Does it have internal baffles?

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C= OM]On Behalf
> Of Tom and Dana Cates
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 4:09 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: BusDepot Fuel Tank, have you = installed one?
>
>
> Herr Doktor,
>
> I have one.
>
> I have not installed it yet, because, well = because I don't
> really relish the
> idea of doing it.
>
> Sometimes on Fridays I fill her up.
>
> But maybe this weekend I will put it in.
>
> Tom Cates
> 83 Aircooled Westfalia 'Hammurabi'
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doktor Tim" = <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: BusDepot Fuel Tank, have you = installed one?
>
>
> > At 01:30 PM 05/09/2000 -0400, you = wrote:
> > >You don't think an aftermarket company = couldn't reproduce
> a fuel tank for
> > >less the $500?
> >
> > Not for $150 unless they use third world = semi-skilled labor
> and very cheap
> > to ship lightweight metal. Compromise cum = laude.
> >
> >  It's a fuel tank.  These are = sold all over the world, not
> > >just the tiny USA market.  That's = why they are cheap!
> >
> > No, they're cheap because every compromise = was thought of
> to meet the
> world
> > demands of fools, who are poor, and will = remain so unless
> they catch a
> clue
> > and begin to VERIFY before they buy what = they are buying,
> which is what
> the
> > respondent is trying to do.
> >
> >  Some re-pros are better than
> > >stock--they've seen where they have = failed and are designed better.
> >
> > Interested in any data you have that = supports that
> statement. I know of a
> > very few and rare examples, most of them = Berg parts, but
> then, those are
> > ENHANCED materials and specifications and = cost MORE than
> dealer oem price
> > in some cases.
> >
> > By all means Jay, respond to the = individual who has asked
> for the opinion
> > of anyone with ACTUAL EXPERIANCE as to the = installation of the tanks
> > supplied by BusDepot. For a certainty, = SOME aftermarket parts are
> > uninstallable without modifications and = some will not work right
> regardless
> > any attempt to install them and some are = just flat not
> installable and the
> > worst are the ones you do get installed by = hook or crook
> and they fail and
> > take more original parts with them.
> >
> > I would expect Ron would provide people = with references to
> clients he has
> > shipped these particular tanks to. Any = good business
> person, like Ron, is
> > not at all fearful of word of mouth = reports. That's how you
> tell a good
> > business to deal with. The word of mouth = in the vast majority is
> possative.
> >
> > I agree that restoration of the genuine = original tank is a
> vastly superior
> > idea to using anything designed to be = cheap. But in the
> instant case, the
> > original was crushed and deformed and = presumably not
> repairable. As well,
> a
> > junkyard obtained and restored original = tank is a way mo-
> better idea than
> > anything designed to be cheap.
> >
> > It will FOR SURE fit with NO HASSLES, = guaranteed, 'cause
> it's EXACTLY the
> > same.
> >
> > What value hath certainty??? Differs = between apes of all
> kinds as your
> > opinion compared to mine doth = prove.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > T.P. Stephens
> > San Juan Island, WA
>