WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
It might be in response to new NTHSA fuel safety requirements
<URL:http://www.dot.gov/affairs/nhtsa5103.htm> (Press release from 2003,
no details) or it might be defense against fire-related civil suits, or
some combination of the two. Either way, the SAE has recognized the
need to protect fuel tanks and/or relocate them out of the "crush zones"
since at least 1970.
Don't be too surprised if you see puncture-resistant fuel bladder tank
liners added to vehicles sometime soon. It is one of the fixes
suggested for the inflammable Crown Vic Police Interceptor.
billy ray wrote:
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This would make me think
> it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>
>>Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like that also, and with
>>the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover has now picked up
>>on
>>with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
>>news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything safely, like the
>>>Cherokee: http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>>mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>>INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>>
>>>>Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be completely changed
>>>>for
>>>>2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing completely
>>
>>redesigned.
>>
>>>>Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
#42
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
It might be in response to new NTHSA fuel safety requirements
<URL:http://www.dot.gov/affairs/nhtsa5103.htm> (Press release from 2003,
no details) or it might be defense against fire-related civil suits, or
some combination of the two. Either way, the SAE has recognized the
need to protect fuel tanks and/or relocate them out of the "crush zones"
since at least 1970.
Don't be too surprised if you see puncture-resistant fuel bladder tank
liners added to vehicles sometime soon. It is one of the fixes
suggested for the inflammable Crown Vic Police Interceptor.
billy ray wrote:
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This would make me think
> it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>
>>Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like that also, and with
>>the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover has now picked up
>>on
>>with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
>>news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything safely, like the
>>>Cherokee: http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>>mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>>INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>>
>>>>Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be completely changed
>>>>for
>>>>2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing completely
>>
>>redesigned.
>>
>>>>Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
#43
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
It might be in response to new NTHSA fuel safety requirements
<URL:http://www.dot.gov/affairs/nhtsa5103.htm> (Press release from 2003,
no details) or it might be defense against fire-related civil suits, or
some combination of the two. Either way, the SAE has recognized the
need to protect fuel tanks and/or relocate them out of the "crush zones"
since at least 1970.
Don't be too surprised if you see puncture-resistant fuel bladder tank
liners added to vehicles sometime soon. It is one of the fixes
suggested for the inflammable Crown Vic Police Interceptor.
billy ray wrote:
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This would make me think
> it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>
>>Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like that also, and with
>>the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover has now picked up
>>on
>>with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
>>news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything safely, like the
>>>Cherokee: http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>>mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>>INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>>
>>>>Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be completely changed
>>>>for
>>>>2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing completely
>>
>>redesigned.
>>
>>>>Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
#44
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
Could you get a Real Wagoneer going fast enough to roll it?
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> The old Wagoneer's were a foot off the ground, they didn't have to
> deal with Liberal wacko courts on roll over, or course they were top
> heavy, but people back then were smarter and compensated:
> http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/Jeep_72_W..._Green_sf1.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
>
>>Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like that also, and with
>>the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover has now picked up on
>>with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>>Dave
#45
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
Could you get a Real Wagoneer going fast enough to roll it?
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> The old Wagoneer's were a foot off the ground, they didn't have to
> deal with Liberal wacko courts on roll over, or course they were top
> heavy, but people back then were smarter and compensated:
> http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/Jeep_72_W..._Green_sf1.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
>
>>Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like that also, and with
>>the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover has now picked up on
>>with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>>Dave
#46
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
Could you get a Real Wagoneer going fast enough to roll it?
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> The old Wagoneer's were a foot off the ground, they didn't have to
> deal with Liberal wacko courts on roll over, or course they were top
> heavy, but people back then were smarter and compensated:
> http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/Jeep_72_W..._Green_sf1.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
>
>>Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like that also, and with
>>the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover has now picked up on
>>with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>>Dave
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
I had a '76 Pinto in the '90s:^) Called it my
"Explodomobile"
Seahag
"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:50ffc$43d3a10e$4831b233$9868@FUSE.NET...
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This
> would make me think it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>> Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like
>> that also, and with
>> the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover
>> has now picked up on
>> with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
>> message
>> news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything
>>> safely, like the
>>> Cherokee:
>>> http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>> mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>> INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be
>>> > completely changed for
>>> > 2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing
>>> > completely
>> redesigned.
>>> > Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
"Explodomobile"
Seahag
"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:50ffc$43d3a10e$4831b233$9868@FUSE.NET...
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This
> would make me think it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>> Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like
>> that also, and with
>> the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover
>> has now picked up on
>> with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
>> message
>> news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything
>>> safely, like the
>>> Cherokee:
>>> http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>> mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>> INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be
>>> > completely changed for
>>> > 2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing
>>> > completely
>> redesigned.
