gas tank

gt3bill · Post by **gt3bill** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:15 am

I am looking for a gas tank for the right hand side of the car. The car is left hand drive..so tank will be on passenger side of car.... The car is a 67 mark 1

Post by **mab01uk** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:45 am

New available here:
USA:
http://www.minimania.com/part/21A2183/R ... -Fuel-Tank
UK:
http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx? ... 6999&title

http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewP ... dexID=3572

http://www.minispeed.co.uk/content/righ ... ank-steel/

Plastic RH Mini petrol tanks are also available from Australia:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RH-FUEL-TANK ... 0869553568

mk1 · Post by **mk1** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:29 am

That is one wrinkly old mans scrotum style right hand tank!

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69k1100 · Post by **69k1100** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:35 am

Holy hell, why so expensive?!? If you want authentic then you pay the price but I'm sure you could have one fabricated for less!

alexdenevers · Post by **alexdenevers** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:59 am

The plastic ones do the job. I've fitted several of them since they are produced (10 years now !), I never had any troubles with them.

Post by **nick rogers** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:40 am

And you don't need to go as far as Australia for one, Berni from BMC Austria stocks them I believe. He had one at the IMM last year which I had a good look at.

alexdenevers · Post by **alexdenevers** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:33 pm

And what was your thoughts about them Nick ?

Post by **mab01uk** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:46 pm

69k1100 wrote:Holy hell, why so expensive?!? If you want authentic then you pay the price but I'm sure you could have one fabricated for less!

Recovering the tooling costs for low volume production is normally a factor for items like this. You can pick up welded fabricated rh tanks cheaper on ebay but whether they are new or old they look a bit 'Frankenstein' in shape and finish.....

Post by **nick rogers** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:06 pm

Alex, I was impressed with its closeness to original in shape and detail. I thought about buying one but money was bit tight and I got a beautiful Aquaplane cylinder head from him instead.
Some people are wary about the plastic tank in the event of an accident but I think that the impact resistance of that compared to steel would be fairly similar. The plastic seemed to be 3 or 4 times thicker than a steel one.

alexdenevers · Post by **alexdenevers** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:50 am

Yes Nick, I was also impressed by the thickness. I was also scared about what could happened in an accident, but all modern cars also have plastic fuel tanks !

Post by **pad4** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:31 pm

Ive got a brand new plastic one for sale if youre interested

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