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Hows it going guys and gals, I am new here, or for those who haven't heard the term FNG it stands for Fu(%ing new guy. well I was just browsing the net when i found this site, looks great and hope to stop by alot. Thanks E. I am a firefighter/paramedic from Southern Ca. Heres a cool pic of what happens to those aluminum wheels when it gets too hot. pretty neat huh (FIRESTORM 03)

Hey man welcome to the site. alot of people are pretty cool here and they deffineatly know what they are talking about

Welcome to a very interesting Forum where high jinks are mixed with top expertise related to cars all the way to complete construction of street rods. I have many times done a chemistry demonstration of burning pure magnesium ribbon which is easily lit with just a match and I believe underwater flares are mainly burning magnesium, so I wonder if you have ever seen an engine fire of a VW beetle or a "Mag wheel"? I suppose most "Mag" alloy products are alloyed with aluminum which is harder to light. Still wasn't there a case of an aluminum superstructure of a British ship set on fire in the Falklands war several years ago? I guess what I am asking is whether a rubber fire from a tire could "light" a "Mag wheel"? If so there would be a very bright white light. I have seen engine fires here in the East on I95 in VW beetles, but the smoke obscured whether it was just oil or maybe the engine case lit up. Just asking for some interesting auto fire stories. Maybe there is usually enough Al with the Mg to just melt the alloy as you have shown. On the East Coast we seem to get enough extra rain to put out the California brush fires, what we need is some sort of a very long pipe, but the Rockies look like a very big hump (not to mention the Blue Ridge)!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

I have never seen a car fire where a magnesium wheel or engine block have gotten hot enough to burn. I have had large bon fires in which we threw mag engine blocks in, and let me say, WOW , now thats a fire, super white super bright, and hot, and if you put water on it it aggitates it and makes alot of popping and flashing. IT isnt recommended to use water to extinguish a mag fire. Dry powders and chemicals are more efficient.

Thanks for a very interesting reply; apparently mag-alloy blocks will actually burn but probably a tire fire is not hot enough to start it. If you get a chance try to submit a picture of your '29 PU, I am building (slowly) a '29 roadster and so far I have found information on 2" chopped tops for '30 and '31 but not for a '29. Basically I am wondering how the main bow is cut for a 2" chop on a '29. The 2" chopped windshield is available and the stock irons and bow are also available but I have not had a chance to see up close how to trim down the main bow and keep the rest of the irons the same. You may not have a chopped top, but with a running '29 you may have seen a chopped top on a '29 somewhere?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

here it is, i bought it like this, I still have more plans i want to finish some unfinished peices and paint it suede black.

heres a side shot, i tried to shrink this one a bit

So what you guys are saying, is not to apply NOS to an Old beetle? Always wondered why no one raced those cars.

Faaaaaannntastic! It really has the California look! It looks like it may have been built in maybe the '60s-'70s and you are the lucky dog to have it now! Real Steel and Kelsey Hayes spokes too. Well the windshield is chopped but in Southern Calif. you may never need a top. I will be interested in what you do if you do put a top on it. It looks lower than mine but I am worried that mine will not be able to get out of my country lane driveway with only 4 1/2" of clearance so I guess you will just have to watch out for raised manhole covers. You are way ahead of the game with a running car. It wouldn't have to be in primer as it looks pretty straight and a solid color could work too without great expense, but of course spray can primer is cheap and easy. Still it looks too good for just primer, why not orange, yellow, red or maroon?

For drg84 I guess it would be unwise to try NOS with the VW Beetle block or the Corvair flat six for that matter since the blocks are mag-alloy.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

I t h i n k t h a t s t r e e t s h a s t h e s l o w e s t n e t c o n n e c t i o n i n t h e w o r l d !

sorry i will be sure to stretch them a little wider next time and go for the largest file size i can. haha Anyone here wanna buy a harley????