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guteandtite Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:03 pm

every single unrestored oval bug 1956-1959 gas tank that i see has a mint condition spot of paint on the front of it on the "hump" where an approximately 5 inch piece of 1/2 tape used to be, anyone know what this was for (ie inspection tag, hold up wiring, etc???)

guteandtite Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:16 pm

is anybody alive? notta one reply. *POKES SAMBAITES WITH A FAT STICK*

kfschatz@earthlink.net Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:59 pm

POSSIBLE but not PROBABLE USE OF 5" TAPE

THIS END UP

FLAMMABLE

DO NOT REMOVE UNDER PENALTY OF LAW

BAR CODE

REMOVE CAP BEFORE FILLING

LEADED GAS ONLY

NO SMOKING WITHIN 50'
:lol:

djkeev Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:52 am

Nothing to do with answering your question but a similar vein.
Every Mercedes Benz in America comes from the port with a white sticker in the lower rihgt hand corner of the the windshield. NOBODY takes them off! Rare is the MB without this sticker.
This has been going on for decades.
It will probably become a standard for a proper North America Restoration.
The question is Why are they not removed?
Go ahead, look at the next MB you see, the sticker is most likely there.



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