In 2003 I was building a 1941 Willys coupe with steel tube frame and Chrysler 392 Hemi I read about LizardSkin® in Street Rodder magazine, and decided to give it a try since its thermal-acoustic properties would greatly reduce noise and heat. I only needed one gallon to coat the entire interior

In April, 2005 I had just taken the Willys for its first drive, and was looking forward to a cross-country road trip. I parked the car in my garage, closed the door, and headed off to a restaurant for dinner. When I returned home, I was dumbfounded to see scorch marks on the garage door exterior. The fire had already burned itself out, and no one in the neighborhood had noticed a thing nor called the fire department. It had started in the “temporary” steering column I had used just for the test drive. (I had planned to replace it with a brand-new after-market steering column.)

Remarkably, not only had the fire been contained within the garage, but it hadn't escaped the inside of the car, thanks to LizardSkin. Without its extraordinary insulating properties, the fire would have spread to the interior of the garage where I also stored a '58 Chrysler and a motorcycle. From there it would have spread to the house.

I pushed what was left of the Willys out of my garage. (There was) the charred remains of the interior, with the rear windows blackened and the windshield completely gone. Yet on the engine side of the firewall all the wires are untouched! Amazingly, they showed no signs of heat damage - all are intact and still functional. I had coated the roof interior with LizardSkin® which (helped) contain the fire inside the car.

Thanks to LizardSkin®, I have the groundwork from which to begin rebuilding my Willys. Believe me, when I went to my auto parts supplier to replace what was lost, LizardSkin® Ceramic Insulation was the first thing I bought.

Len Brydon
Scottsdale, AZ

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