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The function of an on-board fire extinguisher is primarily to give you time to get away from a fire unscathed. EVERYTHING else is a secondary benefit. Appearance counts for nothing if you ever need to actually use one on a fire. This could be your fire or that in a friend's machine. They have other uses, too, One young woman used one to discourage a bear investigating her Miata roadster... while she was in it.

The need for a fire extinguisher goes up severely if ANY PART of the fuel system has been modified. In the case of a 45+ yr old GT driven anywhere near its capabilities, many OEM fuel system parts should be modified. This works against us. All my cars & trucks carry a functioning on-board extinguisher.

The first thing that shatters in a Pantera engine fire is the big rear window. It only takes seconds of direct flame. So you want the extinguisher VERY close at hand. Ours is mounted like Larry's, right behind the driver's left shoulder. I can detach it from its mount without releasing belts or harnesses. Another place is cross-wise on the floor under the driver's thighs. It should not interfere with the anti-submarine belt bracket (if present) on the floor in the same area.

If you ever decide to drive in an open track event, at least in the U.S, your extinguisher MUST have a metal bracket securing it to a hard part of the car. Plastic mounts often break- most sanctioning bodies ban them. Tech Inspectors may force you to remove a plastic-mounted fire bottle before going out on track. In the event of a non-fire incident, a  3 lb chunk of loose metal flying around inside a tumbling car can cause surprising damage- to yourself and/or to the interior.

All this is not intended to scare anyone. It is a simple fact of life: the universe is dangerous. Some forethought may pay off for you some day.

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