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Re: Spit safety question...

To: GT6in@aol.com, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Spit safety question...
From: tomomalley@hey.net (Tom O'Malley)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 20:18:49 GMT
References: <4a46ad88.35c54b48@aol.com>
Tom writes...

>     I might as well jump in here since this has been nagging me since
>forever.  Were there ever any tests done on the GT6 concerning the safety of
>the gas tank sitting inside the car and right in the back?  Seems to me it is
>a lethal combo in a rear end hit. 

Opinions I've heard over the years suggest it's a pretty safe
location.

> The show on TLC last week got me thinking when they showed the classic pinto 
>collision. 
> Good program though, even showed a guy driving a green late model spit with 
>some funky clothes on.

That was me.

>that how they really dressed back then? :)

What do you mean, "then"?

Cheers!
Tom O'Malley in Southbridge Massachusetts
'74, '77 Spits
 :-)

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