I have never had a car I cared enough to carry a fire extinguisher. Always heard that if your car was a newer one, it might be better to let it burn than to put out a fire with corrosive chemicals. You end up with a corroded but fixable car that you wish had been totalled. That may hold true for a replacable car, but how about one you're not willing to let go of? I've done a little shopping. Do you think there's an appropriately sized extinguisher loaded with something that won't totally destroy a classic?
Mustang friendly fire extinguishers?
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Look into a Halon fire extinguisher; I'm going to be buying one of these for my Fastback. Amerex, H3R, etc manufactures Halon extinguishers, and this chemical isn't corrosive at all for automotive paints/finishes; also, no clean-up is even required after use.
Halon, or Haltron (the more environmentally-safe version), usually comes in a 1.25 or 2.5 lb-size bottle for automotive use. I'm going with a 2.5-lb extinguisher, and I see this is what majority chooses as well. There are also nice brackets (mount directly to floor or a rollbar, seat frame, etc) you can buy from manufacturers such as Brey-Krause. Some of these accessories are pricey, as the extinguishers.
The fancy brackets are definately not necessary, although I consider some type of Halon extinguisher to be a necessity for any prized car, expecially a classic that's more prone to fires.
Halon, or Haltron (the more environmentally-safe version), usually comes in a 1.25 or 2.5 lb-size bottle for automotive use. I'm going with a 2.5-lb extinguisher, and I see this is what majority chooses as well. There are also nice brackets (mount directly to floor or a rollbar, seat frame, etc) you can buy from manufacturers such as Brey-Krause. Some of these accessories are pricey, as the extinguishers.
The fancy brackets are definately not necessary, although I consider some type of Halon extinguisher to be a necessity for any prized car, expecially a classic that's more prone to fires.
thehueypilot
Active Member
Just remember when it comes time to mount it in the passenger compartment chose a spot and bracket wisely because in the event of an accident it could become a deadly missile.
BullittStangV8
Founding Member
Are you looking for a hand held extinguisher? I've seen kits that you mount and have lines comming off for either your cabin, or cabin and engine bay. You pull the pin/hit the button, and the lines feed the extinguisher foam/fluid into the engine bay and cabin. I was thinking that may be a decent way to go if the car is more a of a racecar set up then street cruiser.
65ShelbyClone
Founding Member
I just looked and Summit has halon hand-helds, the 2.5Lb being $120.
I didn't know small inert-gas extinguishers were available like that. I always shuddered at the thought of empything a dry chemical extinguisher in my engine bay or worse, the interior.
I didn't know small inert-gas extinguishers were available like that. I always shuddered at the thought of empything a dry chemical extinguisher in my engine bay or worse, the interior.
7D3mach
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amorrow said:
Hmm...the military uses halon in some buildings (I know the communications building I used to work in had it). I don't know if it was actually 'halon' or some more environmentally conscious form but we referred to it as halon.
Either way we were briefed if you heard the alarm you better get the fudge out. That ***** ain't no joke.
65ShelbyClone
Founding Member
That's just beause you guys are closer to the hole in the ozone.
Halogenated gases do deplete it afterall.Genuine "Halon" is either going to be, is being, or has been phased out here as well. I actually didn't think it was even available any more and before seeing this thread had been looking around for CO2 extinguishers. Them suckers are expensive!
