And Jon Hathaway thus wrote:
> 
> with the purchase of the stuff from the '67 westy last week was 
> a second gas tank... no big deal, except it has a small petcock with a 
> lever on it, 'bout 3"-4" of stiff wire to the lever. 
> 
> 	The Local Bus Gurus have never seen one before... one thinks 
> that it may be from an early Barndoor..

The reserve valves were used up to the early 60's (61/62?)

A barndoor reserve valve is about twice the size of the later one,
and has a bail with a knurled nut on the bottom, so it can be
taken apart and cleaned.  There are also versions with a clear
glass bowl, so you could see when it needed to be cleaned.

A barndoor gas tank looks totally and completely  different from
a "normal" tank, the first clue being the 85mm gas cap...

Thom
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