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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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last night at 12:40am midnight Rio Deal Pewter burned dew to the the drive shaft breaking (i think) during a street race luckly nothing happend to EZ

can we have a moment of silence for

RIO DEAL PEWTER

















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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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oh man that sucks!! i need to find me an extinguisher. been hearing about a lot of truck fires lately.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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sorry to here about that. was he ok
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:53 AM
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Ouch!
I carry a fire extinguisher, maybe I should carry 2?
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:57 AM
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what exactly happened, on a diff not how low is that? kinda like the rims too
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
Ouch!
I carry a fire extinguisher, maybe I should carry 2?
got me thinking that my little extinguisher might not be quite big enough
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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EZ (owner) is okay. Doesn't really know what happened, he heard a pop when he shifted to 2nd and saw flames on the rearview mirror so he stopped and got out. Possible tranny leak or busted and the fluid cought on fire....
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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damn. glad he's okay.
i'd have to agree on the tranny fluid.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 01:25 PM
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damn! that was a nice lookin' truck too. glad to hear that he is okay and nobody else was hurt.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by leochevy2001
damn! that was a nice lookin' truck too. glad to hear that he is okay and nobody else was hurt.


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