The occupants of a classic Jaguar have escaped injury after the vehicle burst into flames on Ryde Esplanade earlier this evening (Monday).
The MkII Jag – which dates back to 1964 – has sustained significant fire damage in the incident, which has seen 1 appliance from Ryde Fire Station mobilised to the scene at North Walk.
2 breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet have been used to extinguish the fire, which appears to have started in the engine bay.
Access to North Walk has been closed off whilst Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service deal with the incident.
The days when driving was a pleasure, now its a total misery, in those days you needed a basic knowledge of how a car worked and didn’t need to get ripped off by dodgy garage’s.
Sundays were always a pleasure tinkering with and cleaning your car, the owner of the jaguar must feel sick to the stomach, hope all goes well.
When you see these classic cars they all had individuality. If you put new cars in a line you would be hard pressed to name them they all look the same.
What you mean is, they all look the same to you.
Such a shame .
They don’t make car’s like they used to .
Love these old car’s, hope you can get it back on the road again .
Editor – why was my post not allowed?
I was stating a fact, E10 petrol which is now the main type sold as it has moved from E5 (ie it has a higher volume ethanol content) is not suitable for older cars and may cause fires as it eats all older fuel lines and can perforate soldered joints, as found in many classic car carburettors.
There are currently only a couple of island garages still selling E5 so the days of classics on the island may be numbered.
Perhaps the editor does not like reporting factual posts…..
Well said. Boat owners will be next… Check fuel line compatibility with ethanol E10.
Agreed, truthouts. E10 also affects glass-fibre, as many owners of motorcycles have found to their cost where their machines had glass-fibre fuel tanks fitted. Some classic car owners who had replaced their (originally steel) tank with a glass-fibre one were similarly affected. And keeping a spare litre or two of E10 in a plastic container instead of a steel one could be a very dangerous undertaking.
They say they usually allow all posts and hardly ever remove any, but we know that is not true, so what is going on here these days? And rubbish posts are usually left here with nothing of relevance to say except stupidity, and as you say, one like yours, which is sensible and giving valuable information gets removed. Well at least this one is here and I hope it helps someone. I don’t drive myself but do admire these classic old cars and hope this one will be restored to its former glory without too much trouble.
E5 is bad enough, the toxic muck being passed off as petrol goes rotten and absorbs water in a very short time, and E10 is even more corrosive, the increase in car fires caused by fuel pipe falures in more modern vehicles must be down to that. Im sure the burning cars cause a lot more pollution than any (unproven) benefit of puttng ethanol in petrol. more blinkered enviromental window dressing! Hope the jaguar is quickly restored to health.
What a shame lovely car should have had a £10 fire extinguisher with the car might have saved it
This fire may also have been caused by an old wiring harness.
Checkout this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkOnT_OBEUw&t=217s