On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:33:44 GMT, "Tim Rogers" >
wrote:

>"Howard Rose" > wrote in message
.. .
>>
>> You can get tanks that fit in place of the spare wheel, but I guess
>> that would only be suitable for the 1302/1303 Super Beetles. Plus I
>> would not like to think what would happen in a serious front-end
>> accident.
>>
>>
>
>.............A ruptured tank of gasoline is as potentially lethal to a
>vehicle's occupant as any other type of fuel. Maybe even more so. Because a
>gasoline tank has air which contains oxygen displacing the fuel inside the
>tank, it has the capacity to go off like bomb.

fair enough!! I didn't really think of that...

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Howard Rose
1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe
1962 Austin Mini Deluxe
1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe
http://www.howard81.co.uk/ (cars on website)