I was thinking about the same thing a year ago when I noticed some epoxy on the OG 57 Beetle tank bottom, ground it off and found it was like Swiss cheese . I took it to a local radiator shop, they dipped the tank, cut out the bad section welded up with new metal then coated the inside. I then painted it . Then I started thinking about the Vanagon tank...notice thinking/not doing :) Chris- so let us know what you find.. how much additional fuel it would hold and how much $$$ Lloyd in -- Original Message ----- red From: "Frank Condelli" <RAlanen@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:04 AM Subject: Re: re-shaping vanagon gas tank for more capacity (Re: Reason for Saddl
> In a message dated 25/09/2006 12:08:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > i took a junk vanagon gas tank to my local welder and he thinks he can do > this.. i cut the tanks open, clean them out thoroughly, let them dry, and he > will weld them. if it is a sucess, would there be any interest in these? > i > have a number of good gas tanks here that i could do this to.. > > basically we are talking about cutting the gas tank open on the top at the > perimeter of the "saddle" depression, and welding in new metal to replace the > area of the "saddle" (that vw should have eliminated with the demise of the > aircooled vanagon), therefore increasing fuel capacity of the stock 2wd tank. > > anyone interested? > > > > Chris, yes of course I'm interested ! This is a project I've been wondering > about for years. Why it's taken this long to get on the road to being done > is a big question ! And why the company reproing the Vanagon tanks do not > just make a new tank for us without that saddle depression is another mystery > of the Vanagon ! We will all be dead and gone before we get this vehicle > perfected ! Keep on the good road ! > > Cheers, > > Frank Condelli > Almonte, Ontario, Canada > '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley > _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) > _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ > (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) > _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper > camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10, 2007 > |
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