Lamborghini Murcielago project car for sale

would that actually be worth restoring?

How exactly are you going to restore a completely burnt out car ?

Yes, it is a joke auction :)

Crank, Rods, Possibly Pistons, Valves, Possibly Cams, Possibly Gearbox Internals.

At £35K for an engine 3K for that on the possibility of some internals being salvageable isn't that bad.

Matt

What is the name of that extremely nasty stuff, fluoro-something acid that is made when cars burn out like that? I wouldn't want to go near a burnt out car just in case!

Take a closer look at the top half of that engine, its melted, I doubt anything on that car is useful. You only need to look at the rust to see how long its been sitting out there.

It might look kinda cool in your front garden. Imagine that - a burnt out Murcielago sitting in your front garden. I'm slightly disturbed by the fact that that actually appeals to me.

Chris.

Hmm. I saw a car burn out once - driving home late at night, saw it on fire just in front of me. When I got there, it had just started to go up inside - no one around as far as I could see. Called the fire brigade, stood there and watched the paint melt off, fuel come out and sporadically ignite in waves across the road, all the trim melt away until all that was left was a smoldering, smoking carcass. Then the fire brigade turned up - too late to put any fire out because it was just cahrred remains by then - they told me to just go home, didn't even take my name.

Chris.

Was there a point to that interesting little anechdote ? :)

Not really. Late at night. Been drinking. Brain matched up 'car on fire' and 'poisonous gases' with 'something I saw, once'. :) I'm off to bed before I become a vegetable.

Chris.

Hydrofluoric acid, it eats through flesh and bone and even in small doses can cause serious burns, ulcers and bone disease. And it's also the least of anyone's worries. The nasties produced when fibreglass burns are a large and intimidating list of irritants, carcinogens and toxins.

I saw a Reliant Robin burn out at the services at the northern end of the M5 (can't remember the name of the services - Toddington?). By the time the fire brigade got there all that was left was a sort of triangular frame, the driveshaft and diff and three wheels and some melted aluminium. There was also a *huge* pile of chopped strands of fibreglass. These remained there, bonded to the melted tarmac for about a year afterwards.

I hate the stuff (fibreglass) it reminds me too much of asbestos. I don't want to inhale the fibres or get them in my skin so I avoided the immediate area for a long time afterwards.

That's called "replacement", not "restoration".

Looks like he's already gone that route anyway seeing as there's a model in rather better condition in the background...

Only the heads are melted and their not badly deformed, chances are hardened components like cans, crank etc. would be salvageable. Inlet cam in my car at the moment came from a burnt T16 that had got so hot under the collar the ally rocker cover had melted ;)

Matt

Well any cam is designed to operate under extreme heat and stress, let alone a 9000 rpm + supercar but I doubt the block has survived without being warped. I don't think theres any way to make a profit on that thing considering theres a reserve too.

REMUS raved thus:

:: Take a closer look at the top half of that engine, its melted, I :: doubt anything on that car is useful. You only need to look at the :: rust to see how long its been sitting out there.

It's Italian; probably about 2 minutes... :)

That would be a matter of hours, then.

A burning / burnt out car oxidises almost instantly.