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Fw: Dirt in the Petrol Tank

To: <morgans@autox.team.net>
Subject: Fw: Dirt in the Petrol Tank
From: "George Dow" <gdow@pylon8.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:04:28 +0100
Hi Guys
            Chuck, what if you lead lined the wood tank.........Just
thinking of ancient Mog compatible crafts!.......I must get a life??

Cheers,   George
Glasgow Scotland

----- Original Message -----
From: Vandergraaf, Chuck <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>
To: <MOGLOOM@aol.com>
Cc: <Morgans@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:19 PM
Subject: RE: Dirt in the Petrol Tank


> Not necessarily!  The specific gravity of aluminum (aluminium to those
> across the pond) is only 2.7.  Assuming that wood has a specific gravity
of
> 0.9, the walls of a hypothetical wood gas tank could only be three times
as
> thick as a similar one made out of aluminum to be lighter.  Assuming a
> 0.040" thick walls for the aluminum gas tank, you could only use 1/8"
thick
> plywood for the tank.
>
> Chuck Vandergraaf (who, evidently, has nothing better to do)
> '52 +4
>
> ----------
> From:  MOGLOOM@aol.com[SMTP:MOGLOOM@aol.com]
> Sent:  Thursday June 15, 2000 10:30 PM
> To:  hclark@mail.dcwi.com; mogman@rpa.net; Morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject:  Re: Dirt in the Petrol Tank
>
> In a message dated 6/15/00 8:00:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> hclark@mail.dcwi.com writes:
>
> << the light weight is more in
> keeping with the Morgan Way. >>
>
> Maybe even made out of wood; that would be really keeping in the
> Morgan way!
> ;-)
>
>


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