

| Subject: | Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire) |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:05:13 -0500 |
At 11:57 AM 2/28/2002, mike miller wrote: >Where are you and where do you get them. 10 gals more would be ideal. You make them. This posting from the Vanguard list may be of interest: >I cleaned and cleaned. I could not get any of the fitting out without >distruction, especially the pickup tube. A Pearson list member listened to >this tale of woe and suggested a new tank from Atlantic Coastal Welding, in >NJ. > >I mocked up a plywood affair to simulate a slightly larger (higher) tank >with an angled fill for deck access. It fit!. In and out of the port locker >without mishap. 27 gallons, not 20. I glassed over the cockpit hole, ordered >it up and they knocked of $22 dollars because they were out of sending units >for the panel gauge. But they supplied the opening predrilled for the >standard tempo sending unit. Came with all bronze fittings. Beautifully >contructed of aluminum, resin painted, USCG approved, tested and certified >on the specifications label. Delivery time via UPS from a faxed order of the >crude shop drawing, 9 days. Talked everything over on the phone before >finalizing the order. Total bill. $248 plus $30 dollars shipping. I can run >more than 24 hours and not one ounce of crap except what might be pumped at >the dock. I couldn't be happier. Where's my tank? Somewhere in up state NY >where a friend said his friend would make any alternations I wanted for next >to nothing - $400. > >Jay Louden >#50 CYMRU david -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"
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