[Healeys] suggestions - Fuel Tank?

Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca
Thu May 26 14:01:00 MDT 2011


My Aston tank was awful and had pin holes all along the back 
end.  Had it done by a rad restoration place and now it is beautiful. 
Coated inside (white) and outside (Greeny grey and shiny ) - cost Cdn$250


At 09:50 PM 5/25/2011, Tim Davis BN7 wrote:
>Buy cheap tank,  powder coat the exterior and use tank sealer inside.
>
>Tim Davis BN7
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com>
>To: "Healey" <Healeys at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:25:49 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: [Healeys] suggestions - Fuel Tank?
>
>All -
>
>I'd like to have an original style tank to replace the cheap Mexican
>copy that I bought 20 years ago from the Austin Healey Store in LA
>(this tank has now rusted through).  I'm a bit concerned about
>corrosion, so I was curious if I should purchase an aluminum tank
>(possible galvanic corrosion risk to the car frame) or Moss's new
>"high quality repro" metal tank with zinc prepped steel like original.
>  I'm not really all that interested in the stainless tanks out there,
>they don't look anywhere close to original.
>
>What are your thoughts on this?  Maybe if I just give the ALI tank a
>very good strong coat of paint and put on neoprene pads, then risk of
>galvanic corrosion should be minimal, correct?
>
>Alan
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Regards

Barrie
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