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31Cabriolet68-C · 10-05-2019, 02:42 PM

Certainly put it on backwards, however you wrap it up....

Now... Since the OP was about the safety of the finish, I guess it may seem a bit off topic, but I have an overall project safety question:

Wouldn't it be prudent to drain the gas tank?

Practically speaking it's going to be a bit of a pain...

However, in a worst-case event, it would have been incredibly important...

We all know the drill: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst!

Just wanted the group opinion, in general, about the choice of safety-vs-hassel in draining and then refilling the tank for over-the-road projects like this....

FWIW, My tank has always been empty whenever I trailered/towed my A, but that was many years ago, and back in the day, I wouldn't have given it a second thought if it HAD been full...
Now, at 75, while I am well aware that age and experience will wear down your risk-takers genes, and that I should reduce as many of my "risk factors" as possible, I still would (almost certainly...) leave it in the tank...

So here's the choice:
Am I,
Prudent??? Or, Paranoid??? If I drain the tank...
Lazy???? Or, Logical???? If I leave the gas in tank....

Thanks...

JB

10-05-2019, 02:42 PM	#17
31Cabriolet68-C Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Greenwich, CT Posts: 140	Re: Trailering tips for protection Certainly put it on backwards, however you wrap it up.... Now... Since the OP was about the safety of the finish, I guess it may seem a bit off topic, but I have an overall project safety question: Wouldn't it be prudent to drain the gas tank? Practically speaking it's going to be a bit of a pain... However, in a worst-case event, it would have been incredibly important... We all know the drill: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst! Just wanted the group opinion, in general, about the choice of safety-vs-hassel in draining and then refilling the tank for over-the-road projects like this.... FWIW, My tank has always been empty whenever I trailered/towed my A, but that was many years ago, and back in the day, I wouldn't have given it a second thought if it HAD been full... Now, at 75, while I am well aware that age and experience will wear down your risk-takers genes, and that I should reduce as many of my "risk factors" as possible, I still would (almost certainly...) leave it in the tank... So here's the choice: Am I, Prudent??? Or, Paranoid??? If I drain the tank... Lazy???? Or, Logical???? If I leave the gas in tank.... Thanks... JB