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Subject:Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:32:56 -0700

People are paying $550.00 plus shipping for 85 litre tanks, so.........

On 9/24/06, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ATL makes amazing custom fuel bladders/cells (what Skip Barber Racing
> School uses on their cars). They might be a bit expensive though.
>
> Sudhir
>
> On 9/23/06, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com