maxest

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Heard from Paul earlier this morning, the 500 is already all sorted I'm sure he'll be giving it a bufty this afternoon- thank god he had an extinguisher,, very lucky

Lambchop

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what you mean is thank god toughy remembered he had an extinguisher cos paul had forgotten till toughy produced it from the car

maxest

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Ryan

sorry to hear about this paul, glad it wasnt anything major, and its all sorted.

topaz

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It was all under control. The fire marshall was monitoring the situation and if he would of told everyone to move back they would of done. (he can be seen in the first pic on page 1)

The car was brought into the pits with the fire out, but it flared up again when the bonnet was opened. I dont think they would of brought it into the pitlane knowing it was at risk.

I asked Paul was it ok to post the video & pics and he was cool with it.

I have lost 2 cars to fire and know how easy it can be to loose one, Paul knows he was very lucky. I love this car and it was the main reason for me buying mine. I even bought his old wheels to make mine look like his (then he got better ones )

Just glad its safe.

Munch

you were very lucky Paul!

Mr Orange

Even getting towed it still looks lovely, so much presence,

Thank god toughy remembered the extinguisher, dont want to think about what could have been

rstoughy

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LOL these things happen in the "heat" of the moment

Think Paul was more interested in getting the Marshal across with his full size jobbie to get the nozzle right down the back of the inlet to the source of the problem. The wee one just kept things under control until he arrived.

Lambchop

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G2RSR

making me want a black 3 door now after seeing them pics

fook the taxi (chavved up 406) looking evos

Mr RS500

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Thanks for the replies fellas

Massive thank to Paul Toughy , without his quick thinking i think the car would have been a total loss

Lambchop
was great to meet you also , Phil is oh hol till thurs so will let you know what he says when he gets back

Topaz
You always have the camera at the best times ,lol,

I steamed cleaned the car today , pulled the melted clutch cable from the alternator , replaced the alternator small wire and she fired up and ran perfect ,,yipee

A good polish of all the alloy under the bonnet and a good bufty of the paint and its as new

Ready for next year , lol

jacko

buy a volva dont use that again lol

lawnsy

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Must admit it did sound awsome on the track going down the start/finish straight.....

I was there both days and never got sick of watchin it.....

Big thanks to paul for bringing it for us all to watch .....

escort700bhp

OOOPS ,NOT GOOD, BUT GLAD ITS OK
SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME A FEW YEARS AGO ,LESSON LEARNED !

LOVE THOSE WHEELS NEED TO GET A SET FOR MINE

redrsmk5

2nd Paul in first outing so not bad, thank you for asking

Mr RS500

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Thats a great result mate for a first time out

It takes a lot of very very minor little bits and bobs to get to first place , keep up the good work mate im sure there are first place trophys with your name on them

zetecturbo

well done REDRSMK5 all the effort you put into the car you deserve a trophy.
paul.sorry to hear bout ur car,could've been alot worse,thankfully it wasnt.now uve got a proper excuse to go bufty mad cleaning

GTechR

That bloody exhaust

Mr RS500

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So true mate , the car was in need of a good ( propper ) bufty under the bonnet as i havent taken the alloy tanks out etc to give them a real clean for 3 years

this is the perfect excuse now

CossieRich

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Can Lambchop be balmed for the fire. He seems to get the balme for every other incident on track

Lambchop

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NOPE

CossieRich

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thats ok then