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Date:         Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:00:49 -0400
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <71d9cdf90609231638l8df90bg42e6f58938460dd9@mail.gmail.com>
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ATL makes amazing custom fuel bladders/cells (what Skip Barber Racing School uses on their cars). They might be a bit expensive though.

Sudhir

On 9/23/06, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > Well if you wanted to get serious, you'd get a race car type fuel cell and > be done with it. No rusting, no leaks, no problem. We had a custom bladder > made for our car but it was so long ago I don't remember where. Tilton might > be a good start, or Google. > > On 9/23/06, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote: > > > > You would think that out of all of the gas tanks manufactured in this > > world > > there would be one that had a larger capacity (i.e. no valley) and the > > (approximate) appropriate dimensions... > > I was looking at my stepdad's Cadillac... the filler is on the rear > > driver's > > side, and the outlets of course go towards the front of the car, so if you > > flipped it around you'd have the various holes near the general required > > locations. > > I spent a little time looking online some time ago but I didn't have the > > measurements and I wasn't real motivated about it at that point but I'm > > eventually going to have to deal with the condition of the tank and its > > extremities just as so many others have done. There has to be an adaptable > > near-bolt in solution out there and unless I'm missing something it > > shouldn't be that complicated. What would be the main pros and cons to > > consider? > > > > Robert > > > > > > -- > Jake > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > www.crescentbeachguitar.com >


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