[DeTomaso] gas tank advice needed

[Dave Doddek]

Years ago my tank leaked.  I had a local radiator shop weld a patch on it.
It had rusted through from the outside bottom where it sits on the foam. I
then painted it with normal automotive paint.  Now 19 years later it is
just fine and has no new rust.  If you rusted from the outside, they can
fix it.  If it rusted from the inside out, then you might look at options.

Dave "Might make an SS tank some day" D


.At 08:37 AM 1/2/2007 -0800, you wrote:
>More unfortunate news concerning the car I just bought (1972), the gas tank 
>has a slow leak, so with the generous help of Mike Thomas and Gary Herrig we 
>pulled the motor and tranny to remove the tank.  Performance Radiator in 
>Tacoma, WA cleans, treats, fixes and then coats tanks and, in fact, just did 
>a Pantera tank not too long ago.
>
>I took my tank to them, but just got a call informing me there was a bunch 
>of JB weld on the tank, and when they scraped it off, the holes they found 
>were "significant."  Although they said they could still fix it ($325.00) 
>they said due to the difficulty of removing the tank, I might want to 
>consider other options, such as replacing it.
>
>My survey question to you all is:  should I have them repair it for $325, 
>buy a new tank for I don't know how much, or try to find a good used tank?  
>The risk I see in buying a used tank is that since it will be 35 years old, 
>too, to be safe I'd probably want to have it coated anyway, which might make 
>the cost not that much less than just buying a new one.
>
>What do you think?  (thanks for your help).
>
>Chris
>
>
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