Hidden fuel tank in Mercedes. How?

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by M.A. Stewart, Apr 25, 2009.

  1. M.A. Stewart

    M.A. Stewart Guest

    I want to have fun and make money off of family and friends. I want to buy
    a big old fat 4000 lb Mercedes Benz, and modify it to get what appears
    to be incredible fuel economy. To do this would mean hiding extra fuel
    onboard. I want to con these people into making a big wager with me.

    I thinking;

    a) front (and or rear) frame rails sealed up, and turned into fuel tanks
    b) tanks hidden inside frame rails or other box sections etc.
    b) spare tire and wheel modified to be a fuel tank
    c) fabricated tank fitted inside rear seat
    d) fabricated tank fitted on top of original fuel tank
    e) fabricated tanks fitted inside front fenders
    f) "That old water heater in the trunk? I've been meaning to get it to the
    steel recycler for months!"

    Any ideas on how to plumb these (in a hidden manner of course)?
    Any ideas on other alternative hidden areas to carry fuel?
     
    M.A. Stewart, Apr 25, 2009
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    Tegger Guest

    (M.A. Stewart) wrote in


    Talk to the old Candid Camera folks. They did a really funny sketch in the
    '60s involving a Volkswagen Beetle and a seemingly bottomless gas tank. I
    kinda felt sorry for the gas jockey; he was convinced it was leaking onto
    the ground somewhere.
     
    Tegger, Apr 25, 2009
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    Jim Yanik Guest

    (M.A. Stewart) wrote in
    get into an accident and that extra tank or it's lines could break open and
    cause a huge fire and incinerate you and your passengers.
    you'd also need a 2nd fuel pump.Most factory tanks have an electric pump
    inside the tank.
    (with safety relays to cut off fuel feed under certain conditions.)
     
    Jim Yanik, Apr 25, 2009
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    Ttoommy Guest

    Surely this is a troll?

    someone contacts a honda NG to discuss a "joke" about making a Merc. an
    inconspicuous fire bomb

    For Goodness sake
     
    Ttoommy, Apr 27, 2009
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  5. M.A. Stewart

    Jim Yanik Guest

    yes,you're right.I shoulda caught that. Apologies to the NG.
     
    Jim Yanik, Apr 27, 2009
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  6. M.A. Stewart

    M.A. Stewart Guest

    I took your advice.

    Downside is Allen Funt is dead.

    Upside is, I found a nice trilingual (French, Spanish, English) Haitian
    lady named Madam Montserrat, who can contact the dead (and who also does
    Voodoo on the side). She contacted Allen Funt, and boy is he pissed. She
    said he ranted on and on about some fuckin' weasel in the State of
    Washington, named GasSaver or something, who stole his "Friction To
    Energy Technology", way back in the 1960's.
     
    M.A. Stewart, Apr 27, 2009
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  7. M.A. Stewart

    M.A. Stewart Guest

    Did you read the string "Inviting every hybrid owners in Seattle to prove
    us wrong." crossposted to alt.auto.toyota, alt.autos.toyota.prius,
    alt.autos.honda?




    Could that be classed as "Friction To Energy Technology"?

    No need to apologize.

    You didn't read the string "Inviting every hybrid owners in
    Seattle to prove us wrong." crossposted to alt.auto.toyota,
    alt.autos.toyota.prius, alt.autos.honda.
     
    M.A. Stewart, Apr 28, 2009
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