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Re: A/GT Class rule on fuel tank

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Subject: Re: A/GT Class rule on fuel tank
From: "Bill Bennett" <benettw@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:58:52 -0500
Ok feel a newbie in what is POR 15?
BillB

----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
To: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: A/GT Class rule on fuel tank


> 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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