has this ever happened to you?

[hubosity]

I took my 79 SC for its first spin in several weeks last night.

As I was happily tooling down a dark 2 lane highway, I glanced to my right and saw bright orange BURNING embers shoot out of the defroster, landing right on the passenger seat!

Needles to say, it startled the sh** out of me. No visible external smoke/fire. I was able to make it home without incident (only 1 mile away), but I'm afraid to take it out again.

Only idea I have is that it may be chunks of decomposed hoses which hook up to the blower.

Any other ideas or advice on how to proceed are appreciated.

Rich

[tonythetarga]

was there a smell associated with it/ electrical fire has a distinct odor. I didn't see any sparks with mine but the blower motor did burn out and needed replacing.

[ken_xman]

better check the alternator output. search here, how to do it, if you are not sure.

[porschenut]

Maybe some mice took up residence inside your heat exchangers. Did they smell like an overdone steak?

[Nitrometano]

loosed bulb? Maybe some ghost was smoking a cuban cigar.

[targa911S]

crap in the exchangers?

[jmshepard]

Yes, this happened to me several years ago in a SC. It was the the air supply hose to the heat exchanger coming apart. Change the duct and you are cured.

[targa911S]

scarey though for sure.

[autobonrun]

I can honestly say that has never happened to me. If you have fire and brimstone shooting at you, there are some real issues involved here.