Gas tank resto, Final Phase - Tank |
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Gas tank resto, Final Phase - Tank |
Pat Garvey |
May 15 2010, 08:27 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
As many of you know, I have a tank problem, from fibe years (almost) gas sitting in the tank. I bought a good tank, with a bad finish. I'm documenting the rstor of it here.
Phase One - the easy part. I used the evap tank to rehone my finishing skills. It was presentable to most, but not to me. Stripped to bare metal, primed, wet sanded & 3 final coats of black satin. Three days later - wet sanded with 800 grit, Turtle Wax rubbing compound, and Meguiars Show car Glaze. Too shiney, but blame it on intense wet sanding! Pics show it all. Pat Phase Two - Fuel collar. Not too bad after some high grit sanding. We'll see how tha finish coat sticks. Stay tuned, because the tank comes next! For those who think I'm sitting on my ass, pontificating - think again! Pat Attached image(s) |
Tom_T |
Jul 16 2010, 06:12 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Pat - I just meant that in my 73 914-2.0's tank & evap appears both to be the darker satin black as is the evap in your pix, but I will do a side-by-side with the L43 to make sure. I'm pretty sure, because my tank & evap/collar appear to match colors/shades of black -but I will check it carefully & match to original color.
Wolfsburg West is about a 1/2 hour drive from me, so I can go in there in person if need be! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Unfortunately the only pic I have of the tank right now is still covered in 25 years of dust, but I wiped a spot off & they appear to both be the same black. If you were closer, then I might sublet it out to you, as the master tank restorer! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ... as I said - reeeeaaalllly dirty now, as I'm still in the process of stripping the car to shell for the body work & rust repairs to media-blast/prime/repaint - so it's a detail item further down the road! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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