The main reason the Pinto tanks blew up was because there was a seam along the side that would pop open under a hard rear impact.... Nader's Raiders blew that entire thing out of proportion just like the Corvair "Unsafe at any speed" garbage..... The majority of cars on the road today have a rear mounted fuel tank made out of sheet metal......

I guess if Hot Rods were built with safety being the prime consideration they would all have roll bars, side impact bars, 5 mph bumpers, air bags, air curtains, collapsible steering columns....or we could all just buy Chrysler mini-vans.... We certainly wouldn't be running roadsters or anything with a 'glass body!!!!!! About 10 years ago or so a friend of mine got his car hit from behind by some idiot talking on a cell phone. His tank was an aluminum one that I had built for the car out of .060 aluminum... It crumpled up like a ball of aluminum foil--and didn't leak a drop.....

Heck, if it's your time to go your gonna go.... doesn't matter if the tank is aluminum or 1" thick boiler plate....