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Subject:Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:38:23 -0700

Well if you wanted to get serious, you'd get a race car type fuel cell and
be done with it.  No rusting, no leaks, no problem.  We had a custom bladder
made for our car but it was so long ago I don't remember where. Tilton might
be a good start, or Google.

On 9/23/06, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> You would think that out of all of the gas tanks manufactured in this
> world
> there would be one that had a larger capacity (i.e. no valley) and the
> (approximate) appropriate dimensions...
> I was looking at my stepdad's Cadillac... the filler is on the rear
> driver's
> side, and the outlets of course go towards the front of the car, so if you
> flipped it around you'd have the various holes near the general required
> locations.
> I spent a little time looking online some time ago but I didn't have the
> measurements and I wasn't real motivated about it at that point but I'm
> eventually going to have to deal with the condition of the tank and its
> extremities just as so many others have done. There has to be an adaptable
> near-bolt in solution out there and unless I'm missing something it
> shouldn't be that complicated. What would be the main pros and cons to
> consider?
>
> Robert
>

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Jake
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