The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87441   Message #1638388
Posted By: Peace
31-Dec-05 - 07:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: I love winter because.....
Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
I lost a Hyundai like that once. Breaker blew up north--it was about -45 that evening. Fellow had a tiger torch and we got a few lengths of stovepipe and tarped the front of the car. Went inside to wait for twenty minutes.

Two weeks prior to that I'd had an oil seal replaced. They did not clean the oil off the bottom of the car/engine-pan, etc. So, while inside being warm, the flame from the torch travelled UP the stovepipe and the car began to get warm, too. We hauled it to the road away from the 2500 gallon size propane tanks and watched it burn from the front to the back. Took 40 minutes. A good time was had by all. You take yer entertainment where you can find it in the north.

Happy New Year to you, gnu. Keep well, buddy.