#0352 is dead........

pontiacws699

New member
Well, this happened the other day and didnt want to say anything yet till the insurance thing was done. I had kids with me and had just taken the Ty for a ride and got done and parked it. I got in my pickup and went over to my mothers house. I get a call from my wife an hour later telling me my truck was on fire. I said What! Your kidding. I didnt believe her and as Im thinking this to myself my pager is going off in my truck saying "Dover engine 2 responding to car fire at halpern eye care".................... I said GTFO....No freakin way. So I still think shes playn with me so I start to head to dover and She said " you still dont believe me?" No... Well my buddy the Fire Marshall gets on the phone and says in a laughing voice " yeah buddy, shes done..." So as im drivin I start to get all these calls from the other firefighters telling me the same thing.:rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant: well i pull up and the truth hit me............its done. From the dash forward was pretty much toast. Ill post some pics later today.:shoot:
 
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Holy crap man, sorry to hear that, my fav color too :-( Time for a donor TY that got rearended and an LS engine swap? Hope the insurance covered it, wonder what caused it.
 

MikeRenz

not stock
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wow thats a huge shame since you just got the damn thing back together. sorry to hear. :(
 

Ty0279

Historically Significant
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Yikes, that sucks bad. :(

Fortunately, nobody was hurt and it wasn't parked in a garage.
 

SevenT6Vet

New member
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Please let us know the cause of the fire if they ever figure it out. I'm a new Ty owner, and you got me worried!
 

WyoSyclone

Active member
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Sorry to hear about that Tom - it's got to rip a person's gut out to hear that something like that as its happening :(
 

BoostedSUV

Active member
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Holy crap Tom! You just can't catch a break! Hopefully insurance covers everything... PM me if you need any parts. I'm going to have doubles of everything but a motor and trans very shortly. :wink:

Anything else we can do to help just ask.
 

pontiacws699

New member
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Yikes, that sucks bad. :(

Fortunately, nobody was hurt and it wasn't parked in a garage.

Yeah, she was lucky. She just pulled into the parking lot and saw smoke coming from the steering wheel and pulled into space and ran inside to get help. The tried but it was too far gone. If she was out on the interstate or something this may be a different type of post. She was lucky. You can replace cars but not loved ones.
 

tydye

Banned
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2 friends had car fires right after installing ignition switches, ( non sy/ty) and since it came from the steering wheel on yours seems like same thing, i wonder hmm

glad your family is ok and sorry about the other family member!
 

Number219GT

Broke Status
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Holy sh*t man. That sucks! I cant even imagine how you must feel right now.. Glad to hear everyone is okay. Not really looking forward to pics.
 

mattw

Active member
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Well that really sucks!! Would it be worth buying back from the insurance company to part out? Did any of the cladding survive?
 

TNPhoon

1of28
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Damn man...sorry to hear about that. I know you were excited when you got the truck and then had the issues with it. Once you got it put back together, this happens. :(
 

jpalmer

New member
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Hate to hear this stuff. :( Glad everyone is ok. Hopefully the insurance company is paying what the "should" be worth instead of actual worth. Good luck man.
 

LIL QIK

HELL YEA I GOT BOOST!
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Sorry to hear this man.....I think I'd go crazy if mine was to burn up like that.....
 
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