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Subject:Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
From:mike miller
Date:Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:57:08 -0800

Where are you and where do you get them.  10 gals more would be ideal.

Mike

> From: Michael Snow <mwsnow@COX.NET>
> Reply-To: Michael Snow <mwsnow@COX.NET>
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 04:43:06 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas
> can for spare tire)
>
> The best thing (IMHO) that I have seen so far is a pair of tanks made to
> fit between the frame and the outside edge of the body.  This was on a
> passenger model.  It looks like they would hold 10-12 gallons each.
> They were very simple, welded aluminum construction, with no provision
> for any type of fuel level gauge sender or fuel pump.  My long term plan
> is to install one on the side opposite the propane tank on my Westy.
>
> Mike Snow
>
>
>  What I would like to know is how to extend the
>> distance to about 500 miles, not 5,000 miles, (w/o tow truck, digi-wife, or
>> other artificial mover) and keep my van looking like a van and not some
>> terrorist plot that includes red gas cans strapped, duct taped, or fastened
>> to the exterior/interior.
>>
>> Jere
>> 90 GL
>> 88 GL
>>
>>
>