RIP to another one (Page 1/2)
SunsetChaser SEP 12, 09:26 PM
Saw this on the news during coverage of some pretty devastating wildfires this week.
shemdogg SEP 14, 11:32 AM
I can save it!!!!!!!!! lol

shem
cvxjet SEP 14, 02:52 PM
Dude- that is your ADDICTION talking!

(Deep breaths, deep breaths...calm, calm)
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 16, 09:22 AM
So, serious question... when we see burned out husks like this. Why CAN'T we save the frame? I see people mentioning that the frame becomes fatigued, etc. But is that actually true?

When I send my control arms and steering knuckles to the machine shop... they basically put it in a kiln that strips off all the paint (burns it off), and even totally burns off the rust. It "floats" the metal a bit to the point where it restores the surface to perfectly clean metal. Is that not more or less what's happening here?

I realize of course that everything on the car is totally gone... I just wonder if the frame itself couldn't be re-used... like... if someone actually needed one.


At least no one is changing the heading to say, "Pontiac Fiero causes airport fire that burns out of control!"
Dennis LaGrua SEP 16, 10:06 AM
When certain steels get red hot in a fire for a prolonged time it changes its properties. I am not a metallurgist but I believe the steel is both weakened and its dimensions change.

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SC_Robert1999 OCT 03, 03:43 AM
Dam thats sad!!
hyperv6 OCT 03, 08:56 AM
Yes fires tempers, warps and damages steel.

The cost to restore would be much more than the value too.

I love Fiero’s but you need to temper the attachment. Some you need to let them go.

They scrap Ferraris and part out Dusenberg too.
cartercarbaficionado OCT 04, 03:23 AM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:

So, serious question... when we see burned out husks like this. Why CAN'T we save the frame? I see people mentioning that the frame becomes fatigued, etc. But is that actually true?

When I send my control arms and steering knuckles to the machine shop... they basically put it in a kiln that strips off all the paint (burns it off), and even totally burns off the rust. It "floats" the metal a bit to the point where it restores the surface to perfectly clean metal. Is that not more or less what's happening here?

I realize of course that everything on the car is totally gone... I just wonder if the frame itself couldn't be re-used... like... if someone actually needed one.


At least no one is changing the heading to say, "Pontiac Fiero causes airport fire that burns out of control!"



yes and no. you would need to put the whole car in an industrial powdercoating oven to temper after heating everything with a torch. now the fiero metal is pretty soft already so honestly if you straightened it and bolted in a few braces or a cage it would be totally fine.
now it's a completely different story if the carpet or body was only slightly melted.
edfiero OCT 11, 12:31 PM
Come on guys, That will probably Buff right out.
Kitskaboodle OCT 11, 04:11 PM
Technically, you could also say “RIP to another one” to these as well because they’re both going to end up at the same place. (the crusher)
Kit