Hello All;
Nine times out of ten when an auto manufacturer discontinues the inclusion
of a feature, like a gas tank plug, it is due to cost cutting. If you think
about it is a seldom used feature that most car shoppers wouldn't
contemplate in their decision to buy a car. Let's say, for the sake of
argument, that the gas tank plug costs $.50 cents to include with each gas
tank. Given the scope of production that Chrysler had then, roughly
1,000,000 cars per year, that $.50 cents adds up to $500,000 dollars. Since
mechanics don't have to drain gas tanks that often, and it isn't a selling
feature to car buyers, and costs the company $500,000 dollars to include
across their production range, why not eliminate it if it's not warranted?
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts.
----- Original Message -----
From: <dnieblas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1956 Gas Tank "Plug"?
> My 58 also has a drain plug on the bottom of the gas tank. From what I am
told most cars have them back in the 50's. For some kind of reason they were
deemed dangerous and were deleted in later years. Perhaps someone on the
list can shed more light on the subject. Bye for now.
>
> Doug
> 1958 Crown coupe
> >
> > From: "Mike & Christine Trettin" <mtrettin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 2003/06/21 Sat PM 01:53:50 EDT
> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: IML: 1956 Gas Tank "Plug"?
> >
> > At the front of the '56 Imperial gas tank (bottom side) is what appears
to
> > be some sort of a plug or drain. My tank had a slight leak here, in
> > addition to a dry rotted looking hose from the filler tube to the tank,
so
> > I've pulled the tank in order to do a full clean up/seal the tank/check
&
> > adjust sending unit job. Can anyone please tell me if this plug is
> > threaded, and can be removed by using a 1/2" square drive to remove it?
Or
> > is it meant to be permament, and I should leave it alone and just clean
> > around it and POR-15 it to fix the seepage problem?
> >
> > I have a picture of it here:
> > http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Fuel/1956Tank/Plug.jpg
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mike Trettin
> > 1956 Imperial Sedan, Turquoise
> >
> >
> >
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