gas tank is located at rear axle on a car.
gas tank is located at rear axle on a car.
where is gas tank located on a car?
rear axle
the court found that the pinto's styling required the gas tank to be placed behind the rear axle, instead of over the rear axle as was "the preferred practice in europe and japan" and that the pinto had "only 9 or 10 inches" of "crush space," "far less than in any other american automobile or ford overseas subcompact." the court found that the pinto's bumper "was little more than a chrome strip, less substantial than the bumper of any other american car produced then or later." the court found that the pinto's rear structure lacked reinforcement "found in all automobiles produced by ford's overseas operations," rendering the pinto "less crush resistant than other vehicles." the court found that a flange and a line of bolts on the pinto's differential housing "were sufficient to puncture a gas tank driven forward upon rear impact."
grimshaw v. ford motor co.
from 1977 to 1982, chicano roy was the first hispanic motorcycle chopper builder to conquer the custom motorcycle magazine world, with his right-hand man, and youngest brother of 10, david garcia. these magazines included easyrider, big bike, street chopper, custom bike, chopper, iron horse and others. chicano roy was the first to invent items, including, but not limited to, the "molded frame", which is a motorcycle frame that has the gas tank and frame molded together to look as one, to give body to the entire skeleton frame; however, the gas tank actually un-bolted just in case the gas tank was damaged in an accident. chicano roy molded all types of motorcycle frame from stock to after-market to complete personal fabricated frames. chicano roy and lil brother david also included in their arsenal of customizing the "frenched spoon seat", where the seat actually sat inside the frame, so you did not see a separation in between the frame and the seat. laminations between the seat and the gas tank or recessed in the gas tank. plus "the frenched axle", where the large ugly back-wheel axle nuts did not protrude outward anymore; rather, they recessed flush with the new body of the frame; extreme front and back leg peaking.
chicano roy