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« Reply #8490 on: October 21, 2015, 10:48:36 PM » |
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« Reply #8491 on: October 22, 2015, 03:53:03 PM » |
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« Reply #8492 on: October 22, 2015, 04:19:06 PM » |
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« Reply #8493 on: November 27, 2015, 06:24:09 PM » |
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Anyone remember this? I'd almost forgotten it myself. I've been to Scotland & Holland since I last looked at it a few weeks ago.
Winter's on it's way & the weather's starting to turn now. Not the time to have your car sat outside under a tarpaulin in bare metal. Mr Loon's moving to a new workshop in a few weeks & I won't be going with him, so I need to weatherproof it as much as I can while I hunt for a new home for it, (hopefully got somewhere lined up). Lots of surface rust creeping in that needs wire wheeling off & painting in the next couple of weeks.
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« Reply #8494 on: November 27, 2015, 06:30:54 PM » |
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Meanwhile, the original 60 year old Ford Pop fuel tank needs replacing -it's so thin the fuel's actually weeping out through the metal on either end & I can't find a reproduction one. So I've had a replica model T Ford tank on order from the local hotrod shop, (Jackhammer Speed Shop in Farnborough, Hants), & it's just arrived from the States. It's the same length as the old one, but a slightly fatter oval. I think it holds about 8 gallons, compared to about 6 in the Pop tank.
The green Pop tank has several dents in it & the weeping fuel's lifted the filler I put in them. The new tank's nice & smooth, but looks dented in this photo -just my reflection in the Galvanising.
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« Reply #8495 on: November 27, 2015, 06:38:36 PM » |
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The T tank usually lays flat & I'm going to sit it on the pointy side of the oval, same as the Pop one, (which has been heavily modified cos it originally laid flat under the Pop boot floor). So it needs a new filler neck, which I bought for a fiver from Cycle Haven in Lincolnshire, (just sat in place here to see what it looked like), & outlet pipe. The fittings for the fuel gauge & normal outlet also need welding up. Just to get it done fairly quickly & guaranteed fuel tight, I took it to BKI Welding in Berkshire this afternoon.
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« Reply #8496 on: November 27, 2015, 06:48:27 PM » |
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I'll re-use the leather straps but will simplify the mounting cradle by remaking it in 3mm flat strip. I'll bore holes in the strips to replicate the recesses in the first version, (they're made from engine core plugs). The boxed-in Pop cradle has 8 captive nuts welded in the base, which are a bugger to line up when I'm laying under the truck with a spanner. Using open sided flat strip means I can drop the bolts in from the top.
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« Reply #8497 on: November 27, 2015, 06:48:57 PM » |
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nice tank andy.
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« Reply #8498 on: November 27, 2015, 06:53:48 PM » |
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About 150 quid, but I've already replaced the leaky, modified Reliant tank we started with under the back end of the pick-up bed, so it's worth sorting this one out now before I get back on the road. I could've bought a spun aluminium "Moon" style tank, but wanted something vintage looking, to suit the truck.
Once it's welded to the new cradle, the new tank should sit about the same height as the old one. Another couple of gallons capacity will come in handy.
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« Reply #8499 on: November 27, 2015, 07:18:43 PM » |
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« Reply #8500 on: November 28, 2015, 09:27:32 PM » |
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Nice looking car, period.
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« Reply #8501 on: November 28, 2015, 10:39:46 PM » |
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Need to get back to working on it before the rust creeps too far. Hoping to get it inside over the Winter, which will be a big help, but need to do as much of the messy weldy/grindy/fillery/sandy stuff as I can before then.
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« Reply #8502 on: November 29, 2015, 02:26:36 AM » |
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Anyone remember this? I'd almost forgotten it myself. I've been to Scotland & Holland since I last looked at it a few weeks ago.
Winter's on it's way & the weather's starting to turn now. Not the time to have your car sat outside under a tarpaulin in bare metal. Mr Loon's moving to a new workshop in a few weeks & I won't be going with him, so I need to weatherproof it as much as I can while I hunt for a new home for it, (hopefully got somewhere lined up). Lots of surface rust creeping in that needs wire wheeling off & painting in the next couple of weeks.
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« Reply #8503 on: November 29, 2015, 10:23:46 AM » |
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« Reply #8504 on: November 29, 2015, 08:56:00 PM » |
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80mm wide, 3mm thick flat strip prepared for making the tank cradle.
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