911 oil tank in 914-6?, Has anyone used a 911 oil tank for a 914-6? Options

[worn]

In making a conversion to a 3.2 I am tempted by the availability of a nice matching oil tank, and not exactly thrilled by the price of a more authentic tank. If I have welding skills, is there a way of converting the 911 tank to fit? I would prefer it not in the trunk, but not committed to the left side, although that seems most obvious. Someone must have thought about this before - stupid idea?

[brant]

I don't think they are stainless
I think they are mild steel with a copper coating

maybe yours is newer than I'm familiar with
but the early 911 ones, and the 914/6 original ones aren't stainless and they do eventually rust out

fear of contaminating the oil tank and then washing that contamination into the motor was what stopped me and caused me to build one from aluminum. Aluminum doesn't leave the same little welding balls that a mig leaves

using a tig would be safer and if it is stainless you would need to anyways.

I always figured the drivers side was a compromise anyways
and on a car with a front relocated batter (race car) it made more sense to move it to the passenger side for weight distribution. If your making one and don't care about originality... that is always an option. The crossover oil lines for the driver side tank are really not ideal anyways.

brant