In a message dated 25/09/2006 12:08:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

i took a  junk vanagon gas tank to my local welder and he thinks he can  do
this..  i cut the tanks open, clean them out thoroughly, let them  dry, and he
will weld them.   if it is a sucess, would there be  any interest in these?
i
have a number of good gas tanks here  that i could do this to..

basically we are talking about cutting the  gas tank open on the top at the
perimeter of the "saddle" depression, and  welding in new metal to replace the
area of the "saddle" (that vw should  have eliminated with the demise of the
aircooled vanagon), therefore  increasing fuel capacity of the stock 2wd tank.

anyone  interested?

Chris, yes of course I'm interested !   This is a project I've been wondering
about for years.  Why it's taken this  long to get on the road to being done
is a big question !  And why the  company reproing the Vanagon tanks do not
just make a new tank for us without  that saddle depression is another mystery
of the Vanagon !  We will all be  dead and gone before we get this vehicle
perfected !  Keep on the good road  !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg  (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa  Valley
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