Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 21:44:06 -0500
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From:         mjanello@umich.edu (Mark Janello)
Subject:      Re: help-gas tank straps

At 10:45 AM 6/9/96, Thom Fitzpatrick wrote:

>The front sections of the straps are brazed/welded on.

A local junkyard was removing the gas tank from some kind of big
Chevy, they cut the straps off with a torch, the straps came off, the
tank fell on the straps, you can guess what happed next:  the tank still
had some gas in it, the straps were red hot, the tank exploded.

Moral of the story--stay away from Chevy's.

Mark
mjanello@umich.edu
'62 Kombi

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