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