Gas tank 66 F100
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08-05-2010, 07:25 AM
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08-05-2010, 09:02 AM
People have made that modification using a Mustang tank. Personally, I have never seen a burned up Slick in a junkyard so I am not concerned about it. I was a little more concerned about my '69 Mustang which doesn't even have a trunk floor (the top of the tank serves as the trunk floor). I used to worry that a rear impact could fill the passenger compartment with fuel. I have seen hundreds of Mustangs in junkyards many of which sustained severe rear impacts and none of which caught on fire. There is a lot more metal to crush on your F-100, so I don't think it is an issue. The only Ford I can recall having a problem was the Pinto and that was because the differential punctured the gas tank on rear impact.
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08-05-2010, 10:03 AM
1970's GMC/Chevrolet pickups had a auxillary fuel tank mounted on the outside of the drivers side frame rail, butting up against the sheet metal.
When these trucks were T-boned, the fuel tank split open, gasoline poured out, the trucks exploded, people were burned to death.
This was a major news story back then...almost as famous as the exploding 1971/76 Pinto fuel tank fiasco.
The Pinto (and the 1965/73 Mustang!) fuel tank was made in two sections.
The upper section was spot welded to the lower section forming a lip that protruded from the circumference of the tank by 3/4's of an inch.
When Pinto's were rear ended, the force shoved the fuel tank forward. The lip on the fuel tank hit the rear end's center section, splitting it open.
Gasoline poured out, the cars exploded, people were burned to death.
Why anyone would consider mounting a fuel tank in this location...is beyond me.
If y'all had witnessed (like I did) the remains of these cars being towed into the Ford Dealers body shop, you might think twice before mounting a fuel tank in this unsafe location.
When these trucks were T-boned, the fuel tank split open, gasoline poured out, the trucks exploded, people were burned to death.
This was a major news story back then...almost as famous as the exploding 1971/76 Pinto fuel tank fiasco.
The Pinto (and the 1965/73 Mustang!) fuel tank was made in two sections.
The upper section was spot welded to the lower section forming a lip that protruded from the circumference of the tank by 3/4's of an inch.
When Pinto's were rear ended, the force shoved the fuel tank forward. The lip on the fuel tank hit the rear end's center section, splitting it open.
Gasoline poured out, the cars exploded, people were burned to death.
Why anyone would consider mounting a fuel tank in this location...is beyond me.
If y'all had witnessed (like I did) the remains of these cars being towed into the Ford Dealers body shop, you might think twice before mounting a fuel tank in this unsafe location.
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08-05-2010, 01:47 PM
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08-05-2010, 05:13 PM
1970's GMC/Chevrolet pickups had a auxillary fuel tank mounted on the outside of the drivers side frame rail, butting up against the sheet metal.
When these trucks were T-boned, the fuel tank split open, gasoline poured out, the trucks exploded, people were burned to death.
This was a major news story back then...almost as famous as the exploding 1971/76 Pinto fuel tank fiasco.
The Pinto (and the 1965/73 Mustang!) fuel tank was made in two sections.
The upper section was spot welded to the lower section forming a lip that protruded from the circumference of the tank by 3/4's of an inch.
When Pinto's were rear ended, the force shoved the fuel tank forward. The lip on the fuel tank hit the rear end's center section, splitting it open.
Gasoline poured out, the cars exploded, people were burned to death.
Why anyone would consider mounting a fuel tank in this location...is beyond me.
If y'all had witnessed (like I did) the remains of these cars being towed into the Ford Dealers body shop, you might think twice before mounting a fuel tank in this unsafe location.
When these trucks were T-boned, the fuel tank split open, gasoline poured out, the trucks exploded, people were burned to death.
This was a major news story back then...almost as famous as the exploding 1971/76 Pinto fuel tank fiasco.
The Pinto (and the 1965/73 Mustang!) fuel tank was made in two sections.
The upper section was spot welded to the lower section forming a lip that protruded from the circumference of the tank by 3/4's of an inch.
When Pinto's were rear ended, the force shoved the fuel tank forward. The lip on the fuel tank hit the rear end's center section, splitting it open.
Gasoline poured out, the cars exploded, people were burned to death.
Why anyone would consider mounting a fuel tank in this location...is beyond me.
If y'all had witnessed (like I did) the remains of these cars being towed into the Ford Dealers body shop, you might think twice before mounting a fuel tank in this unsafe location.
from what i have been able to find, 155 fatalities in these GM trucks between 1973 and 1989 involving both side impact and fire,
how many people died in pinto fires?.... 27
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