It sure helped that NBC used those igniters to make sure the fuel
leaks caught fire. :-/
Bruce K
57 3200
At Wednesday, 1 May 2002, you wrote:
>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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