My 92 caprice has it, and every full sized GM has had it sense well I can't
remember... forever is close enough. 96 Impala SS has them.
Leave it in the cab... so when your truck gets t-boned it won't spill out
onto the road just into the cab...
I've survived getting t-boned in the infamous 73-87 Chevy pickups with the
saddle tanks, twice. Gasoline was everywhere, guess what... no boom! (both
times were semi trucks hitting us in excess of 60mph)... but CBS or ABC
tries it (just a tap mind you) and boom! GM, Ford and Chrysler used cab
mounted truck gas tanks for decades, saddle tanks lasted for almost the
same. The cars got rear fillers for decades and we're talking millions of
cars...
Jon P
-----Original Message-----
From: Jhouse [mailto:jhouse@ccsol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:11 AM
To: Ie61pah@aol.com; stkcode@yahoo.com;
oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] gas filler
How many more must DIE?
I remember that my dads Buick Electra 225 had the rear
filler - it was
great.
NHJim
45 Chevy 3104
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
Ie61pah@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:40 PM
To: stkcode@yahoo.com; oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] gas filler
Maybe I'm wrong here but aren't those unsafe?
If I recall correctly, in a rear end accident, it
could shove the gas filler neck into the gas tank,
shearing it opening. Obviously, causing gas to
leak/dump out and become a safety hazard.
I like the idea...hidden, clean looking, out of
way...but are their any safety concerns?
Well... yea I suppose it could be unsafe. Lets put it in
the side, opps
if you get hit in the side it could do the same thing. Lets
put it on top,
opps, if you roll over it could do the same thing. Lets have
a truck with no
gas tank, then it wont blow up.
Safety is a great thing, but you cant let it control your
whole life. For
the thousands of cars that were made with rear facing gas
tanks, the few
that
got hit just right to make them blow up, was a very small
percentage.
Just my opinion... Pat Hollister
58 step
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