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It wasn't my first car (Simca Aronde) but I bought a 68 beetle from a junk yard rebuilt the engine and it served as good transportation to college. While driving to finals the fuel pump died spraying gas all over the engine compartment (I made the mistake of reusing the original pump). I felt a power loss and looking out the review mirror saw flames spewing out the engine compartment. I opened the lid and some of the raw gas flung onto my shirt melting it. Thankfully a home owner was watering his lawn and put out the fire. I turned the car into a baja bug and drove it for several years (with a new fuel pump). A fun car. I remember the days when bugs and busses catching fire on the side of the road was a common occurrence.
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