Safety is relevant to the discussion. The question was presented as follows:

Nomad 02 wrote: Anybody have a solution to getting the tank out of the cab without ordering a custom welding job?

48bigtrucks (Scott) asked: Why do you want to move it?

Nomad02 answered: Safety and volume.

Here is an excellent article that shows the history of how gas tank safety was being discussed by the big 3 as early as 1964: http://www.autosafety.org/history-gm-side-saddle-gas-tank-defect

Here are some outakes from the article...

Like Ford and Chrysler, GM made pickups with gas tanks inside the cab in the 1960's. Because of concerns about the safety of placing the gas tank inside the passenger cab, the Big Three auto makers all considered relocating the tank outside the passenger compartment in the early 1970's.

GM engineers reached a similar conclusion in their early assessments with Chevrolet engineer Alex Mair recommending in 1964 that the fuel tank of the next generation pickup must be mounted outside the cab and as near the center of the vehicle as practical.

Oh, and for Scott who stated "I still can't remember ever hearing of any problems from cab tanks and they've been around for a hundred years." Here is an article about a couple who just this month were severely burned as a direct result of an in-cab fuel tank: http://www.fireengineering.com/news...=HOME&id=177502&publicationId=25

Last edited by Hot Rod John; 05/23/2009 1:28 PM.
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