13 Feb 09 05:52, Roger Nelson wrote to Bob Ackley:


 BA>> My '72 Dodge has the tank in the cab.  In 1974 I had a local
 BA>> dealer add a factory option tank that mounts between the left
 BA>> side frame and the drive shaft, with a 'Y' in the cab for the
 BA>> feed and plumbing from there down through a hole in the back of
 BA>> the cab to the tank.  Mounted the 3-way manual selector valve in
 BA>> the floor (handle above the floor, valve below it) between the
 BA>> driver's seat and the door.  That gave me a capacity of a bit over
 BA>> 50 gallons.

 RN> I never gave a second thought to driving a truck with the tank behind
 RN> the seat nor was I the least bit queasy about driving a truck with
 RN> dual saddle tanks.  Where GM screwed up with the latter was putting
 RN> the filler necks on either side of the bed.  I noticed that Ford did
 RN> it right and had the filler necks on one side.

What Ford didn't do right was to put the tanks in-board of the frame,
right next to the drive-shaft.

 RN> Doing what you did was ingenius, but could you afford to fill it up
 RN> at today's prices?  While the cost for a barrel of oil is declining,
 RN> the price of gas is going up because the companies have cut back on
 RN> refining.  I wish I had $109k to buy a Tesla electric car with a body
 RN> by Lotus.  No slouches, those cars and you're supposed to get 244
 RN> miles on one charge.  At the present time, the closest service
 RN> center, should my Tesla (I'm getting ahead of myself) need servicing,
 RN> is in Miami.

Isn't that about 244 miles from your place? :o)

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