[Leica] The long story of the car flambé:

[Marty Deveney]

It has quite a few friends, e.g.
http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2011/hindenburg-leica.jpg

Marty

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 9:16 AM John Lee via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Richard,
>
> I think I’ve found a new home for your flambé Leica M9 and lens. It’ll be a
> companion to another Leica that shared the same fate.
> <https://www.artphotoacademy.com/hindenburg-leica/amp/>
>
>
> -John
>
> On Monday, May 16, 2022, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>
> > Douglas, a 2004 Toyota RAV4 stick. Great car otherwise. I don't think any
> > car would normally have a catastrophic failure like this. Like, even with
> > no oil, no coolant, no anything would cause a car to combust.
> >
> > On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 4:34 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> >
> > > My sympathies, Richard. At least no one was hurt, bar things. What was
> > > the car make and year? Spontaneous combustion is unusual but maybe
> there
> > > is a weakness in that particular model.
> > > Douglas
> > >
> > > On 14/05/2022 02:30, Richard Man wrote:
> > > > The long story of the car flambé:
> > > > About 4 weeks ago, my wife Karisu had a minor accident, not even a
> > fender
> > > > bender, but apparently the previous owner HAD a major accident, the
> > frame
> > > > was bent, blah blah blah, but finally we picked it up last night, and
> > in
> > > > fact went to see Dr. Strange. Body shop didn't say anything about
> > having
> > > it
> > > > checked, just said "byeeeee!" (I had some bad vibe about the body
> shop
> > > but
> > > > with the car in their hands already, not much we could do...)
> > > > I took today off, planning to decompress by going to the Monterey Bay
> > > > Aquarium, and some odd stuff happened, AC wasn't working, but then it
> > > did,
> > > > accompanying by "VSC Trac" and engine check lights, so I said, hmm,
> we
> > > > should probably have the car checked out on Monday, then a couple
> > seconds
> > > > later "let me pull out to the next exit," then a couple seconds after
> > > that,
> > > > "nope. we are pulling over NOW" Stopped the car, smokes coming out,
> and
> > > we
> > > > were like, GET OUT, now. now now
> > > > Flames shooting up. It was quite an excitement, more than I ever want
> > to
> > > > see, let alone to our car. I left my iPhone and my Leica in there.
> > > Daughter
> > > > wanted to go back to get her bag, and I was like, "nope, we need to
> > move
> > > to
> > > > the OTHER direction"
> > > > Well, then you saw the video and photos. We just went to the tow
> place,
> > > and
> > > > I picked out my Leica brand burnt toast. So in fact, Leica is not
> > > > indestructible, despite its reputation.
> > > > BUT everyone is alive. It could have happened in many worse ways, I'm
> > > sure
> > > > the insurance will want to talk to the body shop. I suspect maybe a
> > > sensor
> > > > or two or three malfunctioned, but who knows. There's definitely NO
> > > > evidence left
> > > >
> > > >
> > > https:/richardman.photo/nPICS/280824095_10217124534264203_
> > 6088291997705888193_n.jpg
> > > >
> > > https://richardman.photo/nPICS/280968545_10217124531664138_
> > 2221344561762196172_n.jpg
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> > // richard http://imagecraft.com
> >
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