Okay, my son was driving my 1971 350sl on Friday night. He was in the drive thru line at a burger place and smoke started coming out of the hood. He pulled forward and the engine was on fire. He opened up the hood and got a fire extinguisher and put it out.

The damage: radiator hose melted, distributor cap and all lines going to it gone, any rubber hose on top of the engine melted,,,and many of the wire connected to any sensor is toast. vacuum hoses are melted. Fan shroud is slightly damaged. The main bundle of wires coming from the fire wall into the engine compartment is toast.

Questions and opinions: Should I get this fixed or total the car out. the engine will turn but of course it will not do anything else. Mostly just the electrical stuff and hoses.

I can post pictures of the sad event too.

Thanks for the forth coming comments.