Author Topic: One More Beetle Beyond Repair (Read 3376 times)

amishrabbi · « **on:** August 18, 2006, 04:44:59 PM »

my car

Mowser · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2006, 04:50:48 PM »

OMG, that sucks dude. I hope everyone is alright.

amishrabbi · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2006, 05:10:04 PM »

me and my brother are fine. but i was realy looking forward to going to all the events this weekend in the bug

steveo_32 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2006, 05:41:15 PM »

What happened?

amishrabbi · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2006, 05:45:54 PM »

not to sure, think it ahd something to do with the metal filter i put in

Hansk · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2006, 05:55:56 PM »

Holy Crap!! Clad no one was hurt. Anything we can do just let us know!

amishrabbi · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2006, 06:06:52 PM »

well im still going to the show this weekend but instead of showing off i guess ill be shopping

if any of you guys know of local 1303s (73+ supers) for sale thats what im looking for

slammedbus · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2006, 06:37:44 PM »

Oh man that sux hard!! Glad to hear everyone is ok but what a terrible loss.

egspot · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2006, 06:57:13 PM »

OH ^&*$%$%@$#@%$6 man.

Glad you guys are ok, I think i saw a few VWs on the Buy & Sell this week. I do not know whats left to work with/. Did you get to put it out nefore it was too late?

amishrabbi · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2006, 07:36:31 PM »

no its a total loss. if i realy wanted to i might be able to salvage the rims and the front tires but that is it

BUSDADDY · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2006, 08:46:20 PM »

Wow, every VW owners worst nightmare.

And it couldn't have happened at a worse time, I feel your pain bro. Good to hear everyones OK,

Mowser · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2006, 09:09:07 PM »

So that others may learn from what happened. What kind of time frame did it go from start to BLAZE? Did you have lots of time to get out and to safety or was it a mad rush? I ask because I plan on putting seatbelts in the back of mine for my two small children.

el_flechador · « **Reply #12 on:** August 18, 2006, 09:10:40 PM »

Thats really bites,sorry to hear the news

Should win best burn out competition though....................... :ph34r:

BUSDADDY · « **Reply #13 on:** August 18, 2006, 09:55:47 PM »

I know this is a crappy thing to think of now but how involved was it when you noticed it? Would a fire extinguisher have made a difference? could you have gotten the decklid open? How long from stop and bail out until you took that photo?

amishrabbi · « **Reply #14 on:** August 18, 2006, 10:16:29 PM »

from when my rpm dropped till we looked behind and saw flames out teh deacklid was about 20seconds, i did have to make sure it was in gear (no ebrake didnt want it to roll away) before i jumped out. as long as the front seats fold down easily getting small children out of the back wouldnt be a problem in the time frame i had. if i had of had a fire extingusher in the car there is a good chance i could have saved it from killing the whole car, but there would have been large amounts of damage to the back end no matter what.

next bug the first thing i buy is a fire exingusher

i should also add the only reason the extingusher would have been helpful to me is because i had standoffs and could have just sprayed it through there. without them i doubt i would have been able to open the engine compartment

Matt · « **Reply #15 on:** August 18, 2006, 11:09:03 PM »

Jesus Pal, that sucks. Glad to hear you and your brother are OK.

Stephan Schmidt · « **Reply #16 on:** August 18, 2006, 11:47:46 PM »

http://www.thedov.com/forum/index.php?topic=102905.0

I hope this helps (seems like a good deal for $2600 obo), but I'm glad you hear that you are your brother are OK.

Stephan

Chris · « **Reply #17 on:** August 19, 2006, 12:09:02 AM »

damn

silas · « **Reply #18 on:** August 19, 2006, 12:43:17 AM »

oh man...

i'm happy to hear that you & your bro are allright. that is what is most important.

sorry for your loss.

rustybus · « **Reply #19 on:** August 19, 2006, 01:03:47 AM »

Too bad , Glad everyone is ok

I wanna see pics of it now Just cause ICBC says its a right off doesn't mean it is . If you have any bring them with you sunday I'll be in the swap area.

amishrabbi · « **Reply #20 on:** August 19, 2006, 01:06:36 AM »

ill try and hook up my color printer tomorow, ill send you some after pics tonight

amishrabbi · « **Reply #21 on:** August 19, 2006, 01:14:07 AM »

best after shot that i have from my video

smaller less grainy version

surgerypending · « **Reply #22 on:** August 19, 2006, 08:58:52 AM »

Man that sucks...I feel for ya! At least your not giving up on these cars....lots of good aircool's out there still....you'll find one! Most important is your OK!

amishrabbi · « **Reply #23 on:** August 19, 2006, 09:48:42 AM »

no not giving up for sure, i love these cars. just got to find myself another super. shopping at the show

rustybus · « **Reply #24 on:** August 19, 2006, 09:50:44 AM »

yup she's toast ,could you save the brand new tank you just bought

slammedbus · « **Reply #25 on:** August 19, 2006, 10:07:17 AM »

What about buying it back? Get your claim and use the extra $$$ to fix yours. I am not too familiar with heat of a fire and its effect on the metal. I don't think it would get hot enough. Gerry? Lanny? Rusty? Stephan? Anyone know?

epic3 · « **Reply #26 on:** August 19, 2006, 10:09:28 AM »

Man my heart goes out for ya
Ive been through the same and it hard to get over its good you and your bro are all healthy and safe smoke inhalation from a fire like that can seriously harm a person and good luck finding a nother one

egspot · « **Reply #27 on:** August 19, 2006, 11:04:15 AM »

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I do not know if a fire extinguisher would have diminished the damage. Today I got my self one anyway.

surgerypending · « **Reply #28 on:** August 19, 2006, 12:34:53 PM »

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[What about buying it back? Get your claim and use the extra $$$ to fix yours. I am not too familiar with heat of a fire and its effect on the metal. I don't think it would get hot enough. Gerry? Lanny? Rusty? Stephan? Anyone know?]

Actually I Just finished up painting the engine compartment on a car that had some fire damage....lucky it wasn't too bad in this case and not much metal warpage.....it was contained to just the engine compartment....so, this car in perticular was definately worth fixing.
What i'm basically trying to say is....yes, his car is probably fixable....but at what cost? Phosphate dipping? Metal work? Could be cheaper to find a dry Super!
Gerry

amishrabbi · « **Reply #29 on:** August 19, 2006, 01:39:56 PM »

so after realizing that its hard to find a 73 sunroof super i might try and talk icbc into fixing it. providing theer isnt huge amounts of metal warpage...altho i know the roof didnt fair to well (the sunroof exploding was damn cool though)

Author Topic: One More Beetle Beyond Repair (Read 3376 times)

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