We regularly did 100 miles in the hour in Germany back in 1978 as the top speed was around 124 so cruising really.
The fuel tank comes out from below once you have removed the straps and fittings etc, wooden block and trolley jack to lower it before flushing it out.
I dropped mine in German to fix a leak with the Radio Stations 350Watt Solon assisted by a Gaz lamp blast. It worked too.
Not sure where your folklore tale came from about removing the floor. - not gomog was it ?
It seems fuel tank leakage related to the combination of age and corrosion, might be quite common, as I knew a the owner of a Scimitar whose tank leaked fuel...
Cant read of fuel tank removal without repeating the sad tale of a a young man who lost his life removing a fuel tank, the fumes from which removed the breathable air from the pit he was working in, very sad..... Explosion is a risk when petrol fumes abound, but not the only one...?
