Is this legal for motorsports?

From here: http://www.geocities.com/citroen4x4/

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combustion driven ejector seat??

How do you get out of that truck? I don't see any door handles.

sitting on a gas tank? So common. Ever owned an old jeep or old pickup truck?

I didn't even see the fuel tank at first, those look like deck chairs

Yep. Deck chairs on top of the gas tank.. Man, they really knew how to build 'em "back in the day".

I know old Ford pickups have the tank right behind the seats. That makes me nervous enough. Riding around on top of several gallons of highly flammable liquid would definitely make me drive reeaal carefully.

My mom had the money to buy a used Tiger back in the day. She was a sports car nut (still is) and really wanted it. Her parents wouldn't let her because the gas tank was behind the dash?

-Rob

all WWII jeeps and Cj2's/Cj3's and early cj5's had the gas tank under the seat.

In many open wheel racecars the driver's backrest is the fuel tank. Talk to me after you've sat for 20 minutes on the grid in a slightly overfilled Caldwell D-13 on a sunny day.

Shrug. I routinely stuff a can of gas between my legs and take off on the road. Sometimes I put a bigger can behind my head. Sometimes I put one on my lap.

the Honda Fit? domt you sit on the gas tank in those?

The car in the picture is a 4 wheel drive Citroen 2CV - they're pretty amazing cars, with one engine in the front and a second one in the rear.

As mentioned, plenty of old trucks had the gas tank right behind the seat, like my '66 F100. Model Ts had the gas tank under the seat, Model As had them behind the dashboard.

rob_lewis wrote: My mom had the money to buy a used Tiger back in the day. She was a sports car nut (still is) and really wanted it. Her parents wouldn't let her because the gas tank was behind the dash? -Rob

On our Tiger, there is a gas tank in each rear quarter panel.

4 wheel drive 2CV eh?

NOT.

Heck, old VW Beetles and 914 Porsches have the fuel tank sideways right in front of the passenger compartment. The later Beetles had a metal bulkhead behind the instruments so fuel wouldn't come through in the event of a crash, the older ones had a cardboard cover.

The b-i-l's 510 has the fuel tank above the rear axle and between the wheels which is a good place IMHO. BUT! the only thing between you and the fuel tank is the rear seat backrest cushion. Oh, and a V shaped stamped steel 'web' that reinforces the body shell.

Jman-You arent going to mention the spitfires gas tank that sits behind a nice vinyl panel? (a foot or so behind the driver? )

I guess I should mention that one as well. I made an aluminum piece for mine just in case. The J-H has the tank in the same place as a Spit or a Dime but has a full width metal bulkhead, obviously bulit to a different safety standard. Weird thing: the '74 J-H has the bulkhead, the '80 Spitfire does not. I guess both of them passed the crash standards of the time.

Old Toyota Corolla wagons had the fuel tank inside the right rear fender and there was only the interior panel sealing it off. AFAIK it wasn't until the mid to late '70's that sealing the fuel tank off from the passenger compartment became widespread.

foxtrapper wrote: 4 wheel drive 2CV eh? NOT.

Did you click on the link in the original post? http://www.geocities.com/citroen4x4/

wreckerboy wrote: In many open wheel racecars the driver's backrest is the fuel tank. Talk to me after you've sat for 20 minutes on the grid in a slightly overfilled Caldwell D-13 on a sunny day.

nothing better than the feeling of race fuel running down your back...

grinch77 wrote:

wreckerboy wrote: In many open wheel racecars the driver's backrest is the fuel tank. Talk to me after you've sat for 20 minutes on the grid in a slightly overfilled Caldwell D-13 on a sunny day.

nothing better than the feeling of race fuel running down your back...

Just keep telling yourself "it's good for your skin, it's good for your skin, opens those pores right up..."

my first thought was it would be cool to recreate this with a beetle so I googled twin engine beetle, I found this but it is not exactly what I was thinking: http://jalopnik.com/5061499/nice-price-or-crack-pipe-twin+engine-twin+shifter-subueetle-for-20-grand

Also something came up about the fittipaldi brothers building a twin Porsche engined racing beetle in 67 but all I can find is one picture really.

seann wrote: my first thought was it would be cool to recreate this with a beetle so I googled twin engine beetle, I found this but it is not exactly what I was thinking: http://jalopnik.com/5061499/nice-price-or-crack-pipe-twin+engine-twin+shifter-subueetle-for-20-grand Also something came up about the fittipaldi brothers building a twin Porsche engined racing beetle in 67 but all I can find is one picture really.

that looks like a Pacer

seann wrote: my first thought was it would be cool to recreate this with a beetle so I googled twin engine beetle, I found this but it is not exactly what I was thinking: http://jalopnik.com/5061499/nice-price-or-crack-pipe-twin+engine-twin+shifter-subueetle-for-20-grand Also something came up about the fittipaldi brothers building a twin Porsche engined racing beetle in 67 but all I can find is one picture really.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3379213

I guess it was two flat fours midmounted with one transmission.