31-05-2022, 10:22 AM
Hi RR
Re the Long Range Desert Group jeep, I would be more worried about my hearing than the petrol tanks. not the ideal vehicle to be in hundreds of miles from home in the desert. The American copy of German jerry cans were vastly superior to the tinplate 4 gal tins used by the Brits and which lost them thousands of gallons. Many NZers found their way into the LRDG and one of their Chev medium trucks recovered from the desert in modern times is in the Imperial War Museum. When I visited it seemed to be suffering more from the ravages of school kids than it had from 50 years in the desert.
The later Seven tanks are heavy gauge and external to the body. Many cars had light gauge in the boot The fully sealed feature of moderns is a real virtue.
The model A Ford had a scuttle tank.
When I was a small boy service station attendants often went to the bonnet of the RP to refill.
Re the Long Range Desert Group jeep, I would be more worried about my hearing than the petrol tanks. not the ideal vehicle to be in hundreds of miles from home in the desert. The American copy of German jerry cans were vastly superior to the tinplate 4 gal tins used by the Brits and which lost them thousands of gallons. Many NZers found their way into the LRDG and one of their Chev medium trucks recovered from the desert in modern times is in the Imperial War Museum. When I visited it seemed to be suffering more from the ravages of school kids than it had from 50 years in the desert.
The later Seven tanks are heavy gauge and external to the body. Many cars had light gauge in the boot The fully sealed feature of moderns is a real virtue.
The model A Ford had a scuttle tank.
When I was a small boy service station attendants often went to the bonnet of the RP to refill.