I wonder...would the 10 1/2 gal. tank for the beetle, internal filler
(30" x 16 3/4" x 10"), or the super beetle, external filler (33" x 20" x
7"), be tanks that could reasonably fit in the 'above the tranny' space?

-Dana-

Tobin Copley wrote:
>
> At 9:00 PM -0400 4/2/00, Martin Jagersand wrote:
> >  > Many people have dreamed of this including me. It could be done but it
> >
> >Bob Hoover built saddle tanks and installed them in the space outside
> >each frame rail. Westy's have the propane tank on the drivers side,
> >but one 10gal extra tank could fit on the other side -- would even
> >improve weight balance.
>
> Yes Bob had a good idea there, and it was very funny watching the gas
> station attendant's faces when he'd casually put 30 or 40 gallons of
> gas into his splitty.  As it was, Bob Hoover's tanks leaked fuel all
> the way to Inuvik and back, and while he didn't seem concerned about
> this, I have to say it kinda freaked me out.
>
> His were wonderfully overbuilt, and I'd sure want saddle tanks to be
> very, very tough, especially if I had a gasoline-powered bus--the
> tanks are pretty exposed down there. I'd also want skid plates to
> protect the tanks.  The only reason I'd ever want that much more fuel
> capacity would be for real long-haul type journeys into remote areas.
> And in such areas, clearance problems or potentially damaging road
> hazards would be fairly likely.  Dumping fuel isn't just a fire or
> environmental hazard, but it could also strand me, and that would
> suck.
>
> T.
>
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> Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca
>
> '82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
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