NOT a nice christmas
 

Car started fine, after 300 yards it started to spluttre, engine stopped.
Started again, drove a few yards, heard "plop", flames from under the bonnet, end of car.

Last friday I fitted one of Stu's stage 1 chips, REALLY drove well.
Must have been a fuelconnection or something that has come loose.
Was really cold in Holland this morning.

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Shit! Sorry to hear this mate. :(

I take it a fire extinguisher would not of been much help?

:sad::sad::sad: could have been worse you could of been hurt but none the less its a shame

No it really went fast, after about a minute a girl offered me one, but I didn't even try, flames were already blazing....

that must be horrible to watch that!!

Sorry to hear that pal, not really a big surprise unfortunately,most cars fall into 3 catagories RUST/CRASHED/FIRE.
Was it a 2wd? The hose that goes to the regulator/rail is a really bad design, i know loads of people who's cars have suffered the same fate because of this.

2WD yes.
The small hose between the regulator and fuelrail was replaced, the returnhose below the regulator wasn't. This was the first thing that came to mind, must have been something like that...

:sad::sad: shit.... sorry to hear that pal.. insurance should pay tho shouldnt they? i am a strong believer that everything in life happens for a reason... this time next year you could have a better and faster cossie, so keep looking on the positive side ok? :grin::grin:

This really was my dream car, Italian import, totally original, was going to keep it that way. I'll never find another one like this.
Thanks for your kind words.

Robert

Holy shit, sorry to hear this mate :( Looked like a nice car too. I'm definitely gonna have an extinguisher easy available when i fire up my car after the resto.

Gutted m8.

Sorry to see this matey, but doubt you'll be the last, I replaced all my fuel hoses with much superior OPA, but a good heads up to look out for, the wanky fuel hose used on the vaux's is even worse, being cloth braided you can't even see the cracking when it gets old.
tabetha

sorry to hear the news mate

real shame mate hope u get anuther

Gutted for you mate...

And this really is a terrible shame. Being from italy I'm sure it was 99% rot free.

But they are still out there mate. I've found an immaculate italian 4x4 just 2 months ago.

Gutted for you, looked a very clean car.

Guuted for you matey :(

Is there no chance of rebuilding it?

Shit news mate:(

Gutted for you mate, this is really is my biggest fear with my own,

Nah, whole front end is gone, passenger cabin looked still OK though.
Chassis must be bent aswell from the heat.

Thanks again to all for the kind words.

Will be on the lookout for another one.

Crap news mate,hope you get sorted with another

That's horrible Robert, would be my worst nightmare, i've a extinguisher in the boot but it wont stop a fire like this i guess :sad:

I see on the plates it's not that long ago imported, how long did you drove it??

Oh crap man. Thats one of the worst things that could happen.

There are still some mint Italian cars, my brother has bought a rust free 4x4 earlier this year ;). The engine died a couple weeks later but it has been rebuild ;)

So keep your eyes open :D

I got it februari this year, got all sorts of problems with, fuelpressureregulator, actuator, front discs, put alarm in after someone wrecked my doorlock, headgasket went, all the usual Cosworth problems.
I was at last confident the engine was good enough for stage 1, then 3 days later this happened.

Weet jij geen adresje voor een goeie gebruikte, liefst Italiaans of ander warm land. Zag er 1 bij JP staan voor €15000,-, is wat veel vind ik... (pardon my English)

YHPM Robert ;-)

JP heeft een paar hele mooie sedans staan maar zoals je zegt zijn die wel aardig aan de prijs.

Er staat volgens mij ook nog een witte voor net iets onder de €10000,-. Volgens mij heb ik mijn broertje wel eens horen zeggen dat een collega van hem die auto vroeger ooit eens in zijn bezit heeft gehad. Was toen ook een heel strakke auto volgens mij. Ik kan evt nog wel eens wat navraag voor je doen ;-)

Bedankt voor het aanbod.
Ik ga eerst maar eens afwachten wat ik van de verzekering krijg.
Zal wel volgend jaar worden.

Fijne dagen iedereen.

I'm really gutted for you. :( At least you enjoyed and appreciated it while you had it. You sound like a genuinely passionate Cossie owner, and there's not many of those left. If you're quick, you might be able to buy another one before they all end up being cut up for crappy "conversions".

gutted for you mate

Thanks mate,

I hope to find another one like I had.
I've seen one in Holland for A LOT of money (€15000), but is has
white indicators, no turbo heatshield. That alone makes me wonder who
has been driving it, it makes me worry in some strange way.
Mine was exactly how it came from the factory, it never even had a radio
installed, there where NO speakers in the car, yet it had 60000 miles on the clock. I like it original, at least on the outside, thats for me the way it should be. I think it has to do with my age (i'm 41), maybe nostalgia.

That's ridiculous money! You can get them for less than half of that price if you buy them directly in Italy! Just take someone experienced with you. Someone's earning a fortune on it if it goes for 15k.
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Same for me Robert, original on the outside except for the Mongoose ;-)

Mocht je ooit iets willen weten van een auto bij JP dan stuur je maar even een PM. Ik woon in Roermond dus kan makkelijk even binnen hoppen daan ;-)


Fijne dagen :)


What about your TH2's then :blabla:

What a shame to that car...

I'll hope the ensurance company will give you the most of the money back.