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A Bed-Mounted Fuel Tank for GM C / K Pickup Trucks Kennerly Digges
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Fournier, Ed Keown, Matthew Shewchenko, Nicholas |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | The sidesaddle fuel tank on 1973-1987 GM C/K pickup trucks has been the subject of extensive test and evaluation. Tests conducted by NHTSA led to the conclusion that the placement of the tank outside of the vehicle frame rail increases its susceptibility to damage and leakage during severe side impact collisions. Various alternative tank designs and placement strategies to mitigate tank leakage have been evaluated. The research reported in this paper summarizes nine tests on trucks with fuel tanks relocated to the pickup truck bed. Tests show the tank to be well protected in a side impact collision, as well as in front, rear and rollover collisions. The bed-mounted tank has been shown to survive the severe side impact conditions that caused leakage in the OEM sidesaddle tanks. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://autosafetyresearch.org/ASRI%20Finals/Bed%20Mounted%20Tank%20for%20GM%20Pickups.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
