Gerry
Well-Known Member
I have bit my lip and decided to start on the fuel tank.
The idea of a 5 sided tank that forms to a star at each end has been in my mind since day 1. This is the last big project (except for the top which will wait until the T has done some miles) to get the car on the road.
First step is to make up a card mock up so I have templates to cut the steel sheet from. 2mm thick in my case. There will be 2 off 5 sided internal bulkheads with holes for the fuel to move through. I wanted these at each end of the center section to stop fuel slop.
So with my templates made and mocked up in to one end of the tank I will be borrowing a friends workshop to cut fold and tack it all together.
All the marking out was done with a couple of rulers, a compass and a basic knowledge of drawing. Course you could just print these out from a drawing package on your PC but I like to do it the old fashion way just to keep the brain alive.
![Tank-mock-up-(14).gif Tank-mock-up-(14).gif](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1257-f9ef8cd5003114ac8c740ee85149eba0.jpg)
![mu1.JPG mu1.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1248-aaae05fc71ee606e2ee2f697b0193d27.jpg)
![mu2.JPG mu2.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1249-f40997509c99b06e3d58ef4de1f9ba85.jpg)
![mu3.JPG mu3.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1250-cd8ddab68dbe0f99bd42a1e271e304d3.jpg)
![mu4.JPG mu4.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1251-ac2440cb546276e30bba793f81d4147d.jpg)
![mu5.JPG mu5.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1252-938ac4ddaa2f163fb31b483a6a8d4158.jpg)
![mu6.JPG mu6.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1253-15fd31673cf1ee3cff14af7b7e2f14af.jpg)
![mu7.JPG mu7.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1254-ae7fd616dd21fa74981163b73be035ba.jpg)
![mu8.JPG mu8.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1255-dc07d44ce915b1e5f2a9143bb70d8f49.jpg)
![mu9.JPG mu9.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1256-9ffa55d51c8e10f14dea7553761dc360.jpg)
Gerry
The idea of a 5 sided tank that forms to a star at each end has been in my mind since day 1. This is the last big project (except for the top which will wait until the T has done some miles) to get the car on the road.
First step is to make up a card mock up so I have templates to cut the steel sheet from. 2mm thick in my case. There will be 2 off 5 sided internal bulkheads with holes for the fuel to move through. I wanted these at each end of the center section to stop fuel slop.
So with my templates made and mocked up in to one end of the tank I will be borrowing a friends workshop to cut fold and tack it all together.
All the marking out was done with a couple of rulers, a compass and a basic knowledge of drawing. Course you could just print these out from a drawing package on your PC but I like to do it the old fashion way just to keep the brain alive.
![Tank-mock-up-(14).gif Tank-mock-up-(14).gif](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1257-f9ef8cd5003114ac8c740ee85149eba0.jpg)
![mu1.JPG mu1.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1248-aaae05fc71ee606e2ee2f697b0193d27.jpg)
![mu2.JPG mu2.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1249-f40997509c99b06e3d58ef4de1f9ba85.jpg)
![mu3.JPG mu3.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1250-cd8ddab68dbe0f99bd42a1e271e304d3.jpg)
![mu4.JPG mu4.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1251-ac2440cb546276e30bba793f81d4147d.jpg)
![mu5.JPG mu5.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1252-938ac4ddaa2f163fb31b483a6a8d4158.jpg)
![mu6.JPG mu6.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1253-15fd31673cf1ee3cff14af7b7e2f14af.jpg)
![mu7.JPG mu7.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1254-ae7fd616dd21fa74981163b73be035ba.jpg)
![mu8.JPG mu8.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1255-dc07d44ce915b1e5f2a9143bb70d8f49.jpg)
![mu9.JPG mu9.JPG](https://tbucketeer.com/data/attachments/1/1256-9ffa55d51c8e10f14dea7553761dc360.jpg)
Gerry