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Old 11-15-2022, 03:31 PM
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The original poster statements were incorrect and were based on early misinformation by the media. The fire was gasoline related. This created a few members to perpetuate more misinformation, and ultimately political rhetoric.

I updated this post and deleted a few inappropriate posts by another member.

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Old 11-16-2022, 01:06 PM
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We are all praying for Jay Leno to have a full and speedy recovery from his accident last Sunday. It is reported that Jay was working on his 1909 White Steam car when he was hurt by fire in an accident. Although the car is green in my 10 year old photos, I believe it has been recently restored in Red.
In 2012 I was fortunate to spend the day with Jay Leno along with my writing partner Richard Truesdell when we took a ride around Burbank in this very car. I took pictures of Jay initiating the steam process by lighting the pilot light for the gas ignition. You can see Jay is lighting the flame through the tire in the third photo.
At that time, he explained that he was lighting Gasoline and it was one of the dangerous procedures associated with early Steam engine vehicles.
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Old 11-16-2022, 01:10 PM
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So - basically like playing around with a home or RV water heater, or furnace.

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Old 11-16-2022, 01:13 PM
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Not to minimize what happened to Jay, but in an attempt to add some levity to an otherwise serious news item:

I do catch myself on fire with some regularity. Typically it is as I am trying to get my propane heater going in the back garage, if it conks out as I try to get it to relight it will "phoof" a little fireball.

I typically don't notice until I come back in the house and the ladies look at me funny, then I realize my eyebrows or the hair of my beard will be singed on one side of my face.

I came in one time and they had drawn a clock on the chalkboard that said "Days since Dad Has Caught Himself on Fire", set to "zero".

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Got my engine builder one time, too.

We were in Atlanta and tuning up a new engine and combination. He was leaning over the carb and motioned for me to crank it and when I did it backfired up from the carb.

Singed his hair and eyebrow pretty good.

He was really excited to show me his new helmet at the next event:
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So - back to being serious - I think we all know that these cars can be tricky, especially when dealing with fuel but also in the garage environment itself.

You know the drill; Let's all be careful out there.

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Old 11-16-2022, 01:25 PM
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I'm sorry - I know it shouldn't always be about the cars, but - I am reminded that President Taft motorized his presidential fleet and that one of the cars he had was a 1909 White Steamer:
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I stand corrected. Apologies...

With the vapor LEL of modern fuels It is an NFPA violation to even store gasolines anyplace in a room that has an active pilot light - and it is the vapor that burns not the actual gasoline.

But why in the world use gasoline in a steamer when Kerosene would get the job done and was the preferred fuel for these cars anyway?
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