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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... -- Howard Rose 1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe http://www.howard81.co.uk/ (cars on website) |
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"Howard Rose" > wrote in message ... > On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:26:12 -0500, "jjs" > > wrote: > > >"Howard Rose" > wrote in message > .. . > >>I am not sure where you would put the extra tank in a Beetle and still > >> have room for your passengers. > > > >Pull a trailer of tanks. > > Or do as they did in WWII and have a big bag of gas on the roofrack! > -- > Howard Rose > 1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe > 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe > 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe > http://www.howard81.co.uk/ (cars on website) Visions of Dads Army episode.....! James |
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Thanks tothe prompt about WWII,I am wondering about the VWs of that era that
burned coal(fumes or dust or oil?,can't remember)Anyone have a good site same?Thanke "Juper Wort" > wrote in message ... > > "Howard Rose" > wrote in message > ... >> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:26:12 -0500, "jjs" > >> wrote: >> >> >"Howard Rose" > wrote in message >> .. . >> >>I am not sure where you would put the extra tank in a Beetle and still >> >> have room for your passengers. >> > >> >Pull a trailer of tanks. >> >> Or do as they did in WWII and have a big bag of gas on the roofrack! >> -- >> Howard Rose >> 1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe >> 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe >> 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe >> http://www.howard81.co.uk/ (cars on website) > > Visions of Dads Army episode.....! > > James > > > |
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I scanned this article on "Alternater fuel beetles" off VW Trends several years ago : http://www.geocities.com/janbugger/altern.html Jan ilambert wrote: > Thanks tothe prompt about WWII,I am wondering about the VWs of that era that > burned coal(fumes or dust or oil?,can't remember)Anyone have a good site > same?Thanke > "Juper Wort" > wrote in message > ... > >>"Howard Rose" > wrote in message . .. >> >>>On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:26:12 -0500, "jjs" > >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>>>"Howard Rose" > wrote in message m... >>>> >>>>>I am not sure where you would put the extra tank in a Beetle and still >>>>>have room for your passengers. >>>> >>>>Pull a trailer of tanks. >>> >>>Or do as they did in WWII and have a big bag of gas on the roofrack! >>>-- >>>Howard Rose >>>1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe >>>1962 Austin Mini Deluxe >>>1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe >>>http://www.howard81.co.uk/ (cars on website) >> >>Visions of Dads Army episode.....! >> >>James >> >> >> > > > |
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Cool site,Jan.Thanks
"Jan" > wrote in message ... > > I scanned this article on "Alternater fuel beetles" off VW Trends several > years ago : > > http://www.geocities.com/janbugger/altern.html > > Jan > > ilambert wrote: >> Thanks tothe prompt about WWII,I am wondering about the VWs of that era >> that burned coal(fumes or dust or oil?,can't remember)Anyone have a good >> site same?Thanke >> "Juper Wort" > wrote in message >> ... >> >>>"Howard Rose" > wrote in message ... >>> >>>>On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:26:12 -0500, "jjs" > >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>"Howard Rose" > wrote in message om... >>>>> >>>>>>I am not sure where you would put the extra tank in a Beetle and still >>>>>>have room for your passengers. >>>>> >>>>>Pull a trailer of tanks. >>>> >>>>Or do as they did in WWII and have a big bag of gas on the roofrack! >>>>-- >>>>Howard Rose >>>>1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe >>>>1962 Austin Mini Deluxe >>>>1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe >>>>http://www.howard81.co.uk/ (cars on website) >>> >>>Visions of Dads Army episode.....! >>> >>>James >>> >>> >>> >> >> |
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