[DeTomaso] gas tank advice needed

[Mike Thomas]

Chris

I have seen Pantera fuel tanks show up on Ebay occasionally.  Also, we have
a member on Vancouver Island who just finished a 7 year restoration, part of
which included mounting a fuel cell in the front trunk since his custom
headers for the twin-turbos required moving the old tank.

Blaine, do you still have your old gas tank, and is it in usable condition?

Mike Thomas
www.panterasnorthwest.com

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:38 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] gas tank advice needed

More unfortunate news concerning the car I just bought (1972), the gas tank
has a slow leak, so with the generous help of Mike Thomas and Gary Herrig we
pulled the motor and tranny to remove the tank.  Performance Radiator in
Tacoma, WA cleans, treats, fixes and then coats tanks and, in fact, just did
a Pantera tank not too long ago.

I took my tank to them, but just got a call informing me there was a bunch
of JB weld on the tank, and when they scraped it off, the holes they found
were "significant."  Although they said they could still fix it ($325.00)
they said due to the difficulty of removing the tank, I might want to
consider other options, such as replacing it.

My survey question to you all is:  should I have them repair it for $325,
buy a new tank for I don't know how much, or try to find a good used tank?  
The risk I see in buying a used tank is that since it will be 35 years old,
too, to be safe I'd probably want to have it coated anyway, which might make
the cost not that much less than just buying a new one.

What do you think?  (thanks for your help).

Chris


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