The Revenge of the Car Gods
Some cars were never meant to by hybrids : A fire at a San Francisco Bay area warehouse where Neil Young stored memorabilia started in a vintage car the singer had converted into a hybrid vehicle in a much publicized project to promote fuel-efficiency, authorities said. Belmont-San Carlos Fire Marshal Jim Palisi told the San Mateo County Times on Monday the Nov. 9 fire began in Young’s 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible and spread to the warehouse. Fire crews were able to save about 70 percent of the 10,000-square-foot building’s contents, including other vintage cars, guitars and framed photos belonging to Young. But the car dubbed the Lincvolt was damaged. No one was injured. Young had converted the car to run on batteries and a biodiesel-powered generator as part of a project to create the world’s most efficient full-size vehicle. The white, 20-foot long, 5,000-pound car’s journey from gas guzzler to hybrid was chronicled on the website lincvolt.com and in a four-part film series. The website also allowed people to track the vehicle’s vital statistics, including its speed, on its various trips. In a statement, Young said workers hope the car’s computer will shed light on what caused it to catch fire. Iowahawk has a theory: Feel-good story of the year: (1) Caterwauling Woodstock hippie dip#### converts ’59 Lincoln Continental to hybrid. (2) ANGRY HOT ROD GODS WREAK FIERY VENGEANCE. I think he’s right.
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