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Re: A/GT Class rule on fuel tank

To: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
Subject: Re: A/GT Class rule on fuel tank
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:49:25 -0700
Can't get it coated inside without cracking it open; has a bladder & foam 
inside. The
POR is an even BETTER idea than the fiberglass and a lot easier.
Thanks,
Ed


DOUG ODOM wrote:

> Ed, You might go by a radiator shop and ask them about coating your
> tank. They can clean it out and pour a liquid inside to coat the inside.
> Then I like to paint the outside with POR 15. I have never seen a tank
> rust out after this has been done to it.
>                 Doug in sunny Cal.
> Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> >
> > The fiberglass is a great idea; I have had several areas of surface rust 
>pop up
> > thru the years, 'glass would stop that..........
> > Ed
> >
> > V4GR@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Ed; I used the stock tank that was in the Vega when I got it. After a few
> > > years I covered it with a layer of fiberglass. After a few more years - 
>more
> > > glass- By 1999 I droped it on a corner and it broke like an egg. At this 
>time
> > > I am half way through fabbing a new steel tank of stouter stuff.  Rich


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