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09-04-2022, 08:21 PM | #1 |
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Fire! half-ton pickup
Half-ton pickups without tailpipe run the risk of a bed board smoldering fire directly above the muffler exhaust @ highway-speeds 60+-.
Upon your exit stop, you will be shocked that you're on fire; wafting smoke. Personal experience 1968 buying a '38 half-ton from a farmer w/o checking tailpipe or no tailpipe. Thank you. ********* Last edited by highbeams; Yesterday at 02:01 PM. Reason: addition highbeams is online now Report Post Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote Multi-Quote This Message Quick reply to this message |
09-05-2022, 03:11 AM | #2 |
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Re: Fire! half-ton pickup
Highbeams I prefer to have a complete vehicle fire started in the engine compartment. most likely.
or parking on dry long grass after a day of running. but respect your thoughts... |
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09-05-2022, 09:00 AM | #3 |
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Re: Fire! half-ton pickup
On my truck the tail pipes were pretty close to the bed wood where they went over the rear end so I made a metal shield with spacers fastened on the bottom to hopefully prevent a smoldering oak bed !
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09-05-2022, 09:03 AM | #4 |
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Re: Fire! half-ton pickup
A friend of mine with a Dodge motorhome had a fire the same way, hole in muffler pointing up at wooden floorboards. Lost the whole thing going down the road.
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09-05-2022, 04:33 PM | #5 |
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Wow; freaky stuff. I, downright flat-out, 'lucked out'; it shoulda gone up in flames. Freaky good stuff happens too. You know, while driving it, I did smell smoke. looking around- hmmm, there's a fire somewhere out here. Kept looking.
You can imagine my being 'freaked out' upon getting into reality. It was really burned in oblong shape. I posted this incident short & readable. If interested in the long version, the truck was spotted by my bro. This was an outside-the-'barn find' in a neighboring (Wisconsin) county. Upon arriving, the farmer said that it 'ran but didn't go anywhere'. It was dentless, but apparently painted (silver-gray) over the green w/a barn broom. Quite sad-looking. Price negotiation= $150 beginning at my offer of 135. Log-chain towed to our farm. My father & I pulled the shifter top to discover no oil in the case, worn into the case considerably. Another freak happenstance, my bro knew a guy w/a '38 sedan @ a farm setting out. My father & I visited that guy, told him our situation. "You can have the trans out of that car for five bucks." We pulled it and put it in the out-of-barn find that afternoon. Later, during spare time, I pulled the brake cables. The cables and cables housings were rusted as one piece. Required one afternoon of slightly hammering each cable housing on a railroad rail 'anvil', attempting to pull the cable(s) w/a Vice-Grip. hmmm. then vertically hanging the cables and dribbling Liquid Wrench into the cable&housing(s). Then next afternoon, back to the anvil. Repeat as necessary, from each end. Success, but stopping - excuse me, applying brake pedal pressure well in advance of a required stop resulted as a rolling stop. Hand drill and disk sanding the entire truck. Light gray spray-can primer. An out-in-the country local painter in his garage shop= compressor spray painting, I selected 1965 Chev light yellow with black (the orig Volkswagon type) wheels, and '38 style entire-wheel-covered/center-chrome hubcaps, black barrel-nose grill. It looked conservatively sharp! Sold the truck for $1,500, advising the buyer about the brakes, as he listened to the V8. It was a good-steering enjoyable truck. * Upon seeing my first post re pickup tailpipes receiving no responses, I did the second post, same info different caption. I truly wanted pickup owners to be aware & wary. Pat |
09-05-2022, 05:08 PM | #6 |
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The bedboards stayed in! after the garden hose 'application' Pat - |
09-05-2022, 05:42 PM | #7 |
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I also have made a heat shield or two. Just think of the forge blower effect created when racing down the road at 40! Glad your's didn't end in disaster. My first flathead was a 38 PU and it sure steered like a dream. Glad you added your story. How old are you now and when did this out of barn-find take place?
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The 'incident' was experienced in 1968. Thank you for you interest! Pat highbeams |
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09-05-2022, 09:14 PM | #9 |
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GB Sisson: 75 now, incident experienced in 1968.
thanks for your interest! Pat highbeams. Last edited by highbeams; 09-05-2022 at 09:20 PM. Reason: enjoyment. |
09-05-2022, 09:17 PM | #10 |
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GB Sisson: 75 now. Experiencing the . . . to-the-end of the TP.
The 'incident' was experienced in 1968. Thank you for you interest! Pat highbeams |
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The 'incident' was experienced in 1968. Thank you for you interest! Pat highbeams |
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09-05-2022, 09:55 PM | #12 |
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Sounded like a story from back in the 'olden days'. My favorite.
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