What year is it? I had a '63 and a '64. I never heard of anyone having a fire incident. The ones you have to be careful with are the pre '64's, in '64 they added a transverse leaf spring that greatly stabilized the body roll and tendency to tuck the axles. A big thing with them is to make sure you have all the tin in place on the engine(same with VW's), otherwise you will have overheating problems. Also carry atleast one spare fan belt, they do not like the 90 degree twist they have to make and like to jump off. The pre '65's tend to rust out in the "eyebrow" above the headlights, about 75% of the pre '65's will have this problem. Get on a good VW parts site and buy a carb synchronizer...you're gonna need it. Not only will the two sides run differently, a lean condition will cause them to overheat bad. Someday I'm gonna buy another one, that was my first car and it was a blast. If you can't find a shop manual for it let me know, I have mine stashed here someplace and I could photcopy some pages for you, or make pdf's. Good Luck.