Nathan,

That's a little steep.  I can sell the Winkler 85 liter tanks for about
$650.  You just have to wait about 6 weeks for delivery.

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Dart 330
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:34 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Longer range gas tank?

Here is a link to the winkler 22 gallon tank.

http://www.vanagonproject.com/prod04.htm

Here is a message from Ken giving some info on the tank, it was $759 in May
of '02 and not getting any cheaper. Don't know if he still sells these....

Nathan

These tanks have to be TUV approved.  That means they undergo testing in
Germany to be sure that they are going to meet or exceed crash test
criteria, etc. for the particular vehicle.  It is expensive to go through
this for a parts manufacturer so this cost is passed on to the customer.
However the quality level is as high as a VW dealer tank.  These run around
$500.  So you are getting a larger tank with the same level of quality as
the original it is going to cost.  Also shipping these from Germany isn't
cheap.  It is a good deal if you compare it to the German made dealer tanks.
If you want to go the cheap way and buy the Taiwanese tanks for next to
nothing, remember, you get what you pay for.  Just FYI.  I don't sell these
a lot, they are not a big money maker for me, however they are a good
product and I think the price is not out of this world for what you are
getting.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
http://www.vanagain.com
Phone: (856)-327-4936
Fax: (856)-327-2242

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