So, I'm driving down the interstate one day... and lose power in the Red Truck. By the time I'm over to the right, and heading towards the exit... messing with the clutch all the way to keep it running (think of multiple pop starts with a plethora of downshifts interspersed)... The hood starts bubbling!!! At fist I thought it was the hood itself, and said a few hail marys... but then I realize it was just the paint. Just the paint, indeed. Being my first underhood barbeque, I freaked where it died (25 feet off the ramp from the highway) and ran to the nearest building (a restaurant) to guilt them into giving me their extinguisher. Yeah, yeah, I know I should have one. Oh, wait, I did: I had put it in my YJ from my wheeling trip in Death Valley, cruising Vegas for Sema, and then north of Vegas for a trail run... and in my YJ it remained.
Long and short of it, most of the underhood wiring was done, much of the plastic on the driver's side done, and I learned that in under 5 minutes while on the phone with 911, I could strip everything, including stereo and speakers... out of the cab of a burning MJ. And I only sustained one 10-12 stitch cut.