>>> > Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
#48
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
I had a '76 Pinto in the '90s:^) Called it my
"Explodomobile"
Seahag
"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:50ffc$43d3a10e$4831b233$9868@FUSE.NET...
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This
> would make me think it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>> Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like
>> that also, and with
>> the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover
>> has now picked up on
>> with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
>> message
>> news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything
>>> safely, like the
>>> Cherokee:
>>> http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>> mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>> INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be
>>> > completely changed for
>>> > 2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing
>>> > completely
>> redesigned.
>>> > Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
"Explodomobile"
Seahag
"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:50ffc$43d3a10e$4831b233$9868@FUSE.NET...
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This
> would make me think it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>> Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like
>> that also, and with
>> the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover
>> has now picked up on
>> with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
>> message
>> news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything
>>> safely, like the
>>> Cherokee:
>>> http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>> mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>> INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be
>>> > completely changed for
>>> > 2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing
>>> > completely
>> redesigned.
>>> > Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
#49
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
I had a '76 Pinto in the '90s:^) Called it my
"Explodomobile"
Seahag
"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:50ffc$43d3a10e$4831b233$9868@FUSE.NET...
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This
> would make me think it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>> Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like
>> that also, and with
>> the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover
>> has now picked up on
>> with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
>> message
>> news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything
>>> safely, like the
>>> Cherokee:
>>> http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>> mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>> INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be
>>> > completely changed for
>>> > 2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing
>>> > completely
>> redesigned.
>>> > Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
"Explodomobile"
Seahag
"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:50ffc$43d3a10e$4831b233$9868@FUSE.NET...
> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This
> would make me think it was part of a government mandate.
>
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>> Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like
>> that also, and with
>> the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover
>> has now picked up on
>> with the new Discovery 3).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
>> message
>> news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>> Making it impossible to high center anything
>>> safely, like the
>>> Cherokee:
>>> http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>> mailto:--------------------
>>>
>>> INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be
>>> > completely changed for
>>> > 2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing
>>> > completely
>> redesigned.
>>> > Anybody have any more details on this??
>>
>>
>
>
#50
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Re: WRANGLER DISCONTINUED?
It wasn;t limited to the Pinto, if memory serves my brother's '70 Torino (I
drove it in high school) had a similar fuel tank setup. Each time you opened
the hood you'd get a whiff of gas.
http://home.triad.rr.com/redsled/torinohome.html
"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
news:43d4f7f4_1@newsfeed.slurp.net...
>I had a '76 Pinto in the '90s:^) Called it my "Explodomobile"
>
> Seahag
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:50ffc$43d3a10e$4831b233$9868@FUSE.NET...
>> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This would make me
>> think it was part of a government mandate.
>>
>>
>> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
>> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>>> Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like that also, and
>>> with
>>> the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover has now picked
>>> up on
>>> with the new Discovery 3).
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
>>> news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>>> Making it impossible to high center anything safely, like the
>>>> Cherokee: http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>>> mailto:--------------------
>>>>
>>>> INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be completely changed
>>>> > for
>>>> > 2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing completely
>>> redesigned.
>>>> > Anybody have any more details on this??
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
drove it in high school) had a similar fuel tank setup. Each time you opened
the hood you'd get a whiff of gas.
http://home.triad.rr.com/redsled/torinohome.html
"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
news:43d4f7f4_1@newsfeed.slurp.net...
>I had a '76 Pinto in the '90s:^) Called it my "Explodomobile"
>
> Seahag
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:50ffc$43d3a10e$4831b233$9868@FUSE.NET...
>> All the manufacturers are relocating fuel tanks. This would make me
>> think it was part of a government mandate.
>>
>>
>> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
>> news:pZJAf.5563$wl.3496@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
>>> Now, Bill be fair - the 60's - 90's Wagoneer was like that also, and
>>> with
>>> the tyre under the body (a stupid idea which LandRover has now picked
>>> up on
>>> with the new Discovery 3).
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
>>> news:43D3260E.64285F78@***.net...
>>>> Making it impossible to high center anything safely, like the
>>>> Cherokee: http://www.----------.com/05cherokee/05cherokee6aft.jpg
>>>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>>>> mailto:--------------------
>>>>
>>>> INDIVIDUAL wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Current car magazine states the Wrangler is to be completely changed
>>>> > for
>>>> > 2007. Gas tank in center of vehicle and whole thing completely
>>> redesigned.
>>>> > Anybody have any more details on this??
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>