[Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank

[Chris Manuel]

Dave-

I’ll send him down to drive yours!

Chris

Z3 at least
1960 Corvair (long story)



> On Jun 7, 2021, at 6:48 PM, dwoerpel <dwoerpel at wi.net> wrote:
> 
> Hey Chris!  I seem to remember that story!  I also put my tank on the barbie per Frank's instructions.   Tank had been sitting empty for two years.  Filled it with water and boiled it with extinguisher at hand.  Was fearful when I discovered the filter screen was nylon and thought it may have melted.  All is well 20 years later. 
> 
> If you had the Bugeye your son could be driving it now! ;-)
> 
> Dave W.
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> 59 :()
> 59 MGA 1500
> Burlington WI 
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> "Pay It Forward"
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Chris Manuel via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: 6/7/21 2:54 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank
> 
> I put the one from my ’66 on the grill.  Amazing what came out of it.  Something I overlooked when decommissioning the car, would have been much easier and a time saver as it was bone dry when I originally got it.
> 
> Jim Johnson and Larry Macy got me through the 50th at Elkhart Lake by instructing me to blow in the gas tank to force gas through the incredibly clogged screen.  I know there was a photo floating around of that process on the side of the road.
> 
> Probably the most intimate I was with that car.   Miss it, but not for that reason.
> 
> Chris
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