[DeTomaso] gas tank advice needed

[Michael Shortt]

I have a photo of such an installation on my website.

http://www.michaelspantera.com/drjerry.html

Michael in Savannah

On 1/2/07, pantdino at aol.com <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Installing a fuel cell in the front trunk would seem to be an excellent
> idea-- safer and redistributes weight to the front.
>
> Jim Oddie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbefthomas at comcast.net
> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Cc: panteraturbo at shaw.ca
> Sent: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 4:50 PM
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] gas tank advice needed
>
> 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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Michael L. Shortt
Savannah, Georgia


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