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Re: Maximum Speed 20mph per N&W !



Please also recall the container of choice for gasoline when all else failed was a
gallon milk bottle.

Yours,
Guy Lynn

M19SOORKB@Prodigy.Net wrote:

> And I would add that polyethelene gas cans probably did not exist in 1947,
> leading to the requirement that "metal" cans be used.  A 1947 rule isn't quite
> resonant in these modern times, considering the advances in materials.
>
> Mike Paul
> Oshkosh, WI
>
> ----------
> > mitzelsigns@juno.com wrote:
> > >
> > > (there motor car book also had the "no loose gas cans" but that's another
> > > issue)
> >
> > The same SRy motorcar rulebook (1947) I referenced earlier states:
> >
> > "Additional supply of gasoline must not be carried on motor car unless
> > it is in metal container with screw top."