at your stage in the game, where you dont really have much left to do with your car in terms of restoring, u might as well think about getting one, ya know?

 

makes me want to get 1 now!

 

+1, I have one like that mounted on the lower left side kick panel. I had it mounted were 65mojoe has his but, too many people ask "Is that juice"??

 

I was all excited about going Halon, then they got pulled from the shelves in California for a while. My over simplistic understanding was that Halon "removed" the O2 in the air and was dangerous if breathed into the lungs. Now that is very old information, and if they are selling them again, there must be more to the subject.
It would be worth investigating the personal risk though just in case there are special handling instructions.
I keep 2 ABC extinguishers in the garage, and one in the kitchen (under the sink). All have gauges. I used to have them serviced when the extinguisher guy came to our company. Now I need to find someone local.
The other thing I did was moved all the flamable spray products and paint to a cabinet right next to the roll up garage door. I don't store rags either. I've gone to the blue paper shop towls and throw them out when used up.
Because of all the remodel stuff I've been doing in the house, I've had to really pay close attention. Sawdust is incredibly flamable. So no welding or torching until I'm done and have washed out the garage.
Stupidly enough, I don't have one in the car, but thanks to your post will by the weekend!

Thanks for starting the thread!

 

i think the original halon is now illegal in some states for environmental reasons, not quite 100 % sure. most if not all of what you can get now is halotron or recycled halon.

i think they are worth the money. the amount of time, money and resources we put into these cars will never be reclaimed in a fire situation. if your lucky enough to catch it b/f major damage, i would rather not have to worry about the powder or foam causing more damage and mess on top of the fire.

 

I would get one in the car asap!!! its just like insurance, you might not ever use it but if you need it its there! on the halon subject we had a malfunction in the paint booth about 2 months ago and it dumped the halon system and it is nasty nasty stuff and we were told to use reperators when cleaning because it can be cancer forming. thats why alot of it got pulled off the shelf and we were also told its pretty hard on the lungs to breath it in.

 

Halon was banned from production in 1994 as part of the Montreal Protocol for enviormental reasons (makes holes in the ozone). Halotron is the EPA approved replacement for Halon. It is slightly less effective than halon but offers the same benefits over dry chemical extinguishers, no mess to clean up and it's non-corrosive so it won't damage your paint. I just picked a couple Halotron extinguishers up under the HalGuard name for my 73 and my garage from Jeg's. Here is a link to them: http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...tegoryId=89006