Neil Young warehouse blaze started in hybrid 'LincVolt' car (electric w/biodiesel generator)

Mercury News ^ | 11/16/10 | Joshua Melvin

[NormsRevenge]

The three-alarm blaze that caused $1.1 million in damage to a warehouse filled with rock legend Neil Young's music equipment and memorabilia appears to have started in a one-of-a-kind hybrid car stored at the site, a fire official said Monday.

Flames began in a 1959 Lincoln Continental dubbed LincVolt, which runs on electric batteries and a biodiesel-powered generator, and then spread to the warehouse at 593 Quarry Road in the early morning of Nov. 9, according to Belmont-San Carlos Fire Marshal Jim Palisi and a website devoted to the car.

Young assembled a team of workers in 2008 to convert the 19.5-foot behemoth from gasoline to hybrid power, an effort he chronicled in a four-part film series.

[NormsRevenge]

should have used solar panels instead.

[NormsRevenge]

Hey Hey My My.. My ol' lincvolt burnt up and fried..

[LRS]

LMAO!!!

[kingu]

Flames began in a 1959 Lincoln Continental dubbed LincVolt, which runs on electric batteries and a biodiesel-powered generator, and then spread to the warehouse at 593 Quarry Road in the early morning of Nov. 9, according to Belmont-San Carlos Fire Marshal Jim Palisi and a website devoted to the car.

The carbon offsets he's going to have to buy to cover this fire is going to be painful...

[ConservativeStatement]

The ironic thing is he was listening to “Fire” by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

[depressed in 06]

Too funny, should have used the Fred Flintstone drive instead.

[bray]

Sounds like a huge Carbon Foot just stepped on another braindead lib.

Pray for America

[lacrew]

“Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow”

[ClearCase_guy]

Out of the Green and into the Charred

[day10]

I thought it was “Burning Down the House” by Talking Heads.....

[eyeamok]

If I were his insurance company, i would DENY any claims he makes, the fire was started by his willful neglect with regards to converting an automobile to an experimental car. Once Modified he is responsible for any and all damages.

[Joe 6-pack]

LOL...I guess, “Long May You Run” is kind of a hollow wish at this point.

[LeonardFMason]

I’ve seen the LincVolt and the damage done....

[Lazlo in PA]

I remember when this leftist drug addict did this to that Lincoln. It was a rare convertible and not the type of car you ruin on some quixotic quest. Now he can become really green and walk.

Its just a shame that his 8-track collection of mint copies of "Cowgirl in the Sand" bit the dust. Guess he will have to hit the flea matkets to replace all that stuff.

[armymarinemom]

Lincvolt has a website all of it's very own. Now it should be toastvolt.

[Carl LaFong]

Nelson Muntz, our nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you.

[ropin71]

Birds... Its Over

[Cyber Liberty]

Hopefully nobody was hurt. That said, this is, on balance, a plus to the musical world. Here’s hoping the loss was total.

[dfwgator]

Down by the river, I shot my LincVolt....