Not only that, but if you go to their dealer to have the gas
tank serviced, they get the labor charge for removing the
whole tank rather than just a plug. It's win-win for the
mfgr/dealer and lose for the consumer.
--Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '66
Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1956 Gas Tank "Plug"?
| 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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