Interpretation ID: nht73-6.6

DATE: 04/13/73

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Robert L. Carter; NHTSA

TO: Mr. Thomas B. Mitchell

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: (Illegible Text)

DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 400 SEVENTH STREET, S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590

2 (Illegible Text)

MRCH 27, 1973

The Officer in Charge, Federal Highway Administration,

Dear Sir,

I have been advised by the American Embassy in New Zealand to write to you so that(Illegible Word) may be furnished with certain information concerning the American Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards which I believe have been in force in your Country since 1968 to which Motor Vehicle Manufacturers must conform in respect to vehicles for sale or use in the United States.

Whilst I am very much interested in all the Safety Standards and Regulations which are in force in your Country the one which I am most interested in at the moment is the one which I believe specifies certain requirements for the safety of Fuel Tanks etc..

I particularly wish to know if the relevant Safety Standard in force in American requires the fuel tanks to be located outside the main body shell of the vehicles or if it is permissible under this Safety Standard for fuel tanks to be situated in the interior of the vehicles.

Trusting that the amount enclosed will be sufficient to cover the costs of postage etc and thanking you in anticipation.

Yours faithfully,

T. B. MITCHELL 707 EAST QUEEN ST. HASTINGS, NEW ZEALAND