[Tigers] Fire in the hole, ...car!

[Steve Laifman]

Jeff,

I can get you a great deal on a slightly used Toyota.  If you wait long 
enough, they'll pay you to get them off their lot.

;-)


Steve Laifman

Editor

http://TigersUnited.com



Jeffrey Nichols wrote:
> "What about the gas tanks......Located in the fenders and crossover tubes,  my
> fear has always been getting hit in rear with a fire...also the opening from
> the trunk to the cockpit (with the top up) scares me....Anyone ever heaqrd of
> a sunbeam exploding in flames when hit in rear?"
>  
> Don't drive a 1960's Mustang if fire worries you.  The floor of a Mustang
> trunk is the top of the gas tank with only the rear seat back as a
> firewall. Back in the day the worker inserted the gas tank through the trunk
> opening.   It was done that way to make it easier to install the gas tank
> while the car moved down the assembly line.   Face it, these old cars are more
> dangerous to drive than todays cars.
>  
>  
>                                                          Jeff