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Re: A/GT Class rule on fuel tank

To: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
Subject: Re: A/GT Class rule on fuel tank
From: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:12:10 -0800
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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