Wow, that really sucks. I feel for you. So whats the plan now, did you have coverage ? Im sure if you do its not much but every little bit helps.

 

Wow, that stinks :/

+1 on what's next!

 

Any idea of the cause?

 

bummer man, i sure hope you have coverage! like these other guys have asked, whats next though?

 

Well since most of the wires and other stuff in the engine compartment melted i would be looking into replacing the wiring harness, fuse block etc.. so im still in shock cant belive it.. And well to my luck, last year i got in a car accident and the insurance declared the car a total loss so it had a rebuilt title so i dont think we're getting anything back, and as for the cause im leaning towards one of the fuel lines for the fuel rail but again who know... i wander if it would take too much money to make it just a drag car, like just having the wiring for the engine and take out whats not needed from the engine bay....I kinda dont want to get rid of if because it still has a lot good parts on it but im gonna have to make the decision soon..what would you guys do, drag car ..or juck yard car

 

part out what's good it would be cheaper to get a new base car imo sorry for your loss man, couldn't even imagine...

 

thanx man. I guess you are right, plus having a car with a clean title would help so i could have full covarage hahaha. Now after spending so much time putting the car together im going to be taking everythink apart and cleaning it so i can sell it on cragslist but man did i had bad luck this time

 

Don't let it get you down though brother at least no-one was hurt could have been a whole lot cleaner, and at least if you get one with a clean title it will be covered in case anything like this happens again...just keep receipts on everything.

 

Yea ive been trying to stay up but i just feel like crap..been thinking about the car all day, i feel like i dont even want to work on cars no more but i love getting dirty working on them to much so hopefully after getting the next ride ill get over it....And yes man, imagine if i would've made it to to the gas station or had a NOS system in there like i was planning for next month, but the man upstairs was watching out for me and my mom

 

Im sorry this happened to you and cant even begin to imagine something like that, let alone how you felt watching that. Id be beside myself balling like a baby if it were mine. Youre ok, moms ok. Thats what counts. Youre better off starting fresh with a new mustang with a fire like that. The electrical damage alone is reason enough. Pull what you can and give the old girl a proper send off.

Theres another mustang out there, somewhere, waiting for you. Go find her and bring her home. And have fun all over again.

 

Also it will be a good way to start fresh you already know the basics so you won't make (that many) mistakes

 

Man, that sucks! Sorry dude! I was in a similar boat as you a few years ago. I was driving my dads '59 Buick Invicta to work at the time, and one day a co-worker came up to me inside and told me my car was on fire. I laughed at him and continued working. He was the clown at work, so i though he was just screwing with me. He said, "No, dude, seriously, your car is on fire..." By that time, i was getting worried, so i went outside to look and long behold. Smoke was bellowing out of every seam and rust hole in that thing, but i couldn't see any flames! And the lights were flashing and the horn was honking, and some girls that were at sonic right next door were screaming and crying. No joke. So i ran over to it and popped the hood, and main part of the wiring harness that comes right out of the firewall was on fire and mostly melted. I put it out and checked the damage. ALL the wiring was fried. Turned out that a relay stuck open which allowed the battery power to flow the opposite direction causing to wires to heat up and then short out. We spent that winter re-wiring the WHOLE car. It SUCKED... But thankfully I got the fire put out before it got to the fuel line, which was right above the wires. If it would have gone on fire, it probably would have burned down the building i parked by, which happened to be a lumber store.:facepalm: That would have burned well. Anyways, best of luck to ya. I'd just sell what you can off of it and go from there.

 

Thanx guys , thank god im good and my mom, and no one got hurt...so now to sell parts and look for another Mustang...ya'll see me back soon

 

Buy another one just like it that's bone stock and swap over whatever you can salvage. I did this with my first fox, some one rear ended it so i bought another one with a blown motor and swapped it over. Then i recycled the rest of the car and bought a new cam. Takes time, but it's the closest you'll get to recovering the money you've spent.

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What in the heck is this guy talking about. All I understand is the headline


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sorry for your loss man. I have def been in your shoes...check my old posts youll see some of my pics. mine did the same thing..heard a pop looked up and flames blowing out the cowl while sitting in a parking lot. luckily i still had an old donar car that was totalled about 6 months prior, pulled all the wires and everything out of it and hopefully i will hear her purring in a few weeks....keep your head up.!!
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Put that bad boy in a fox!


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