Fuel tank for Fad

[Youngster]

Breath a sigh of relief Gerry. You could have made your tank from individual panels. LOL

Ron

 

[Gerry]

That would make 55 panels... Ugghhhh
G

 

[Keeper]

Closer and closer, man that thing is going to be sweet when its done.

 

[Gerry]

Could 'nt resist it. Had to try it on the back of the T.

Hand blocking now so a few hours work there

Gerry

 

[benT]

WOW! That tanks gonna look amazing! Forget the brass...you should to think about gold plating it!! :nod:

 

[putz]

That is awesome now what are you going to do with the tail lights.LED's in the lower control arms?

 

[Gerry]

LEDs in the body. Going to run 3 lines of them from the swage (vertical) and following the top edge of the body, outwards. Hope this will kinda hide them a bit. May even overpaint the bit that shows with a light coat of candy yellow.
Gerry
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[old round fart]

What's wrong with the tail lights you have now? LOL

 

[Ted Brown]

Gerry, Tank is taking good shape...

 

[CrazyBobMan]

I see a lot of amazingly cool stuff on this site, but this is up there. Awesome.

 

[Gerry]

Thanks for the thumbs up.

Hope its as good when its finally finished and painted.
G

 

[Old Rotor Flap]

So Gerry...

I thought it was winter in England?

I see grass in your pix.

Do you have one of those heated lawns?

I wish I had a heated driveway. To remove snow from my driveway, I use the same equipment the City of Denver uses.... the Sun.

Buddy, that tank is a work of art. It's a good thing you're installing it on that yellow work of art.

Is it true? Cost to the tenth power and time to the twentieth power?

 

[Gerry]

Yep. Thats about right. If time was money i could never afford this thing.
Another weekend of filing, blocking and getting dirty. I have one panel thats in bad shape. Probably need to build up a couple of flat spots and start over on that one.
Keeps me off the streets though.

Its spring here 'almost' A heated garage would be nice let alone a heated drive way, but its an idea!!!!

Gerry

 

[Gerry]

Still working the tank with files, blocks and fingers. Got a couple of low spots (hilighted in red). Not sure if I can get these out without more welding.
Oh well.

Gerry

 

[putz]

Nice job but it never fails they are on the top side. I wonder if you could fill with solder or lead like the old boys did it if it is going to be painted?

 

[Gerry]

Putz
If only i could. With powder coating being the way i want to go, lead cant take the temperature. If its all gets too much then I will lead it and paint it in a candy gold. Luckily the front upper panels came out great. Its the back upper ones that are giving me grief. Even the underside ones came out good. Had to happen, I suppose.
Gerry

 

[Allen]

• Gerry-use brass--yellow brass two fill- [0c] 905-932-- [0f ] 1660-1710-- just me.

 

[Gerry]

Nope dont know any of those numbers.

Do you mean what we call brazing? Melt a brass rod and flow it over the areas that are low. If so I think that the heat from a torch will defiantly distort the surrounding area. Also true for silver soldering. This kinda sheet work does not take kindly to localised heat from a torch even to light straw color.

G

 

[benT]

There are some filler solutions that can be used before the powder coating such as Lab Metal. Gerry and I have discussed this a bit in PM's, but it pretty much needs to be done after he's worked it the best he can.

 

[Gerry]

Hi Ben

Been trying to find LabMateal in the small quantities I need. The lowest cost I can find for some is 65 bucks and thats too much. I would rather weld and file. The guy I have made contact with for powder coating sent this to me via email

if its ok with you let me help with this inc sanding and prep before paint , no charge just love a challenge and only except 100% when it comes to quality
Daz

I think he sounds like a good person to know

G