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Originally Posted by 1931 flamingo
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Got what I needed at Walmart, $18. Now I'll have peace of mind. This is something I should have done last year, but I'm a procrastinator.
Paul in CT
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Paul,
I have several A/B/C type ext that are placed about the garage/cars and that brings piece of mind in case of dreded fire. I have heard many stories and have seen pics of Model A car caused fires (shorted wires/gas leaks/spark=). Fire ext are a comfort to have, but I'm surprised at the number of As that do NOT have a master cut off switch...in case of sizziling wires/gas leaks,etc.. Having the ability to immediately cut off the electricity (I.E. SPARK) entirely to all of the electrical circuits...is almost as important ...to prevent combustion...as an extinguisher is to puting out a flame! One is as important as the other , in my view/experience.
As an example, there is a parts supplier that sells a "clear ruby red" gas hose for Model A/others. This stuff is DANGEROUS to use (quickly crystalizes/cracks) and I've told them so(but they continue to sell it..go figure)! Thanks God, I had the hood off of my '30 roadster and cruising. Notices a pinhole sized stream of gas going straight up about a foot tall and all over the engine and header
! Scared the heck right out of me, as I could see the car burning up..in my mind! Made an emergency curb stop AFTER SHUTTING down the master shut off and the ignition switches. To my relief...NO Flame...proveing once again that gasoline will not ignite without a spark...as the gas was evaporating off of a smoking hot header pipe
Felt good having the backup abc ext
