT · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject:

We were cleaning out the barn and found 4 or 5 bad transmissions and several old engines past their second line bore, so we chucked them on a fire. It took about 20 minutes before the first one caught, but once it did, they all went up. We were having fun chucking buckets of water on the fire because it made a massive flare up and a yellow mushroom cloud. All that was left afterwards was a thick layer of white ash, little pools of aluminum, and the internals of the transmission laying perfectly in place where they sat in the tranny. Next time I go camping, I'm bringing an engine block.
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roy63 · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject:

LostMyVWkey · Samba Member Joined: September 04, 2007 Posts: 54

That was one of the craziest camp fires I have ever seen. Last weekend at the BNNTA #24 I thought I would kick back by my campfire and relax. Then I thought, "Where the hell is that bright light coming from?" I found it. Two and a half hours later and three case halves the light went dim. Wow, I had no idea that it was that bright. I was afraid of retinal burning so I got my eyes behind a tree. We were upwind and I wondered how many squirrels were lost in the woods. Yes, water exaggerated the "flame." If that wasn't enough the campout clown added a few too many full cans of tuna to only explode and make it even bigger. At that point the family camping trip became kinda unsafe. Interesting nonetheless. Yes, they burn, Bring sunglasses.

bvolks · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:45 am Post subject:

Now I know what all the "explosions" were coming from when my storage building full of VW stuff went up in smoke.
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bad dog racing · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject:

Blackdawg · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject:

When you trow a rock at it!

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Blackdawg · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KKSRGtBD28

LeviMan2001 · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:41 pm Post subject:

truelinebob · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject: vw case on fire

here is a video of one with water going on it to fuel it more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKpjYSd1RmM

foxtail1 · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:50 am Post subject:

The military and the airports use or they did way back when a blood base foam. I have seen several plane fires up close, well not as close as a fireman. Back in the late 50's. One was a crash and the other 3 was caused by stupid mech's.
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rubsterob · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:45 am Post subject:

I've heard that magnesium creates it own oxygen when it burns there for can bun under water but I also know that when you try to put you car fire out they explode and smell really bad
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LeviMan2001 · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:54 am Post subject:


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