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Re: [Healeys] Non-Healey (but still relevant!) - Fuel tank cleaning

To: Dave Porter <frogeye@porterscustom.com>, I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Non-Healey (but still relevant!) - Fuel tank cleaning
From: mike brooks <hypercubic@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:15:06 +0100
Cc: Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
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My Bristol has the same engine. Or rather the other way round as it was the=
 Bristol Aircraft Company that took the BMW 328 engine and rebuilt it as th=
eir own, originally in the Bristol 400 just after the war. AC, Fraser Nash =
and others also used the Bristol engine in various sports cars in the late =
40s and early 50s=0A=0ASent from Yahoo Mail on Android=0A=0AFrom:"David Por=
ter" <frogeye@porterscustom.com>=0ADate:Wed, 19 Aug, 2015 at 5:10 pm=0ASubj=
ect:Re: [Healeys] Non-Healey (but still relevant!) - Fuel tank cleaning=0A=
=0Ahttp://porterscustom.com/category/auto-restoration/=0ACheck this out Ira=
..=0ADave=0A=0AOn 8/19/2015 9:47 AM, I Erbs wrote:=0A=0AGood luck with the =
project.=A0 I was just looking at the prices of Bristols. They are beyond m=
y wallet, not my dreams. Would love to see photos. =0A=0AMr. Ira Erbs=0A=0A=
On Aug 19, 2015 6:58 AM, "mike brooks" <hypercubic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:=0A=
=0AI've just acquired a stablemate for the 100 - it's a 1953 Bristol 403 th=
at has been languishing=0A=0Aunder a tarpaulin in a neighbour's garden afte=
r being evicted from his mother-in-law's garage.=0A=0AI couldn't bear to se=
e it deteriorate further so I now have a real project on my hands. My=0A=0A=
question concerns advice on the best method to clean stuck and loose petrol=
 solids from =0A=0Athe tank which is aluminium. It is not leaking. I guess =
there will be several list members who have =0A=0Aexperience and can advise=
. Thanks in advance=0A=0A=0AMike Brooks=0A=0A'56 BN2=0A=0A'53 Bristol 403=
=0A=0A=A0=0A=0AReply to:=A0mike.brooks@alumni.warwick.ac.uk=A0=0A=0A=0A____=
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o St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87107 505-352-1378 Go HERE: my world www.porterbik=
es.com/=0A=0A
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<table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"><tr><td valign=3D"t=
op">My Bristol has the same engine. Or rather the other way round as it was=
 the Bristol Aircraft Company that took the BMW 328 engine and rebuilt it a=
s their own, originally in the Bristol 400 just after the war. AC, Fraser N=
ash and others also used the Bristol engine in various sports cars in the l=
ate 40s and early 50s<br><br><p><a href=3D"https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/=
mobile/?.src=3DAndroid">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></p> <hr><table =
cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign=
=3D"top"> <div style=3D"font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:#7e7d80;"><b>F=
rom</b>:"David Porter" &lt;frogeye@porterscustom.com&gt;<br><b>Date</b>:Wed=
, 19 Aug, 2015 at 5:10 pm<br><b>Subject</b>:Re: [Healeys] Non-Healey (but s=
till relevant!) - Fuel tank cleaning<br><br></div> =0A    <a rel=3D"nofollo=
w" shape=3D"rect" class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" target=3D"_blank" href=3D=
"http://porterscustom.com/category/auto-restoration/";>http://porterscustom.=
com/category/auto-restoration/</a><br clear=3D"none">=0A    Check this out =
Ira..<br clear=3D"none">=0A    Dave<br clear=3D"none">=0A    <br clear=3D"n=
one">=0A    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 8/19/2015 9:47 AM, I Erbs wro=
te:<br clear=3D"none">=0A    </div>=0A    <blockquote type=3D"cite">=0A    =
  <p dir=3D"ltr">Good luck with the project.&nbsp; I was just looking at=0A=
        the prices of Bristols. They are beyond my wallet, not my=0A       =
 dreams. Would love to see photos. </p>=0A      <p dir=3D"ltr">Mr. Ira Erbs=
</p>=0A      <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Aug 19, 2015 6:58 AM, "mike broo=
ks"=0A        &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:hype=
rcubic@yahoo.co.uk" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"javascript:return">hypercubic=
@yahoo.co.uk</a>&gt;=0A        wrote:<br clear=3D"none">=0A        <blockqu=
ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc s=
olid;padding-left:1ex;">=0A          <div>=0A            <div style=3D"colo=
r:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;fon=
t-size:13px;">=0A              <div><span>I've just acquired a stablemate f=
or the 100 -=0A                  it's a 1953 Bristol 403 that has been lang=
uishing</span></div>=0A              <div><span> under a tarpaulin in a nei=
ghbour's garden=0A                  after being evicted from his mother-in-=
law's garage.</span></div>=0A              <div dir=3D"ltr"><span>I couldn'=
t bear to see it deteriorate=0A                  further so I now have a re=
al project on my hands. My</span></div>=0A              <div dir=3D"ltr"><s=
pan> question concerns advice on the best=0A                  method to cle=
an stuck and loose petrol solids from <br clear=3D"none">=0A               =
 </span></div>=0A              <div dir=3D"ltr"><span>the tank which is alu=
minium. It is=0A                  not leaking. I guess there will be severa=
l list=0A                  members who have <br clear=3D"none">=0A         =
       </span></div>=0A              <div dir=3D"ltr"><span>experience and =
can advise. Thanks in=0A                  a</span><span>dvance</span></div>=
=0A              <div dir=3D"ltr"><br clear=3D"none">=0A                <sp=
an></span></div>=0A              <div dir=3D"ltr"><span>Mike Brooks</span><=
/div>=0A              <div dir=3D"ltr"><span>'56 BN2</span></div>=0A       =
       <div dir=3D"ltr"><span>'53 Bristol 403</span></div>=0A              =
<div>&nbsp;</div>=0A              <div>=0A                <div>Reply to:&nb=
sp;<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:mike.brooks@alumni.=
warwick.ac.uk" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"javascript:return">mike.brooks@alu=
mni.warwick.ac.uk</a>&nbsp;</div>=0A              </div>=0A            </di=
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