I am glad all they make now are pianos. Imagine what would happen if your
Messershmidt fuel tanked Morgan encountered a Spitfire or a Mustang!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane McDaid" <Murphys@ziplink.net>
To: "Vandergraaf, Chuck" <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>; <Morgans@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 7:08 PM
Subject: Wood fuel tanks
> Furthering the diversion of the dirt in the fuel tank thread started by
> Messrs. Clark & Vandergraf...
>
> Morganeers, I learned just today that one of our vendors, Pianofortefabrik
> Leipzig holds a patent on laminated wood, rubber-lined fuel tanks
developed
> during WWII for Messerschmidt(sp?) airplanes. Seems the wood with rubber
> combo was less susceptible to explosion when pierced by bullets &
shrapnel.
> They don't use this technology at present, but are back to making some
> beautiful pianos!
>
> Could be useful for Morgans. Turn the whole tank into a structural member,
> eliminating the support planking and stiffening up the back half of the
> car. Whoops, looks like we're heading towards an Aero, here!
>
> Jerry Murphy
> '67 +4 6676, still holding fuel
>
>
> At 10:19 AM 6/16/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Not necessarily! The specific gravity of aluminum (aluminium to those
> >across the pond) is only 2.7. Assuming that wood has a specific gravity
of
> >0.9, the walls of a hypothetical wood gas tank could only be three times
as
> >thick as a similar one made out of aluminum to be lighter. Assuming a
> >0.040" thick walls for the aluminum gas tank, you could only use 1/8"
thick
> >plywood for the tank.
> >
> >Chuck Vandergraaf (who, evidently, has nothing better to do)
> >'52 +4
> >
> > ----------
> > From: MOGLOOM@aol.com[SMTP:MOGLOOM@aol.com]
> > Sent: Thursday June 15, 2000 10:30 PM
> > To: hclark@mail.dcwi.com; mogman@rpa.net; Morgans@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Dirt in the Petrol Tank
> >
> > In a message dated 6/15/00 8:00:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > hclark@mail.dcwi.com writes:
> >
> > << the light weight is more in
> > keeping with the Morgan Way. >>
> >
> > Maybe even made out of wood; that would be really keeping in the
> >Morgan way!
> > ;-)
> >
> >
> >
>
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