[DeTomaso] gas tank advice needed

[Ken Green]

      I talked to one of the guys at Wilkinson's and I think he said you can get around 20 gal in a conformal fuel cell in the nose.  I think Blaine (http://www.cardomain.com/ride/316764) is using an off the self rectangular cell.  He said he planned to add a second tank behind the seats to increase capacity.
   
        I have my original 72 tank which was cleaned and coated by Precision Proformance and never re-installed.  I plan to do a conformal fuel cell in the nose so I would consider selling it, but shipping would be a $ pain.
   
  Ken

Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net> wrote:
  Downside is it's only 12 gallons, and I think he's getting about 6-8 MPG:
not much range, but that's what 1000 HP will do for you.
Mike

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Installing a fuel cell in the front trunk would seem to be an excellent
idea-- safer and redistributes weight to the front.

Jim Oddie 



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Chris



I have seen Pantera fuel tanks show up on Ebay occasionally. Also, we have

a member on Vancouver Island who just finished a 7 year restoration, part of

which included mounting a fuel cell in the front trunk since his custom

headers for the twin-turbos required moving the old tank.



Blaine, do you still have your old gas tank, and is it in usable condition?



Mike Thomas

www.panterasnorthwest.com



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Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:38 AM

To: detomaso at realbig.com 

Subject: [DeTomaso] gas tank advice needed



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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