A friend of mine had a bad accident at his shop today.

[cosgig]

Yikes, that is horrible. Such a feeling of despair when I see this, but glad that nobody was injured.

 

[Charles Cook]

UPDATE
Everyone is ok, total loss. I also have a subcontractor of mine that lost his vehicle in the fire. He was having his brakes done. Not exactly sure yet what started it. There was a few vehicles being worked on when it happened.
Thank god everyone’s ok. Vehicles can be replaced. Very sad.

 

[chargervert]

Glad to hear everyone is okay!

 

[Dennis H]

So he didn’t have an accident. Good.

 

[65CopCar]

Feel bad for all involved.

Years ago a buddy owned a service station in Vermont. A good friend was working on a car in one of the bays. Another mechanic was dropping a gas tank out of a car. He was using jack stands. He dropped the tank and my friend said all he saw was a wall of flames. Everyone got out ok, but as this one, it was a total loss. Made the evening news.

 

[Fran Blacker]

I was at a Dodge dealer a mechanic lower a gas tank so a pin hole 1/8" showed. He had a soldering iron ready but won't go near the gas tank. The service manager came over (I basked up 10' so I could get out of there) grabbed soldering iron solder soldered hole like nothing. Not me!

 

[Encswsm]

I was at a Dodge dealer a mechanic lower a gas tank so a pin hole 1/8" showed. He had a soldering iron ready but won't go near the gas tank. The service manager came over (I basked up 10' so I could get out of there) grabbed soldering iron solder soldered hole like nothing. Not me!

if it was an electric Iron no problems. No spark no fire. however, how did he get it clean enough to solder?

 

[Fran Blacker]

if it was an electric Iron no problems. No spark no fire. however, how did he get it clean enough to solder?

This was an Old soldering iron, the type you heat in small gas furnace size of a loaf of bread. The iron has a wood handle 6" rod to the head pointy head with 4 flat area to a point where solder is melted.

 

[440 4 speed]

This was an Old soldering iron, the type you heat in small gas furnace size of a loaf of bread. The iron has a wood handle 6" rod to the head pointy head with 4 flat area to a point where solder is melted.

Still have one of those.
1/8 inch hole could have been fixed very easily. Watched my father fix one back in the 60’s. A friend came to visit, noticed that the tank was leaking in his Dad’s new 1965 Chev.
Dad had him drive it over the pit in the garage. Dad got a bar of hand soap. A little piece of tanned deer hide. Dampened the leather, rubbed it well with soap. Screwed in the gas tank hole. My friend’s Dad never knew when he traded the car off about 6 years later.
I had a cousin that was 33 years older than myself. When I was about 10, he was married and they came to the farm. He liked doing things with my Dad who was about 57. Dad was very careful about smoking and flame around gasoline.
Beryl said worry about the fumes. Said he would show us something. He got a cleaned out old grease pail. Poured a bit of gas in it. This was a warm day in the summer. Waited a bit lit a wooden match, tossed it in the pail and it went out. I was amazed, but never tried it.

 

[POMONAMISSEL]

fire is a big concern here in my wood framed tin covered shop in san jose , so far so good , i hang out for an hour after welding anything smelling for smoke at every turn . knott on my wooden head just for more great luck , this place would burn for awhile with my magnesium rims and parts hanging out here . there it is hinding behind an a40 austin coupe body

 

[moparedtn]

Still have one of those.
1/8 inch hole could have been fixed very easily. Watched my father fix one back in the 60’s. A friend came to visit, noticed that the tank was leaking in his Dad’s new 1965 Chev.
Dad had him drive it over the pit in the garage. Dad got a bar of hand soap. A little piece of tanned deer hide. Dampened the leather, rubbed it well with soap. Screwed in the gas tank hole. My friend’s Dad never knew when he traded the car off about 6 years later.
I had a cousin that was 33 years older than myself. When I was about 10, he was married and they came to the farm. He liked doing things with my Dad who was about 57. Dad was very careful about smoking and flame around gasoline.
Beryl said worry about the fumes. Said he would show us something. He got a cleaned out old grease pail. Poured a bit of gas in it. This was a warm day in the summer. Waited a bit lit a wooden match, tossed it in the pail and it went out. I was amazed, but never tried it.

My dad showed that trick to us kids when I was maybe 8-9 years old.
Dixie cup with a little gas in it, which he proceeded to toss his lit cigarette into.
The cig went out like it had hit water, but you best believe it scared snot outta me.

 

[Chargerjase]

Glad everyone is ok. That looks like every bodies worst nightmare.