Yesterday sucked. For "what did I do to my car" day, I went down and inspected the damage on my 1958 Beetle. With the welding and grinding happening on the Escort, I parked the '58 at a buddies for a bit so that the fresh paint wouldn't get damaged. It was going to be rented out to The Man in the High Castle this past week, so I asked him to fire it up and check that it was good to go.
He took it for a couple of laps, and when he went to park it again...motor died. He went for the restart, didn't catch, got out and flames were coming out the vents under the rear window!
Not sure what failed on it, and I can't inspect it thoroughly until ICBC does. All I know is that the fire destroyed the wiring harness, damaged the air cleaner, the paint on the rear deck lid, and the paint in the vents below the rear windows. It looks as though the distributor and carburetor may also have been damaged.
Worst part? When I bought the car I wasn't planning on keeping it long...figured I'd flip it, so I never put it on Hagerty Classic Car Insurance. Was in the process of moving it over onto my Hagerty policy, but hadn't signed the forms yet, when the fire happened. Son of a ****!! For those curious, it's the difference between dealing with ICBC on repairing a classic car and "Sorry to hear Dave, where would you like it repaired? We'll take care of it." Hagerty would have also
paid me the same labour rate they pay a shop if I wanted to repair it myself, partially or completely. Stupid.
If you aren't sure about your insurance coverage, make that your "what I did for my car today" thing...