Re: Gas tank color

From: Russell Maddock (rmaddock(at)petrie.starway.net.au)
Date: Tue Apr 22 1997 - 05:58:51 CDT

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I'm sure those tanks should be black. Red fuel tanks sound most
un-Rootes. Since they would originally have been covered by the boot
trim anyway, there wouldn't have been much point painting them a bright
colour.

Russ Maddock

Timothy Obrien wrote:
>
> Just a weird question,
>
> Having browsed through the archives, I have not found this burning
> question answered. I have an early (395002095) Series V Alpine. The gas
> tanks are painted red. They look like something that fell off a Landrover
> or something. The only other gas tanks I have seen (late model Series V)
> were black. Which is correct?
>
> vbob SJ,CA
>

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