1971 Firebird Build ("The Other Woman", a.k.a. Project "T.O.W.") - Lateral-g Forums

OLDFLM · #1 10-08-2015, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Panteracer

A little history:
Madawg our Team Pantera fearless leader was running one
of his first Silverstates (he has been running them for years)
and at over 160 plus was near the finish line and the car caught
on fire... he really wanted to finish and kept going blowing thru
the finish line but also had no brakes so could not stop for the
fire truck etc.... The car burned to the ground..(many utube videos
if you want to look) Car was towed to his house and then all
the donations from fellow Pantera owners and vendors started pouring
in.... the car was rebuilt and he still runs it today.. Will be at Willow
Springs in a couple of weeks...

PS he now has a fire suppression system in the car and it has
been on fire two times since... they call the car the Phoenix

Bob

Holy Fireballs! Phoenix is right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyqDIh2KIw

"This is one of the hottest Panteras around."

carbuff · #2 10-08-2015, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by OLDFLM

Holy Fireballs! Phoenix is right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyqDIh2KIw

"This is one of the hottest Panteras around."

Painful to watch... :\

chichirone · #3 10-09-2015, 06:58 PM

Great video of your run Bryan. Your enthusiasm and excitement is contagious. Makes me want to go out and run an auto-x right NOW!

Th course set up was much different than previous years as well. Looked and sounded like a good time.

**waynieZ** · #4 10-09-2015, 09:08 PM

That video was painful to watch. I'm glad you had nothing like that happen.

carbuff · #5 10-10-2015, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by waynieZ

That video was painful to watch. I'm glad you had nothing like that happen.

Oof, me too!

carbuff · #6 10-10-2015, 08:53 AM

Even with such a 'small' fire, it definitely has me thinking about my use of the car and what I want/need to go doing forward. I love driving this car, but I have no interest in watching it burn to the ground... :\

It's similar to the discussions that have taken place here about the USCA events. Thankfully, there haven't been any bad accidents (that I'm aware of), but the possibility of one happening always exists.

Panteracer · #7 10-11-2015, 11:40 AM

Vince is right an on board system
Is the best. I had my Pantera on fire last
Year and was lucky I was going slow and able
to get out and use a hand held extinguisher

Bird has been on fire several times due to no
air filter and backfires. Most of the time you could
suck it back into the motor. Now I have a filter and
no backfires

Need to look at the on board systems. Seems like
making them run fast always is the priority

Bob

carbuff · #8 10-10-2015, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by chichirone

Great video of your run Bryan. Your enthusiasm and excitement is contagious. Makes me want to go out and run an auto-x right NOW!

Th course set up was much different than previous years as well. Looked and sounded like a good time.

They took some of the "technicality" out of the course: opened up some of the turns, removed a couple of turns, shortened the course overall. I really liked it.

I had just lost the lead for the first time right before that run, and I managed to take it right back which was pretty awesome for me. Thus my enthusiasm.

Sorry you two couldn't be there! Hopefully we'll end up at an event together again...